Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Different Hats

Posted on July 8, 2014

I’ve been pondering who I am.  Not in the philosophical sense; I think I know.  Rather in the consumer sense.  For instance, when am I a passenger, a guest, a client, a patient, a customer, or something else?

It’s not

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Doing Nothing

Posted on June 21, 2014

I’ve moved from my Delta rant to thinking about this weekend as found time. Friends and family members thought I was out of town, so my calendar is blank for four days.

Ironically, a gentle book crossed my reading path

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Mulch

Posted on June 17, 2014

Earl has always liked the “mulch look” on our flowerbeds, but he isn’t one to help spread it.  This year, I determined that since we’d done it his way for over ten years, I could do it my way.  Which

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D-Day and B-Day Come and Gone

Posted on June 12, 2014

Last weekend was the seventieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II. I read that many of those who had participated then were returning to salute their fallen comrades for perhaps the last time.  Those who

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The Team Has Assembled

Posted on April 18, 2014

Kevin, Keith, Chris and I have all arrived and checked into our hotel in Natick, MA, to start the countdown to the 118th annual running of the Boston Marathon on Monday.  Of course, only one of us is running, but

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Temperature Fluctuation

Posted on April 4, 2014

I returned from Costa Rica’s ninety-nine degree temperatures two weeks from today.  At the time, I was grateful to feel chill on my cheeks instead of perspiration. And I promised myself I’d never whine about weather again.

I take that

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Reflections

Posted on February 21, 2014

Winter must be getting to me.  In checking my blog I see my last few entries are all about food.  I’m not sure what this means, but maybe I’d better step on my scale for a reality check.

Other people

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Snow Job

Posted on February 12, 2014

We have had an inordinate amount of snow and ice this season, and frigid temperatures go without saying.  Snow piles crest at some neighbors’ roofs, mailboxes beg for help, and potholes make driving a roller coaster ride.  It is the

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Groundhogs, Broncos, and Seahawks

Posted on February 2, 2014

Today was officially Groundhog Day, but it was overshadowed – pun intended – by the forty-eighth Super Bowl featuring the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks.  Suffice to say Punxsutawney Phil, who seems to be the hands-down arbiter of this

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Learning Curve

Posted on January 16, 2014

Learning to retire is a process.  It begins when one becomes aware that the last day of work is on the current calendar and close at hand.  I suppose for some it’s a long awaited date. But then maybe those

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