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Maureen Klues

Klues: Oh, to be Lazy Mayzie and enjoy the summer slowdown

June 22, 2022 — by Muddy River News

“It’s work! How I hate it! I’d much rather play! I’d take a vacation, fly for a rest…”  — Lazy Mayzie, before she abandoned her nest and took a permanent vacation to Palm Springs in “Horton Hatches an Egg” by Dr. Seuss. Oh, to be a lazy Mayzie bird this summer. The season has just begun, […]

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Klues: Signs you might be middle aged, and why that’s a good thing

May 16, 2022 — by MAUREEN KLUES

When interviewing people for life storytelling, I often break down story questions by childhood, young adult, older adult and then the big picture of life. I have rarely contemplated where I land in this distinction. Terms like “barely 40” or “a smidge over 40” are used since turning 40. “I’m just sticking my toe in […]

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When you try to keep things the same, life keeps moving on around you — so ‘let’s go!’

April 19, 2022 — by MAUREEN KLUES

I am usually a very decisive person. I follow my gut and that’s the end of it. Looking back to my early adulthood, this was a good and a bad thing. I would often tire of something quickly and think, that yep, the grass IS greener at a different college. Or, I have accomplished what […]

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The secret of happiness: It’s OK to be happy, it’s OK to laugh, it’s OK to enjoy life

March 19, 2022 — by Maureen Klues

I have been on the fence with what to write lately.  Like everyone else, I swing like a pendulum back and forth from diligently monitoring the world news until my anxiety ratchets up to a breaking point — then I completely tune it out.  Then I feel guilty for turning a blind eye, and the […]

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Each story in life is like a musical note, and all those notes make a beautiful song

February 23, 2022 — by MAUREEN KLUES

In my storytelling role, I often compare the writing process to playing a song. Each life memory told is a musical note. The notes are sung to me one by one in no particular order, and then in the silence of just me and my keyboard the song slowly takes form as I reposition the […]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Maureen Klues

Quincy woman creating keepsake storybooks by telling stories of people’s lives and events

December 17, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The story Maureen Klues never had the chance to tell gave her the inspiration to start her own storytelling business. Klues recently started Memoirs by Maureen in the Quincy area. She will capture the story of an event, a story of one’s life or create a tribute for a person and put it […]

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