Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Differently Abled

Posted on October 15, 2005

While deconstruction and reconstruction pushed on around me, I needed a break from the dust and dirt of my present lifestyle. So I started reading The Ha-Ha, a first novel by Dave King. The title itself was enough to draw

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Travel

Posted on October 11, 2005

My remodeling project is about to swallow the rest of my life, which is why I write about something totally unrelated to drywall, plumbing, or the thickness of plywood.

Travel has always been one of my pastimes, having been part

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Demo Update

Posted on October 6, 2005

It’s four days now, or – in terms of the pictures on my demolition calendar – it’s three smiley faces and one face sticking out its tongue. Really, things are fine; but our house has plaster walls and taking them

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Miss Saigon

Posted on October 5, 2005

Last weekend, Earl and I saw “Miss Saigon,” the blockbuster that played its way into the third longest running musical in Broadway history. (For the record, “Cats” is first.) I liked it better than Earl did. But I must admit

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Getting Along

Posted on October 3, 2005

Both Earl and I are only children; it’s one of the many things we have in common. We also share two syllable names, a commitment to being on time, a relentlessness about balancing our checkbooks, a dedication to personal honesty,

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Fall

Posted on September 28, 2005

I feel acutely sensitive to fall this year. I had thought this summer would be spectacular, and I was ready; but the drought that took hold of southwestern Michigan these past few months assured the demise of spring’s promise.

Now

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Time

Posted on September 27, 2005

I need thirty-hour days to get everything done and still enjoy life, and I think maybe it’s a function of my age.

Time was when I could work long hours on a given project and still have enough energy left

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Art

Posted on September 26, 2005

I received a letter in the mail last week from Lake Forest College, where I obtained my master’s degree almost a decade ago. It informed me that Art Zilversmit had died, and I silently wept.

Art Zilversmit was the first

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Christmas

Posted on September 26, 2005

Egads, which is probably a word nobody says anymore. But it provides the right amount of shock and surprise for today’s ten minutes, without resorting to the more traditional, yet overused, four-letter words. Egads, Christmas is exactly three months from

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Bill O’Reilly

Posted on September 24, 2005

A couple nights ago I caught a snippet of an interview between former talk show host Phil Donahue and current Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. The latter runs the Bill O’Reilly Show. Then last night, I saw the same O’Reilly

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