Surprised by Touch
June 14, 2023 The touch startled me. Mike and I were enjoying a tour of Spain and Portugal, delighted by the friendliness of the people...
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2023-06-11 Lessons from the Iberian peninsula
More Lessons from the Iberian Peninsula 1492 was a very bad year for Spain, plummeting them into hundreds of years of decline. (It was...
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- Jan 22
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Anyone for a dry sandwich?
Anyone for a dry sandwich? May 25, 2022 Over the past 30 years, splitting time between Arizona and Chicago, I am constantly reminded of...
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- Jan 22
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Recurring dream
November 8, 2021 A hectic two-week jaunt to the Midwest left me exhausted and anxious. A frustrating feature of the aging body is its...
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- Jan 22
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The Guest House
. . .loneliness didn’t exist as a word or concept in our culture until the 19th century. It is not a coincidence . . .— This One Wild and...
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- Jan 22
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Words, Words, Words!
Words, Words, Words! "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."—Thomas Jefferson Writers who...
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- Jan 22
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2021-10-05 It rained this week
October 5, 2021 We moved to Arizona for sunshine and dry heat, driven away by the depressing gray clouds of Chicago which hovered low...
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- Jan 22
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2021-07-09 Reprise its good to be home
July 9, 2021 Leaving again? Just home from Chicago two days, we left for a short vacation in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, on the Sea of...
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- Jan 22
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2023-05-11 Im people out
I’m Peopled Out A wise friend, reviewing his hike on a short portion of the Appalachian Trail, declared that he had underestimated the...
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- Jan 22
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2023-05-25 Standing in the Window
Standing in the Window The disturbing racket of an argument on the street reached our third-floor hotel window late one night in Lisbon,...
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- Jan 22
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Wasting My Time on My Terms
January 23, 2022 Saturday morning, on the couch in my jammies, sipping coffee and nibbling toast. I recall the days of my childhood in...
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- Jan 22
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Live Music
Live Music February 7, 2022 A night at the opera. Neither a Marx brothers film nor a Queen album. I had been unable to find an opera...
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- Jan 22
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I Should Have Lied
I should have lied. March 11, 2022 I lied, once. Twice in one week seemed a little much. My son once complained about getting caught for...
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- Jan 21
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2021-09-28: Lifelong Friends
Lifelong friends September 28, 2021 We did the math. Betty and I have known each other more than 67 years, longer than I have known my...
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- Jan 21
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2020-06-30: To all the Judys
To all the Judy’s June 30, 2020 I began my blogs as an introverted introspect trying to create order in unexpected circumstances while...
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- Jan 21
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2023-04-07: If You See It, Catch It
If You See It, Catch It Earlier today an idea for a blog passed through my brain. Literally passed through. I recall only that I had an...
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- Jan 21
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2021-08-24 Living the Dream
Living the Dream August 24, 2021 Mike’s turn My writing shed is ordered, scheduled to be installed early November. That gives us time to...
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- Jan 21
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2020-09-18: Not Einstein
Not Einstein September 16, 2020 Emerging from the hospital after an eight-day stay following major surgery, I was jarred by the normalcy...
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