Archives in Category: Small Town Life

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For Every Season, Turn, Turn, Turn

Posted on October 22, 2015

I’ve been pulling everything out of my flower beds for the past five days and battening the proverbial hatches for winter. Today I cut the last flowering roses from my bushes and put them in a vase in my office. 

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She Made My Day

Posted on March 31, 2015

Went to Meijer today for a tomato, and ended up buying forty-nine dollars’ worth of groceries.  Pricy tomato!

Still, it was worth it.  I also bought tonic and a bottle of vodka with the tomato and the Chicago Tribune. Lemons

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B4

Posted on January 8, 2015

I belong to the B4 book club.  If you’re wondering, the B4 stands for “Broads and Books Beyond Belief.” We’re definitely B to the fourth power.

Today was our annual organizational meeting where we chose what we’ll read for the

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Mall Walking

Posted on November 18, 2014

The weather has turned snarky with gusty wind, swirling snow, and ominous skies.  A far cry from summer’s warmth.  So some friends and I are back to the mall to get our walking in. One friend claims that she doesn’t

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Embracing Social Media

Posted on October 28, 2014

My friends all know I’m one of the last holdouts for signing on to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and the rest of the social crawl that’s constant on today’s cell phones, tablets, and other devices.

My friends have also shared their

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Brought Up Short

Posted on September 4, 2014

Tonight Earl and I attended the wake of a young man, 31 years old and married only seven weeks.   He is the grandson of a good friend, and he died unexpectedly in an accident. Who at my age expects to

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Small Town

Posted on August 6, 2014

John Mellencamp once sang fondly of life in a small town.  But there are some things he forgot to mention.

You know you live in a small town when the guy in the Ford truck runs into the gas station

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Farmer’s Forum

Posted on August 3, 2014

Waiting for my son to finish his daily run (He’s training for the Chicago Marathon), I studied the “Farmer’s Forum,” a weekly supplement to the local newspaper.  I might just as well have been reading Greek.

It’s not that farmers

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Natick Rocks

Posted on April 19, 2014

It’s our second night in Natick, where the Boston Marathon runs through from Mile 8 to about Mile 11 in two days.  It’s farther from the finish line than we’d planned; but, for one good reason and another, this is

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Stoplight

Posted on November 20, 2013

Earl and I were displaced to a local hotel three days ago when violent weather came through our area and knocked the power out in our condo development.  It was 3:15 PM on Sunday, November 17.

It didn’t look so

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