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So Sorry, Madam

As most of my good friends know, I’m not a morning person.  And now that I’m no longer gainfully employed I have every intention of staying that way.  At the same time, there are occasional reasons to set an alarm and

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Wear It on Your Sleeve

It was a Christmas gift over fifty years ago.  A pin representing a perfectly shaped fir tree with tiny jewels set in gold to represent the ornaments. I loved it then; I love it even more now.

Ollie, my stepfather

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Life Goes On

It doesn’t matter what decade of life you’re in; it’s hectic. It’s just that hectic is defined differently along the way.

At my age (69), hectic is about the slowing pace that seniors must adapt to.  It’s also about health

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Thanksgiving

For the first time in ten years, Earl and I spent Thanksgiving with his side of the family instead of mine.  It was a fluke that we did so, but it was a wonderful fluke.

We journeyed to Earl’s grandson’s

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Home Again

For the second time in two weeks, we’re home.  I wrote about the first return (See November 14, 2013) by sharing others’ thoughts on the meaning of home. This time, I’m adding my own.

Home is where your special stuff

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Bed Mates

The man I sleep with (That would be Earl.) and I have different sleeping habits. I would like to believe this doesn’t impact the time we spend in bed, but secretly I know it impacts mine.

I was brought up

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Puzzles

While we’re on the subject, let me recall other jigsaw puzzles Earl and I have done.  Once we did all the fish in Lake Michigan. This was relatively easy because each fish had its name under its profile.  Another time

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Week Two

Earl and I are forging ahead with our 1,000 piece puzzle. In the first week, which ended yesterday, we completed the border and have various segments of the interior assembled. Some of them even hook together.

We’re still enjoying the

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Earl is Home

Twenty four hours late Earl walks in the door, just in time to walk out again for his usual Monday night Bible study. We are like proverbial ships passing in the night, but at least he’s home and not sitting

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Bulletin Door Update

At the beginning of last year I wrote a blog about my office door that doubles as a large bulletin board. Click here to read that post.  The Favorite Five are still taped there, and I’m happy

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