Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 3, 2005

For years, I tried to be politically correct and theologically sensitive around this time of year. In the waning days that I sent cards, they were holiday greetings. When I was in charge of the company’s annual party, the word

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Hibernation

Posted on December 2, 2005

I think bears have the right idea. They hibernate through the winter, living off the fat of their bodies while they sleep away. I’m not saying I want to sleep for months on end, but right now I do want

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Medicare

Posted on December 1, 2005

Enrollment in the new Medicare prescription drug coverage plan began over two weeks ago, and I’m dragging my feet in studying it on Earl’s behalf. The President – I hesitate to say “Our President” – claims “this is the greatest

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Reality

Posted on November 28, 2005

We’re home from our Thanksgiving travels, and plunked down into the reality of our remodeling and our discombobulated efforts on various fronts. In one sense, I’m glad to be here; in another, ouch!

There are four weeks minus one day

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Christmas Trees

Posted on November 26, 2005

It’s become a new tradition (I suppose this is an oxymoron, but traditions have to start somewhere.) that my aunt and I trim her Christmas tree during our annual Thanksgiving visit. And I have my friend, Noreen, to thank for

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2005

Originally, Thanksgiving honored the friendship between the early settlers and the indigenous Indians who helped them survive those first harsh winters in America. It was a time to break bread together and give thanks for food and friends.

Times

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Congressman Murtha

Posted on November 19, 2005

I had not heard of Pennsylvania’s Representative John Murtha until he openly criticized the Bush Administration’s current handling of the war in Iraq this week. Murtha, who was first elected to Congress in 1974, is the ranking Democrat on the

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President Bush

Posted on November 18, 2005

President Bush is somewhere in Asia getting ready to meet with the head of China. My lack of precise details shows how uninterested I really am. At the same time, I’ve heard smatterings of Bush’s remarks about the behavior of

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Back Again

Posted on November 17, 2005

Last year, on November 21, I wrote about the barrage of gift catalogs that had found its way to my door. Well, they’re back again.

Today’s mailbox yielded about half a dozen harbingers of the holiday season, each one enticing

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Exhaustion

Posted on November 16, 2005

I find I’m exhausted today, even though nothing particularly challenging or unexpected happened to sap my energy. Rather, I think reality just arrived on the doorstep.

We’ve had a glorious fall, weather-wise, but today a forerunner of winter blew into

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