Join children’s book author, writer, blogger and podcaster, Alison Paul Klakowicz, on her journey to inspire! By way of guest interviews, book reviews, life as a military spouse living in her home state of North Carolina– and so much more!
Self-Doubt is a cancer that feeds on your every insecurity. Even when things are going well in your life, self-doubt creeps up your spine through your organs, into your neck and right into your brain. It spreads and spreads— and before you know it, you talk yourself out of everything you wish to accomplish. But,… Continue reading Self-Doubt is Just the Worst!
https://anchor.fm/jalisonpaulyahoocom/episodes/What-is-Love-e37pa7 Over my four and a half decades of life, I have sought love. When I was young I sought romantic love. Plucking flower petals and saying the words with each petal tossed, "He loves. He loves me not." At times, I accepted dysfunctional love which was not love at all. Just a filler that… Continue reading What is Love?
Plain and simple. Wrinkles and freckles. Big, dark spots on my face, arms and neck. A chipped front tooth. Fat rolls and gray hairs. And I am okay with it all. It's just who I am. A part of me. I've earned each of these imperfections. Like tiny rewards for the past 43 years on… Continue reading This Is Me.
There is something so comforting about the tick of the heat vent coming alive on a cold, dark January— when winter decides to come back with a vengeance after a short period of North Carolina springlike weather. Ahhhh... heat spews out sumptuous warmth from the HVAC system set at a perfect 68 degrees Fahrenheit —which… Continue reading It’s Comfort Time
It dawned on me earlier that 30 plus years ago on this very day, I was spending the night with my grandparents— who were affectionately known as MaMa and PaPa. My parents thought they deserved some time to themselves on New Year's Eve. Mom would drive us to our grandparents home a hop, skip and… Continue reading New Year’s Eve Past
I've published a children's book. My very first book! Well technically, I did not publish the book. FriesenPress (one of the most prestigious book publishers in CANADA mind you) is my publisher. I am the creator of the book; the person who wrote the story, and helped design the book— which makes me the author.… Continue reading Mommy’s Big, Red Monster Truck
I love Fall. Like, I really LOVE it. I'm not one of those pumpkin spice addicts or anything (although I enjoy a pumpkin latte from time to time). But there is just something special about the Fall season. Partly, coming off a North Carolina summer the first day you encounter with a high temp below… Continue reading I Love Fall
My blog— Hodge Podge (which shares the same name and stuffing as my podcast) will focus on my life as a military spouse living in my native home of North Carolina while raising a wild and lovable boy (age seven as of last week). It will include my pursuits as a creative writer; soon-to-be children's book author (Mommy's Big, Red Monster Truck coming to stores and internet downloads very soon); artisan and entrepreneur; podcaster (as aforementioned); novice traveler; historian wannabe; and lover of life and people. The above makes me sound a bit pretentious, doesn't it? A bit of an over-achiever and dreamer? I am hardly these things. Well, maybe the dreamer part is accurate. But truly, I am not a perfectionist. Nor am I some astute artsy farts snob. And definitely not a super right-wing "Hooah!" Army wife and Southern Belle. I am just who I am. A chick raised on the beautiful coast of North Carolina who loves her home state and all its precious treasures and LOVES to talk about them. A beach loving, independent, wild and unsaddled woman who by-accident became an Army wife; left her beach lifestyle for Fort Bragg (which was TERRIFYING), and most-surprisingly to her have grown quite affectionate of this life we've made here in Fayetteville despite the challenges of being a milspouse (and being landlocked of course).
Hodge Podge Podcast and Blog 
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