Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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So Long Summer

Posted on August 31, 2008

Calendar-wise, I know summer sticks around for another three weeks, but I’ve always thought that Labor Day, which is tomorrow, ends the season. Maybe it’s because school starts again, which means the weather always gets hot but then turns. Maybe

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Locker Logic

Posted on August 15, 2008

If you belong to a health club, have you ever noticed how lockers are dispensed? Usually you check in with an attendant somewhere to obtain a key or a number or some indicator of what locker is yours that day.

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Conflicted

Posted on August 4, 2008

After vacationing for the past couple weeks, I’m home in my default life, the one I participate in when we’re not traveling. I’m the first to admit it’s a great life, with little of the stresses I’ve encountered raising children

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Thank You, Asphalt

Posted on July 17, 2008

Today it was in the nineties, and working outside was an effort. Nevertheless, Earl and our handyman spent most of the afternoon asphalting our circular driveway. This wasn’t on my top ten things to do around the house, but it

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Webs

Posted on July 15, 2008

I was sitting in my office trying to come up with a topic for today’s blog. For some reason, it was difficult to hone in on one. Should I comment on The New Yorker’s skewering of the Obamas? Should I

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Tony Snow

Posted on July 12, 2008

Former Bush press secretary Tony Snow’s death was announced this morning on several national TV news stations. He was fifty-three, a full decade younger than I am. I can only imagine he and Tim Russert are holding political court somewhere

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Dieting Tips

Posted on July 9, 2008

Tomorrow marks the last day of the weight loss challenge Earl and I have been participating in for the past twelve weeks. We’ve worked hard to shed extra pounds; and both of us have been successful. The trick is to

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Scary Situation

Posted on July 3, 2008

Earl and I are both licensed Realtors® in Michigan; and, while I don’t practice real estate, I’m always interested in what’s happening in the profession. Especially now, for these are difficult times.

So it was with great shock that I

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Book Club

Posted on July 3, 2008

I’m going on record as changing my mind.

I’ve always been a purist where book clubs are concerned. That is, if you join a book club and the assigned book for next month isn’t something you want to read,

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Car Pooling

Posted on June 30, 2008

Whenever Earl and I drive on highways, we note that most cars have one — at the most, two — passengers including the driver. I can’t help but think that some of those single drivers are going to the same

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