Archives in Category: Special Events

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Done

Posted on January 7, 2018

Today we de-Christmased our house. It wasn’t exactly like defrosting the fridge or delousing something, but it did have the same cathartic quality We were back to where we were before Christmas started.

Earl was at church when

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Back from the Holidays

Posted on January 2, 2018

It’s been over a week since I’ve blogged. It wasn’t intentional, but I know that whenever we have houseguests my personal routine goes out the window.  No piano playing, no reading, no blogging.

It’s natural if you want

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Christmas Day

Posted on December 25, 2017

We were four: Earl, Kevin, Lonna, and me.  And we woke to several inches of snow and blowing winds, which was fine since we had no place to go and no worries about family members coming to us. It was

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New Traditions

Posted on December 23, 2017

In past years, I would be knee-deep in wrapping gifts, prepping food, and tearing my hair on this date, even if I started holiday planning early. It’s the nature of the holiday.

But this year, we are not exchanging gifts

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Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 19, 2017

The number of guests at my Christmas Day table continues to change as my sons and their partners struggle with relationship issues, travel issues, weather issues, and cat care issues.I can’t really solve any of that for them, but whoever

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Bob’s Place

Posted on November 24, 2017

In the end we ate Thanksgiving dinner at Bob Evan’s yesterday. It was easy, which counted for a lot under the circumstances.

We didn’t have to make conversation with other guests; we didn’t have to dress and bring a hostess

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On Balance

Posted on November 23, 2017

Today is Thanksgiving Day 2017, and I lay awake this morning thinking of what to be particularly thankful for.

How about the six weeks I spent with bronchitis which prevented Earl and me from visiting Mexico but still paying for

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O’Reilly

Posted on April 23, 2017

It wasn’t his political opinions or his bravado that brought him down.  Heck, it wasn’t even the complaints about and pay-offs for harassment.  It was money, plain and simple.

When approximately fifty advertisers pulled their support for his program, Bill

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I Went to Boston

Posted on April 21, 2017

One week ago today I flew to Boston to meet my sons, Kevin and Keith, and Lonna, Kevin’s girlfriend. And although it was Easter Weekend, that wasn’t the reason for our gathering.

Kevin had qualified for the 121st running of

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This Day in History

Posted on April 13, 2017

Every day of the year probably has significance attached to it sometime in the world’s history. But if you’re interested in what happened on April 13, here are some examples.

In 837 A.D., there was the best view of Hailey’s

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