Category: Shorts
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When a Book Isn’t Worth Your Time
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy does it feel so wrong to put a book on the discard pile (or in the trash) if you don’t want to finish it? No matter how appealing a book looks, or the synopsis on its jacket sounds when you acquire it, sometimes it just isn’t worth your time and energy… Read more
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A Modern Miracle or Two
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy beloved mother is turning 90 this coming Sunday. It’s definitely cause for celebration in our family. And that is exactly what we’re going to do. My brother and his wife are hosting a birthday party for mom at their beautiful 6-acre property on the outskirts of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.… Read more
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Shamalama Smothered Chicken at the Twisted Fork
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy mom’s love language is food. Consequently, I love to eat. Mom loves me and it shows. I found a meal at a restaurant at the Twisted Fork in Florida that is the best meal I’ve ever eaten anywhere. And that’s saying a lot. I have a favorite restaurant, Buffet City,… Read more
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Venice, Florida
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes Friday creeps up awfully fast around here. It’s been a busy week, full of activities. Yesterday one of my cousins and his lovely wife arrived for their first ever visit to any of our homes. Today we’re off to explore Venice, Florida’s downtown. When we were looking for a house… Read more
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Pure Escapism
Reading Time: 2 minutesI stumbled on an interesting book on the New Books shelf at the library last week. The interesting metallic cover caught my eye, but the thickness of the book, with the edge of the pages stained black was what really caused me to pick it up. The book itself was marketing genius. … Read more
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Hug Me Like You Mean It
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYears ago an 18 year-old niece came to live with us. We loved her dearly but she and her divorced parents were at odds and she’d had a few rough years finishing high school. Randy and I both come from a family of huggers and it’s standard operating procedure to greet… Read more
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If You’re Waiting for a Sign…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDo you ever look for signs? Not road signs or street signs. You know, signs from God that something you’re thinking or doing is the right or wrong thing. Things that happen that you take as signs suggesting, confirming, or reinforcing something going on in your life, or showing you that… Read more
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Goodbye, Xenon
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week we said goodbye to a good and faithful servant, our 2014 VW Passat TDI (diesel engine) who we named Xenon. She was the second diesel Passat we owned. In 2012 we bought a new one, silver, from the dealer in Springfield, Missouri. Randy was in love with the diesel engine… Read more
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In Anticipation of Leonid & Friends
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow night we, with two other couples, are adventuring down to the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, Florida to see a Russian Chicago Tribute Band. Of all the concerts we’ve been to in the past 20 years, this may be the one that excites me more than any other. My post… Read more
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Breaking Up With Sugar
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe all have relationships that definitely don’t enhance our lives. I’ve often said that if you are with someone who doesn’t bring out the best in you, that’s not a relationship you want to nurture. In fact, it’s emotionally healthy to minimize or sever those kinds of relationships. Yesterday I had… Read more