Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Today

Posted on July 21, 2024

Today is the day President Joe Biden stopped his campaign for re-election to the presidency of the United States. Today is the day I cancelled my standing subscription to The New York Times. And today is the day I finished

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Wine and Cheese

Posted on July 10, 2024

Last night I attended a Wine and Cheese Party with several other women. It wasn’t like an appetizer party where everyone brings something to share. Sometimes you BYOB too. It wasn’t a sit-down dinner nor was it a dessert and

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Kaminski Farms Meats

Posted on July 2, 2024

This afternoon Earl and I had an adventure. He had read an article recently about the difference between meat one buys at a supermarket and meat one buys directly from a meat farm.

Farm fresh meat has no preservatives, while

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July Oneth

Posted on July 1, 2024

How quickly the summer season passes. It’s already July. Granted, there are two full months to go, but it seems as if the days pass with the speed of light.

I looked up the definition of the speed of light

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Book Club

Posted on June 30, 2024

Tonight was my monthly book club meeting, and I was the moderator. We read A Doll’s House, written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879. I chose it because its themes of feminine servitude are relevant today, especially with recent Supreme Court

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On the Subject of Sleepovers

Posted on June 26, 2024

Our friendship was only a few years old when I moved from Detroit, where both N and I lived, to Chicago. But it was forged in the kiln of our mutual interest in learning about almost anything.

Which is why

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Artwork

Posted on June 22, 2024

We live in a community on the banks of Lake Michigan where the décor is sand-drenched and sunny. More than one home has what I call a “beachy” appearance in line with the environment. It’s white Adirondack chairs on the

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Missing You

Posted on June 21, 2024

Today would have been my Mother’s 106th birthday. She died in 1996, so I’ve had ample time to get over her passing.

What I’m missing is that Mother’s younger sister, Alice, and I would always reminisce about her on her

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Ironing As A Phobia

Posted on June 18, 2024

I really don’t like to iron; still I iron all outerwear for both Earl and me. If you return to February 2024, you’ll find blogs about this. Not the dislike of ironing, but the compulsion to do it. And the

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NYT

Posted on May 29, 2024

Whether you like the political point of view of The New York Times or not, the newspaper deserves credit for adjusting its subscription fees to meet subscribers’ needs.

Case in point: I had an introductory offer of $8 billed to

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