Archives in Category: Me/Family

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Gemstones

Posted on February 28, 2005

I love gemstones; more specifically, I love gemstones as they relate to rings. And I must have a couple dozen unusual rings to prove the point.

When I was young and foolish I made a list of rings I wanted

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Rabbit

Posted on February 20, 2005

From a distance I wasn’t sure if it was a dirty mound of snow or something else. Even with binoculars, it was hard to tell; so I pressed Earl into service. After all, being a former Chicago policeman gives him

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Hot Dog

Posted on February 17, 2005

In a concerted effort to avoid starting on Earl’s and my taxes, my assistant Kyle and I went to lunch. We’ve gone to lunch more frequently lately, and you can draw your own conclusions.

For Kyle, lunch was a “Chicago

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Sunday Brunch

Posted on February 13, 2005

There’s something about Sunday brunch that is special, even though breakfast itself has never been my favorite meal. But move the concept uptown, do it on a big scale, make it later in the morning; and I’m there.

This

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Jet Plane

Posted on January 25, 2005

Tomorrow Earl and I leave on our annual winter rendezvous with the sun, eleven days of glorious shorts and swimsuits and lightweight coveralls. Once we reach Ft. Lauderdale, there won’t be a flake of snow in sight.

As I pack,

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Extremes

Posted on January 22, 2005

This weekend gifted us with the biggest snowfall of the year, and now that the snowplows have tried to rearrange it our road looks like a huge meringue. The temperature isn’t any too friendly either, but so far Earl and

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Tidbit

Posted on January 21, 2005

Children provide great inspiration, especially if you capture it in the moment. When they say something funny or do something cute, the parent who puts in on paper has extra memories down the road.

Recently, I found some scribblings I’d

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Massage

Posted on January 3, 2005

This afternoon I had a massage for the first time in a couple years. And, after only a few minutes under the masseuse’s skilled hands, I wondered why I waited so long between appointments.

I’ve been a devotee of massage

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Christmas, 2004

Posted on January 2, 2005

It’s time to take down all the Christmas decorations, the tree, and the lights and squirrel them away for another year. We’re not ones to leave things up long into the new year, so this morning Earl and I dragged

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New Approach

Posted on January 1, 2005

New Year’s Day is the equivalent of an odometer on an automobile. Slowly the last number changes, and occasionally more than the last number, as we track the years and check the tread on our lives. This New Year’s Day

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