Archives in Category: Changing Scene

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Today

Posted on August 16, 2011

Today Earl and I drove the final leg of our journey to Canada where we are fishing for five days. And what we saw along the way was a microcosm of all our days on the road.

Once you get

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Bad Idea

Posted on August 1, 2011

“You don’t have to sign; it’s under twenty-five dollars,” the supermarket check-out clerk said chirpily. It was as if she were waving me through a border check-point because I looked honest, so she didn’t ask for my passport. Believe me,

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Last Day

Posted on July 29, 2011

Today was my last official day on a job I’ve held for seven years. It’s bittersweet, but then leaving any job where you give your all has the taste of vinegar and honey with a host of memories thrown in

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Retirement

Posted on June 14, 2011

After almost seven years, I’m leaving my son’s company where I have climbed to the position of Financial/Legal Manager. And, during that same length of time, I’ve come to dislike the word ‘retirement’ immensely.

Sure I’m at an age where

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Trophy Mixer

Posted on November 16, 2010

Earl lobbied for several years for us to purchase a Kitchen Aid mixer, the stand-alone variety that reeks of great chef-dom in the kitchen. I resisted. After all, my Mother managed to cook fairly decent meals with a paring knife

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Coming Soon

Posted on August 2, 2010

I opened my bookkeeping program, Quickbooks Online, this morning to find the following message: COMING SOON.

Usually when I see this message I’m interested. It means a new restaurant is arriving shortly or a new movie is about to

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Balancing Checkbooks

Posted on July 29, 2010

My name is on a variety of checking accounts. Some are personal, others business related. Either way, I feel compelled each month to balance every one to the penny. In all fairness, I must admit in my business world I

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This Day in History

Posted on July 24, 2010

It’s an easy way out: Research the Internet and find out what happened on this date in other years. It’s instant fodder for a blog without much creativity involved. I don’t resort to it very often. Today I did. Here’s

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Winter

Posted on December 10, 2009

I know winter doesn’t officially arrive until December 21, but if you looked outside you’d think we were there. Blowing snow, icy windows, toppled herby-curbies, cars in ditches – that’s the kind of day it was. It’s after 11 PM,

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The Recliner

Posted on November 22, 2009

Earl and I went to a furniture store today to order dining room chairs, which will arrive in about four weeks. As I was bonding with the owner of the store, determining what finish was appropriate for the new chairs,

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