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Ready

Posted on April 28, 2005

Keith and I have decided to start our month-long writing project tomorrow, April 29, instead of May 1. It was his idea and it works for me, so we’re beginning at 7 PM tomorrow night with a long distance cocktail

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Upheaval

Posted on April 23, 2005

We’re dismantling our kitchen in anticipation of new granite countertops and a new sink and new window treatments. It’s all under the guise of making our kitchen look more up-to-date.
But it means we need to empty cabinets and

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Photo Albums

Posted on April 18, 2005

I’m almost finished with the photo album of our trip through the Panama Canal, which took place this past January.

For most trips, I merely put the photos in an album and considered the project done. But last year I

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Day 31

Posted on April 13, 2005

Exactly one month ago today I started my “Walk a Mile Every Day for a Year Campaign.” I’d read somewhere that if you did this for a year, and didn’t change anything else about your diet or your exercise regimen,

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Bragging Rights

Posted on April 12, 2005

I never was one to carry around pictures of my children when they were little. And I didn’t search for opportunities to describe how great their accomplishments were as the years rolled by. Even today, when both my sons are

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Mother

Posted on April 3, 2005

My Mother died nine years ago today; and, while I’m not one to be emotional about her passing, I always remember the day. It began with a call in the night, since I had left her home three days earlier

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Easter

Posted on March 27, 2005

It’s Easter Sunday; and, when I was a child, the day evoked a variety of emotions. Since I attended Catholic school, there was great emphasis on the religious importance of the day. In fact, we were taught that it was

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Genius

Posted on March 26, 2005

My piano teacher, Julia, is a genius. For the past few weeks I’ve suffered from piano malaise, a malady that afflicts piano students and makes them want to ignore their studies. At best, it blows over in a week or

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New Friend

Posted on March 25, 2005

All the sayings in the lower left corner of my web site are of my own creation, and the one that holds the place of honor currently made me smile. I’d written it several months ago, before I moved from

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Day Ten

Posted on March 22, 2005

I read recently that if a person walked one mile a day at a brisk pace and did nothing else differently over the course of a year, he or she would lose ten pounds just like that.

It was the

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