Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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I Love the Olympics

Posted on August 8, 2016

The 2016 Olympics in Rio have been in full swing for three days, and I’m loving it even though I haven’t seen all of the coverage.  My favorite events are swimming, gymnastics, high diving, and track and field. But I’m

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Loving Nothing to Do

Posted on July 10, 2016

It’s almost 10 PM, and I just finished resting a few minutes on the patio watching the final gasp of the sun.  Here in southwestern Michigan it gasps late.  And I reminisced about the day.

I didn’t leave the house

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Coupon Craziness

Posted on July 1, 2016

The nozzle on the end of my hose, the one with several different settings to allow for a jet stream or a mist with various options in-between, broke. It didn’t owe me anything, since I’d probably spent less than five

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Bookmark

Posted on June 28, 2016

I have a friend who is a voracious reader.  She’s a member of one of my book clubs and always comes prepared.  In fact, the time we agreed to read something written by John Updike is a case in point.

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For the Record

Posted on June 14, 2016

Every day owns some historical scrip; because of this, various newspapers carry columns of “What Happened on This Day.” So I’ve decided that for today, I’ll offer my own version. It is probably one that won’t be found in local

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The NRA and Grammar

Posted on June 13, 2016

Yesterday’s mass killing in Orlando, FL, has already raised the decibel level on the gun control issue once again. And it will command the headlines for a week or so, while the NRA will stand by its slogan: “Guns don’t

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I am Pavlov’s Dog

Posted on May 12, 2016

On my way to a sociology degree, I met Pavlov’s dog. Not the actual one, but Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov’s theory based on his study of salivating dogs. He noticed the dogs salivated whenever he gave them food. After a

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Channeling Noah

Posted on May 5, 2016

It hasn’t really rained for forty days and forty nights around here; it just feels like it. I write this as rain pounds my driveway, my windows, and my psyche. I’m not in danger of having to leave my home,

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Gun Education

Posted on May 3, 2016

Last weekend C and I took a course on how to shoot a gun offered by the Watervliet Rod and Gun Club. I’d extended the invitation to other friends too, but C was the only one who actually signed up

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The Coffee Syndrome

Posted on April 10, 2016

Yesterday I made my semi-annual pilgrimage to Talbots® for wardrobe updates. I’ve shopped at other stores over the years, but Talbots’® sizes fit me best. That is, if I can figure them out . . .

Time was when a

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