I have two days to finish the current selection for my local book club. Written by Renee Rosen, What the Lady Wants is a fictionalized – and I mean highly fictionalized – account of retail magnate Marshall Field, his family,

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Armed with hiking boots, trekking poles, gloves, and wooly caps, the four of us ventured into the “wilderness” this morning for a hike at Grand Mere State Park in our own Berrien County. I’ve lived here almost twenty years and

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I didn’t check what happened in history or on the world’s stage on the date, but here is what happened in my little neighborhood today.

It rained. I finished my laundry. Played piano with great interest. Saw a cute movie,

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I am in two book clubs. One is local and we meet face-to-face; the other is anything but local, as our members live in such faraway places as Utah and New York. We Skype to discuss the month’s selection. Which do

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This afternoon Earl and I saw the musical “Beautiful,” about the life of composer and songstress Carole King. It truly was beautiful but not at all what I expected. I’d assumed it would be mostly about King, whose career spanned

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Yesterday, after having lunch with a couple friends, I went for my annual flu shot at the local Walgreen’s. By the time I got home, the arm that received the vaccine was red and splotchy. This morning it was really

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I have a friend, S, who is part fish. Perhaps in a former life she was a dolphin but is now consigned to a land existence. Still her soul is in the water. She swims about five times a week

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This morning I went with two veteran hikers to walk the Warren Dunes. Even though I had the requisite hiking boots and poles, I didn’t know what to expect. Long story short: it was great.

Long story long: it wasn’t

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