Category: Musings
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The Luxury of “People” (I Can Only Dream)
Reading Time: 4 minutesNot all that long ago my friend Michele and I were passing the time at the beach by brainstorming what we’d do with all that money if we won the lottery. I’ve written about the peripheral issues of that topic before, linked here and here. On that day, though, we were discussing… Read more
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Eating…a Spectator Sport!*#??
Reading Time: 5 minutesRandy and I have a favorite restaurant in Port Charlotte. Called Buffet City, it’s a buffet (of course) that is primarily oriental, with an incredible sushi bar (about 40 feet in length), a hibachi grill, and 7 huge buffet tables. Their advertising claims they have over 300 menu items. I believe that’s… Read more
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Sound of Freedom
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn our world, there’s been a lot of hype recently about a movie that was released on Independence Day this week. Because of our religious and political views, we were bombarded on the internet by the pre-release hype for this movie. We were offered free tickets by a Pay-It-Forward plan dreamed up… Read more
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Still the Land of the Free
Reading Time: 5 minutesToday is the 4th of July, 2023. I’m rerunning the post I wrote a year ago. In my opinion, this is the more important day of the year for Americans. And what I wrote last year is worth repeating. I believe July 4th is even more important than religious holidays because a… Read more
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Living Fearlessly
Reading Time: 2 minutesI feel completely blessed that somewhere along the way, I’ve learned to not live my life in fear. In fact, even facing a life threatening cancer diagnosis hasn’t triggered any fear and anxiety in me. Understanding and embracing that birth is a death sentence helps give me the freedom to simply live… Read more
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The Remorse of Digital Photos
Reading Time: 4 minutesRemorse, as I’m using it here, means deep regret for a wrong committed. The wrong here is purely unintentional, and probably universally world-wide these days, but I am certain that culturally, we may regret thinking that digital photos will replace printed photos for documenting family history. When my friend Cindy was here… Read more
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Those Try-On Apps
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy sister Lisa turned me on to Zenni Optical. You upload your eyeglass prescription, then go to their website where you take a picture of yourself according to their directions. Their app then allows you to see any pair of glasses they sell on your face. I thought it was truly… Read more
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In Praise of Avocados
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYears ago, when people asked me if I liked a certain food, like zucchini or liver, I would tell them I didn’t eat anything with the last 6 letters of the alphabet in its name. I was mostly not joking. Somewhere along the line, in the not too distant past, we… Read more
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It’s Not National BBQ Day
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the truest spirit of the “holiday”, there’s nothing happy about Memorial Day. In fact, Memorial Day, observed yesterday, is, and should be, the most somber “holiday” of the year. The dictionary definition of holiday is “a day of festivity, or recreation when no work is done.” But what we now know… Read more
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Learning to Rain Dance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen we moved to Florida we were told there are actually 2 seasons here, the dry season and the wet season. That truth, and its consequences, aren’t really apparent until you’ve experienced a couple of years of those seasons. Last rainy season brought Hurricane Ian. We were sick of the rain… Read more