Category: Musings
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Anniversaries and Other Dates
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the problems with retirement and aging is that time kind of all runs together. As the years roll by, memories start fraying. I don’t have any problem remembering spectacularly momentous things, but Lordy, I have a problem remembering when things happen. I’m not talking about minor things here. I’m talking… Read more
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If Money Were No Object
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I was contemplating subject matter for this week’s post, nothing inspired me. Absolutely nothing. So, here it is, Tuesday morning, 7:38 am, and though I mostly wrote a post yesterday on minimalism, it was (as I mentioned) completely uninspiring. It had no purpose and would be an effort of which I… Read more
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Snow? Ah….NO!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI saw a picture on Facebook the other day of the snow that’s falling in the mountains of California. I thought it would make a good post, but couldn’t find that particular photo again. But I did find this one. Oh Lord, the news article said that more than 400 inches… Read more
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I Have an Idea
Reading Time: 4 minutesRandy and I were driving down to Naples this weekend to spend the day with sister Lisa, brother Denny (from Wisconsin) and their spouses, Jim and Marlene. As we often do, one of us said something that triggered a reminder of a bit of a song from our past. In this case,… Read more
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A Perfect Life
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAllow me to wax philosophical for one minute. I am content, quietly happy and fully satisfied. I have enough. I am at peace, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. I am happy to be alive and living in paradise every day. There is nothing I need or want that I don’t have the… Read more
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You Can…But Should You?
Reading Time: 3 minutesI can crochet. In fact, it’s possible, and I’m skilled enough, to be able to crochet anything I can imagine. But just because I can doesn’t necessarily mean I should. I submit, as evidence, the following pictures. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things in life that can, but, perhaps,… Read more
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The Abecedarian With a Meldrop
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been reading a lot lately and find myself still looking up words whose meaning I don’t know or are used out of the context in which I know them. In doing that I’ve run across a few words lately that frankly, make me laugh. Take the title of the post. An… Read more
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Groundcover or Weeds
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen my best friend and sister-in-law Lynn comes down for her snowbird stint in Florida each winter she works long and hard on cleaning up our landscaping. The first year we moved into the house it was a huge job. This year it was more cleaning up and trimming from the damage… Read more
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Swimming Pigs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImagine (if you can) that one of your dream vacations is to visit the Bahamas, mainly to have the Swimming Pigs experience. OK, neither can I imagine that. But I did find a travel blogger who said that. See for yourself here. Our cruise included a choice to book a shore… Read more
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Unplugged
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere’s an old debate about whether all the technology we use daily makes our lives easier or harder, whether it simplifies or complicates our existence. I can argue the issue either way. The truth is, though, I’m tired of how enslaved to technology I’ve become. That’s not to say that I’m brave… Read more