Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

Back at It

Posted on August 27, 2024

Yes, I hibernated yesterday and also part of today. It gave me some time to think about blogs and what to write.

It also turned out that Earl and I cooked together. We made a creamy chicken noodle soup recipe,

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Too Much

Posted on August 25, 2024

I did it to myself: booked too many activities for one day. And today was that day. I saw it coming earlier in the week; but felt every commitment had importance, so I didn’t reschedule any.

The Reader’s Digest format

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Getting Old

Posted on August 9, 2024

Just because yesterday was Earl’s birthday – and he is no spring chicken, whatever that means – doesn’t mean this blog is aimed at him. Rather, it’s something I’ve been aware of for a while now.

We are old. I

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Greetings

Posted on August 5, 2024

I went to the store today to purchase birthday cards, the old fashioned kind that require an envelope and a stamp. The particular store offered American Greeting Cards, which I have since learned is the most popular brand with Hallmark

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Third Decade

Posted on August 4, 2024

Author Malcolm Gladwell was an original proponent of the 10,000 Rule, which states that someone needs to practice a skill for that many hours to be a professional at it. From what I’ve read, Gladwell applied this theory particularly to

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Trading Deadline

Posted on July 28, 2024

July 31 is the deadline for major league baseball teams to trade players to other teams for one of their players or a future phenom in the minor league system. The Cubs franchise has said it has given up on

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Today

Posted on July 21, 2024

Today is the day President Joe Biden stopped his campaign for re-election to the presidency of the United States. Today is the day I cancelled my standing subscription to The New York Times. And today is the day I finished

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Wine and Cheese

Posted on July 10, 2024

Last night I attended a Wine and Cheese Party with several other women. It wasn’t like an appetizer party where everyone brings something to share. Sometimes you BYOB too. It wasn’t a sit-down dinner nor was it a dessert and

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Kaminski Farms Meats

Posted on July 2, 2024

This afternoon Earl and I had an adventure. He had read an article recently about the difference between meat one buys at a supermarket and meat one buys directly from a meat farm.

Farm fresh meat has no preservatives, while

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July Oneth

Posted on July 1, 2024

How quickly the summer season passes. It’s already July. Granted, there are two full months to go, but it seems as if the days pass with the speed of light.

I looked up the definition of the speed of light

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