Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Mental Health Weekend

Posted on October 8, 2012

Last week I let my job take over my life. Worked more than usual; and, to find the time, I gave up those things that provide pleasure. Things like reading, swimming, my book club monthly meeting, and piano.

I

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Go Away

Posted on October 1, 2012

It’s unavoidable. No matter where I turn I see Arnold Schwarzenegger in the news. He’s written a book, presumably about his extra-marital escapades, which qualifies him for TV time on the news, the morning talk shows, the evening exposes.

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Sorry About That

Posted on September 20, 2012

My friend and I met at Harbor Shores for breakfast today. It had been a while since we’d seen each other, and we looked forward to relaxing over eggs, bacon, and toast. (My friend really enjoys breakfast.)

But when

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Radio-Locator

Posted on September 14, 2012

In my day I’ve done battle with giants: Verizon, AT&T, and now Sirius Radio. I can’t claim that I’ve won thousands of dollars in compensation; but I can say, for what it’s worth, that my voice has been heard. Sirius

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Birthdays and Other Celebrations

Posted on September 11, 2012

Today is my son’s and my best friend’s birthday. They laid claim to the date long before 9/11 and the demise of the twin towers. But their celebrations will forever be entwined with those of the national conscience. I make

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Mount Rushmore

Posted on September 1, 2012

I have wanted to visit Mount Rushmore for as long as I can remember. In my mind it always seemed spectacular, a special monument carved from a mountain. It was the shear feat of it – 400 men and women

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Back to the Words

Posted on June 1, 2012

This blog is really about music. My adult study of piano in particular. It’s not going so well at the moment. I’m frustrated almost to the point of putting an ad for my Kawai grand piano in the local paper

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RIP Dick Clark

Posted on April 18, 2012

The media say it was a heart attack that felled Dick Clark in the end. And already tributes far and near are pouring in. He deserves them.

Everyone my age has his or her own Dick Clark remembrance or two.

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Wislawa Szymborska

Posted on April 14, 2012

Only recently did I learn that Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died earlier this year. She was eighty-eight. She was indomitable. Described as the “Mozart of poetry,” Symborska won the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature in 1996. I have read her

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Titanic

Posted on April 13, 2012

It will be one hundred years tomorrow that the unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. Since then, the disaster has captured our collective memory, engraving the story indelibly in film, biography, public television, and newscasts.

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