Archives in Category: Changing Scene

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The Mascot Hall of Fame

Posted on July 22, 2006

Funny, furry animals wearing insignia clothing of various sport teams and cavorting during half-times or inning stretches or time outs has never appealed to me. But I must be in the minority, because there is even a Mascot Hall of

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Thank You Notes

Posted on July 11, 2006

I have three friends who write wonderful thank you notes, the pen-to-paper kind that come in the mail. The kind most of us dreaded writing as children because we didn’t know how to get past “Dear Aunt Jane, Thank you

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EOM

Posted on June 30, 2006

It’s EOM; that’s end of the month for the uninitiated. In addition it’s one half of the EOY, end of the year. Which means I am scurrying around trying to tie loose ends so that our half-year budget and profit

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Tractors

Posted on June 23, 2006

“I have to work eleven to six two nights next week,” Earl said, as we were having dinner at the Mark III last night. I knew he meant as a Sheriff’s deputy, given that these shifts were in the dead

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Berrien Hills Golf Club

Posted on June 18, 2006

This past weekend, we revisited the Berrien Hills Golf Course, known in a former life as the Berrien Hills Country Club.

I wrote about the Club on March 14 as it faced financial demise and decided to cancel its

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Big Sexy Hair

Posted on June 3, 2006

My next door neighbor, Clara, is eighty-years-old and she has big sexy hair. Only it’s Big Sexy Hair. The capital letters make a big difference, since I’m talking about a product by that name that Clara swears by. Or she

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Language 101

Posted on June 1, 2006

It started when I called the New York State Insurance Fund, that guardian of worker’s comp and disability insurances in the State of New York, to get help filling out two required forms. The forms themselves were a stumbling block;

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Formal Attire

Posted on May 25, 2006

The phrase “formal attire” must mean different things in different social circles, and those of us who are not in the know often wonder why people wear what they wear for special events. For instance, why do Hollywood stars attending

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Country

Posted on May 22, 2006

Tomorrow night is country music’s time to shine. It’s the 39th annual Country Music Awards Show live from New York City, even though much of country music is produced in Nashville, TN.

I haven’t kept track of how many

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Hair

Posted on May 21, 2006

I don’t know why, but changing hair dressers is a tricky business. I’ve known more than one woman who complained about the haircut she got or the perm she just paid for and yet returned four weeks later for a

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