Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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All Because I’m Not On Facebook

Posted on January 24, 2025

It’s been three days since I quit Facebook, and you can’t believe how much I’ve gotten done without that distraction.

I’ve written blogs ahead of their time schedules. I’m prepped for my book club this Sunday, where I’m the leader

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A Day of One’s Own

Posted on January 11, 2025

In 1929, Virginia Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, was published. I read it a long time ago and didn’t take the time to reread it for this blog. What I remember, however, was that Woolf championed the notion

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Perf-ection

Posted on January 9, 2025

Earl and I are paper people. He owned a printing company for years, mostly before online publishing came to prominence. And I was a freelance writer whose clients wanted someone to make their words read well.

All of this is

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“Wicked, Part II”

Posted on January 5, 2025

I figure if “Wicked’s” director, Jon M. Chu, can divide a Broadway musical into two parts, then I can divide my critique of the first part into two blogs. This part addresses

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Collaboration

Posted on January 3, 2025

I’ve wondered about the compatibility of buttons and buttonholes, given one must be big enough to accommodate the other. As someone who sewed for years, I simply followed the instructions on the pattern. It told me what size button to purchase

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No Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2025

It’s the first day of the new year, and I’m moving away from a holiday of rest and relaxation toward a more structured routine for the weeks to come. That includes a return to regular blogging, as well as regular

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Misnamed

Posted on December 21, 2024

Today is December 21, traditionally called the shortest day in the year. But that’s a misnomer. Technically, all days of the year are approximately the same length: 24 hours divided into sixty minutes segments that are further divided into sixty

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Ugly Sweaters

Posted on December 16, 2024

It’s a fashion statement I can’t embrace: the ugly sweater. But I seem to be in the minority. The internet is full of websites devoted to this seasonal costume.

Tipsy Elves, for instance, has 155 of them for sale. There’s

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Moana2

Posted on December 12, 2024

S and I are animated feature film afficionados. We’ve seen all seven Minion movies, “Inside Out” and its sequel, various one-off films, and now “Moana2.”

We’d loved Moana the first time around and looked forward all fall to seeing its

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Christmas Season 2024

Posted on December 2, 2024

There are only 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year; so if the season seems compressed and harried, it is. Retailers have fewer days to meet their sales goals;  non-profits have fewer days to seek contributions; and the rest

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