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Running Around in Circles
Ron and I have been enjoying watching the Olympics over the past week and half or so. It’s fun to see the sort of sports that you don’t usually get to see on television—field hockey, water polo, beach volleyball. Now,… Continue reading
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You Are Living in a Golden Age and You Don't Even Know It
On Bluesky, I follow the account Discontinued Foods which periodically highlights various food products that have gone the way of the dinosaur. It’s a fun little bit of nostalgia, but it’s also a reminder of all that has vanished from… Continue reading
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Hungry Birds and Other Neighbors
Those three little blue eggs I shared with you a couple of weeks ago have now turned into three little birds, make that three hungry little birds: The newly hatched baby robins look a bit like strange, alien creatures, but… Continue reading
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Getting Somewhat Better at Art (and Congratulations to the T-Shirt Winner!)
Recently I read the book Finding A Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art by Nicholson Baker, and if you are looking for a pleasant summer read that has more pictures than text, I highly recommend this book. (That… Continue reading
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A Bird Update, A Giveaway Update and a Chance to Win a T-Shirt
The Bird Update Back when we first noticed a robin diligently carrying pieces of grass back and forth from the yard to a spot he had found under our deck earlier this year, I did a little bit of research… Continue reading
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Happy Sky Boom Day
There’s a very good chance that tomorrow is going to be a noisy night. Depending on what sort of person you are you will either be outside admiring the pretty fireworks or hunkered down inside with a pair of noise-cancelling… Continue reading
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Bad Chair Day
It’s 10 a.m. on an impossibly hot Friday in June, and the Home Depot customer service counter is teeming with women renting vans to move secondhand furniture. Two spots down from me a woman here to rent a Home Depot… Continue reading
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Where's an Ice Cream Truck When You Need One?
I grew up in the New Jersey suburbs where ice cream trucks regularly roamed our neighborhoods in the summer months. These days, I live in a more rural part of the Garden State, and so it’s been a long time… Continue reading
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Cause for Celebration
I recently returned from a visit to Maine to visit and celebrate with family. The weekend’s celebrations centered around my niece and her graduation from high school. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around this, but her high… Continue reading
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Celebrity Bowling (and a Bird Update)
We don’t have traditional over-the-air television here. We live pretty far out in the country, in a river valley and there’s simply no way to pick up live TV here without a cable subscription. (This past winter we did try… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 