Archives in Category: Me/Family

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Lessons Learned

Posted on January 19, 2013

Five days ago I took a nasty fall in our bathroom, and I now have two black eyes to prove it, although they’re more purple than black. Here is what I’ve learned from the experience.

First, falls happen suddenly and

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Remembering

Posted on December 1, 2012

A week ago we were in Denver, Colorado, savoring the after-Thanksgiving company of family members as we gathered at my cousin’s for another round of merriment. We headed home the next day.

But the tangible evidence of our annual family

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Food for Thought

Posted on October 11, 2012

There are pressing problems in my work life and also in my son’s personal life. Given that I work for his company, these problems intersect. And I am saddened. So what do I do?

I do nothing, unless I

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Family

Posted on August 15, 2012

We left Lincoln early yesterday morning with little regret. In several hours we would be in Denver at my aunt and uncle’s basking in the warm cocoon of family. Outside of my two sons, this is all the direct family

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Success

Posted on March 17, 2012

I went to Talbot’s in South Bend yesterday to find some clothes that would make me fit in with the New York City crowd. You know, contemporary fashion as opposed to classic fit. Trendy and hip, as opposed comfortable and

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Bulletin Door

Posted on January 15, 2012

Many people have bulletin boards where they attach items of interest, invitations, recipes, you-name-it. I’m not one of them. Instead, I use the door to my at-home office for that purpose.

It started innocuously about twelve years ago when I

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Anniversary

Posted on September 15, 2011

Two years ago we sold our home on the St. Joseph River. We loved that home, but it was time to downsize even though it was the middle of the housing depression. Our property was on the market almost a

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Life After Work

Posted on September 1, 2011

Another week has rolled by since we returned from our fishing trip. I’m becoming a slug. Without the scheduled hours of a job, I find I’m less organized, less compulsive, less achievement oriented. Instead, I’m more interested in cooking (Really!),

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At Home

Posted on August 24, 2011

This is our first day home from our vacation. I had high expectations as I made my list of things to accomplish today. Now that it’s bedtime, a tally shows I did little on that list.

I did, however, do

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A Lesson from the Butterfly

Posted on August 17, 2011

You could say I’m obsessed with the butterfly; or, as swimmers who have actually mastered the stroke call it, the “fly.” In the past two years I’ve taken fly lessons from two different competitive swimmers to learn how to coordinate

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