Archives in Category: Changing Scene

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Waning Days

Posted on August 9, 2014

It’s not quite the middle of August, but already there are signs that summer is almost over.  I don’t mean school busses and crossing guards either. They come later.

It’s more subtle than that; and it’s mostly, but not all, 

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Bundling

Posted on August 7, 2014

I have finally succumbed to the concept of “bundling,” that process by which you have one provider for as many of your communication needs as possible. In theory, the service for your cell phone, landline (for those who are still

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Farmer’s Forum

Posted on August 3, 2014

Waiting for my son to finish his daily run (He’s training for the Chicago Marathon), I studied the “Farmer’s Forum,” a weekly supplement to the local newspaper.  I might just as well have been reading Greek.

It’s not that farmers

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Gentrification

Posted on August 2, 2014

I’ve been visiting Fargo, ND, for over a decade.

When my son and I went there for the first time, it was to find a house.  He’d accepted a position at a local university and needed to move his possessions

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Ninjas

Posted on July 27, 2014

I rarely watch television, but I often check to see what’s on that I don’t plan to view.  Earl laughs at this, and I completely understand why.  It’s illogical.  Still, once in a while a blind pig finds an acorn.

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Transitioning

Posted on July 26, 2014

I recently received a charming little book titled The Art of Doing Nothing by Veronique Vienne.  Published in 1998, it’s just as relevant today in our hurry-up-and-do-something world as it was then.In fact, the main point isn’t so much about

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Dying

Posted on July 21, 2014

Earl and I attended the visitation of his friend yesterday afternoon.  Bill was a member of the local community for many years, taught at the high school for 37 of them, belonged to more than one Christian church during that

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From the Sublime to the Silly

Posted on July 12, 2014

Earl and I spent the first half of this day at the Milwaukee Art Museum.  Originally, I’d wanted to visit because of its unusual architecture created by Spaniard Santiago Calatrava; but I found the contents inside to be worthwhile too. 

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It Knows

Posted on June 23, 2014

I’ve had my cellphone for maybe two, three years; and I’m due for an upgrade on July 28.

I think my cellphone knows its days could be numbered, because it’s acting oddly.  For example, it doesn’t always ring when I

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Sauce vs. Paste

Posted on May 14, 2014

When I was first married I asked my Italian mother-in-law for her marinara sauce recipe. I’d had it on more than one occasion and found it quite tasty; needless to say, my new husband thought it was delicious. So why

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