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Lessons from the Road
Please don't do this. We are within three hours of our destination, Nini Dair’s condo in Chicago. This is our sixth day on the road,...
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House or Home?
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. - Robert Frost I’ve been thinking a lot about house vs....
Jun 112 min read
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All Aboard the Mexican Train
Life currently feels like the game Mexican Train. So, where was I? Oh yes, fourteen dominos. Â Some have been loaded onto the Mexican...
Jun 35 min read
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Mowgli Graduates! Hallelujah!
Did you hear those sighs of relief? Mowgli graduated from high school. There were two commencements: public high school and county...
May 311 min read
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Dare I Post This?
Life is fragile, a tiny bone ruining a bit of fish, a mislaid pin piercing a bare foot. It doesn’t take much to change the course of the day.
May 223 min read
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Who’s Your Mama?
Who is our mother? Not just the woman who gave birth.
May 162 min read
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
Really, you have got to see this! Where was I? Oh, yes, yesterday (Tuesday, April 22) I looked forward to hiking  in the Coronado...
Apr 254 min read
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So Close Yet So Far
Kartchner Caverns. Worth a visit along with Colossal Caves. Caveat: lots of links and hyperbole. All this talk of moving  has inspired me...
Apr 226 min read
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Courage Revealed
A too familiar site. Guided tours are helpful to visitors to get the lay of the land, learn some history and identify sites to pursue...
Apr 104 min read
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Rattles
Yesterday I walked the house, the memories reverberating. There was a slight shifting of the dominoes  this week. After several weeks of...
Apr 61 min read
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Opting Out
This is an accurate depiction of how I feel, not to be confused when how I look. I am playing retirement, much like I played house as a...
Apr 32 min read
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Rebooting My Mind
“It is only in modern times that the dream, this fleeting and insignificant looking product of the psyche, has met with such profound...
Mar 193 min read
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P. S. Health Update
Better living through chemistry. Okay, several friends contacted me concerned about my health, sparked by one sentence in the previous...
Mar 122 min read
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Imprinting Final Memories
Everyone needs a room of their own. Blue Boy is home for spring break, preparing for the end of his second year of college. Every time I...
Mar 113 min read
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The Saddest Song
Perhaps we need to learn from Europeans who treat their cemeteries more like parks than creepy areas of loss. My father died in June...
Feb 223 min read
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Beating the Death Sentence
[Jesus] suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the...
Feb 53 min read
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Safe, For Now
I recall a time we took a short kayak tour down the Verde River, Water to Wine  it was called since it ended at a winery. When asked what...
Jan 203 min read
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The Dominos are Shifting
Waiting to take my chances. I just recounted and renumbered the dominos. I am up to fourteen. They bounce as if someone had punched the...
Jan 143 min read
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Evolving Backwards
Joining my ancestors. It is frightening, losing one’s balance. The tottering itself is alarming enough as is the resulting injury. Worse...
Jan 64 min read
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Riding the River
Ride the river, enjoy the quiet stream, prepare for the rapids. Mowgli stands outside my shed at eye level, I standing in the doorway....
Dec 26, 20243 min read
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