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One Week from Today

Posted on October 4, 2024

It’s always like this in the majors marathoning world. (The majors for the uninformed or uninterested consist of six specific marathons held annually around the world. They are considered by many to be the crème de la crème in running.)

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Born to Run . . .

Posted on September 7, 2024

The Dick Beardsley half marathon was run yesterday in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. My son Kevin participated, as he has for several years. I’ve cheered him on in person occasionally, but today wasn’t one of those times.

Instead, I was driving

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Sous Chef

Posted on August 31, 2024

Since I discovered that Earl wants to help in the kitchen I’ve taken advantage of his sous chef par excellence skills. I don’t even know what a sous chef is responsible for, but in my kitchen it’s all the things

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Celebration

Posted on August 24, 2024

Celebration

My younger son, Buddy, was born on this day; but I don’t need to reveal the year or either of our ages to honor him. Just know that knowing him is to honor him.

For his birthday, Buddy and

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Inventory Reduction

Posted on August 11, 2024

It’s Sunday which means it’s also laundry day. And it’s my job to sort the clothes according to whites, light colors, and dark. Earl is in charge of the actual washing, drying, and folding. Personally I don’t understand why he

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The Sweater

Posted on August 8, 2024

Today is Earl’s birthday, and I finished the sweater in time. In fact, three days ahead of time.

About fifteen months ago, I told Earl I’d make him a sweater vest in the color of his choice. So we went

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Missing You

Posted on June 21, 2024

Today would have been my Mother’s 106th birthday. She died in 1996, so I’ve had ample time to get over her passing.

What I’m missing is that Mother’s younger sister, Alice, and I would always reminisce about her on her

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Ironing As A Phobia

Posted on June 18, 2024

I really don’t like to iron; still I iron all outerwear for both Earl and me. If you return to February 2024, you’ll find blogs about this. Not the dislike of ironing, but the compulsion to do it. And the

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Birthday Gift

Posted on June 15, 2024

When I told a friend what I wanted for my birthday, she laughed.

“Why didn’t you ask for a cruise or jewelry or some special restaurant?”

Because we’ve done all those things. At eighty years of age, I’m staying closer

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The Party’s Over

Posted on June 14, 2024

It’s been ten days since I blogged. In that time, my close family gathered to celebrate my birthday (I’m partial to birthdays.) and my cousins in Denver buried my beloved Alice, their mother. It’s the sweet and the bitter in

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