Archives in Category: Me/Family

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Chatting

Posted on October 4, 2014

Kevin is at Sarello’s, a wonderful eating establishment in Fargo, and I am at home, the best place to be to chat with my son.  He calls while nursing a glass of wine and a half hour or so before

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Random Thoughts

Posted on September 11, 2014

It’s the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11, and it’s also my son’s birthday.  I celebrate both, but make sure my son receives special attention.  The media will handle the other event.It will always be remembered, as it should, just like D-Day

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Music

Posted on August 25, 2014

I don’t know what possessed me.  Me, who won’t play piano in public.  Me, who envies prodigies who started playing before attending kindergarten.  Me, who is fighting weakening wrists and arthritic fingers. Yes, that me.

I voluntarily volunteered (as opposed

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Solo

Posted on August 5, 2014

Today I mall walked, but not with my usual companions.  S had out-of-town family visiting and C had a back problem that wouldn’t be helped by some loops in the mall.  So I went by myself.

But not exactly alone. 

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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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Back in the Pool

Posted on July 17, 2014

Earl and I had the good luck of staying at a hotel in Milwaukee that had a wonderful swimming pool.  It might not have meant much to Earl, but it meant a whole lot to me. The three days we were

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Different Hats

Posted on July 8, 2014

I’ve been pondering who I am.  Not in the philosophical sense; I think I know.  Rather in the consumer sense.  For instance, when am I a passenger, a guest, a client, a patient, a customer, or something else?

It’s not

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Pool Problem

Posted on July 6, 2014

I have had a love/hate relationship with the swimming pool at the new health club I joined last December.  Love the pool itself; love the lockers and the showers; love all the windows that bring the outside in.

Hate the

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New Trainer

Posted on June 16, 2014

I met a trainer today at the new health club I joined recently. He is the next in a long line of trainers that I’ve had since my days at the East Bank Club in Chicago.  Some have been good,

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Surprise!

Posted on June 15, 2014

Earl and I were meeting his daughter and son-in-law for dinner last night.  Just as we were leaving our home, the phone rang and someone wanted to meet Earl regarding a real estate deal. I heard him say, “We’re going

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