Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Second Chances

Posted on July 26, 2004

The Arts Section of yesterday’s Sunday Chicago Tribune features an article about four aging female singer/artists who have all released albums in what some would call the sunset of their recording careers.

Annie Lennox is 49, Patti Scialfa 50, Patti Smith

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Hair, Hair

Posted on July 22, 2004

There must be something in the chemical solutions for permanent waves or hair coloring that makes beauty salon owners want to give their businesses off-center names. A look in the local telephone directory confirms this.

I’m browsing under “Beauty Salons”

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Trash

Posted on July 21, 2004

My assistant, Kyle, hasn’t emptied his trash for ten years. Not that kind of trash; I mean the trash folder on his computer.

I was surprised when he revealed this as we worked on my web site last week. I’m

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Unnecessary Things

Posted on July 17, 2004

We are plagued with a particularly heavy and resistant mosquito population this summer, and it keeps me inside at a time when our yard is at its loveliest. As I sit in the family room and stare out the window,

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A Question of Sunsets

Posted on July 16, 2004

Why are most sunsets described from the sun’s point of view? We say the sun dipped, fell, dropped, slipped, and oozed. Sometimes it does these things into water or behind trees. At other times, it sets behind buildings or into

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Grass

Posted on July 8, 2004

Carl Sandburg once wrote a poem about the power of grass to erase bitter memories of war and death. It isn’t explicit in the poem, but the scene is a cemetery where crosses grow. Newly dug graves with shiny markers

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The Real Thing

Posted on July 4, 2004

Today is Independence Day in a presidential year, and I have a modest suggestion for celebrating it.With coast-to-coast parades and picnics, there are many opportunities for politicians to promote, promise, and preach.

But what I’ve noticed most about recent political campaigns

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Aging

Posted on June 14, 2004

Some of the photos from my birthday bash are arriving via email. One friend, in particular, took 65 pictures of the event; which is probably more photos than I’ve personally taken in a lifetime. Nevertheless, the photos are a wonderful

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President Reagan

Posted on June 10, 2004

I don’t quite understand all the hoopla surrounding former President Ronald Reagan’s death. I do understand that, as a former chief executive of our country, he is eligible for a state funeral; but does that entitle him to wall-to-wall coverage

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Please, Mr. Bush

Posted on June 2, 2004

Advance press releases on the Internet report that President Bush gives the commencement address at the U. S. Air Force Academy this afternoon. In his speech, he plans to compare the War on Terrorism in the Middle East to World

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