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We Interrupt This Program . . .

Posted on March 23, 2015

My local classical station is about to launch its semi-annual fund raiser.  For the past few days, announcers have been telling me that the official start of the campaign is March 28.But the truth is the radio station campaigns all

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Boaters’ Spring

Posted on March 21, 2015

Today, Earl and I attended two open houses, both of which were aimed at the nautical crowd and offered free food. We were not among the former.  We don’t even own a kayak any more, but we were among the

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Spring

Posted on March 20, 2015

I’m writing this at 6:15 in the evening and saw earlier today that Spring formally arrives in another half hour.  I shall lift my glass in a toast, as it’s been a long, rough winter.

I’m not sure what I

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St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2015

My Mother was the world’s greatest proponent of St. Patrick’s Day.  No, actually, she was the world’s greatest proponent of being one hundred percent Irish.

Green was her favorite color three hundred sixty five days of the year, and once

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Costco

Posted on March 6, 2015

I don’t remember if I’ve written about the Costco experience before, but what does it matter?  If I can’t remember every one of my blogs over the past decade I’m assuming nobody else will either.  So . . . Costco.

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Reel Time

Posted on February 22, 2015

8:30 PM – It’s Oscar Night, the film industry’s annual acknowledgement to itself.  Usually boring; unbearably long; and at least one curmudgeon. Still, I tune in every year if only to see the designer gowns and upswept hairdos. Tonight I’m

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2015

Today is Valentine’s Day, and I remember the very first VD Earl and I spent together. It was wintry cold, and I lived in a flat in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago’s north side.  He lived downtown.

Many of

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Super Bowl Sunday

Posted on February 1, 2015

Earl and I are hibernating today and waiting for the Big Game later this afternoon.  It’s not unusual for us to hunker down on Sundays, but twelve inches of snow has made it mandatory.

Me? I’m moving into low gear.

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De-Christmas-ing

Posted on January 3, 2015

We’re putting the holidays to bed.

We’d intended to do it on January 1, but I wasn’t ready.  It was too close to the time when my family was here, and I still heard their voices. So I wanted a

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 1, 2015

The holiday season isn’t quite over; there’s one more weekend before the world returns to normal on January 5.  But I’m getting a head start.

Spent the afternoon organizing receipts and getting ready to file our taxes. Pulled several boxes

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