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ten years hence
It’s not even here yet and I’m sick of all of it, guilty that I’m feeling sick of all of it, yet obsessively reading the retrospectives and everybody’s accounts of where they w… more →
Celebrating Time
ten years hence
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s not even here yet and I’m sick of all of it, guilty that I’m feeling sick of … more →
La dolce vita
wrote 1 year ago: Italy has views, Lago Maggiore, from our bedroom terrace Hydrangea all over the place, even growing … more →
Happy Birthday, Bobby
wrote 1 year ago: If he’s 70 today, he must have been 22 that day I first saw him. I’d just graduated from … more →
If you can read this you're still alive
wrote 2 years ago: Botticelli's Mystic Nativity (with an inscription saying the world would end in 1504) The world … more →
Ho Chi Minh's unbirthday
wrote 2 years ago: Chip, who is not one for celebrating time or dates or birthdays, told me tonight that today is Ho Ch … more →
Wait for June, and be of good courage
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wrote 2 years ago: There’s my friend with MS whose electric scooter was demolished by an SUV, putting her in the … more →
Never thought I'd quote Rush Limbaugh
wrote 2 years ago: Well, positively, anyway. Here we go: President Obama has continued the Bush policies of keeping a m … more →
Obama got Osama
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wrote 2 years ago: Under Obama’s leadership, they found him (which President Bush couldn’t do, in all of hi … more →
The mystic marriage of Catherine of Middleton
wrote 2 years ago: Although I got up at 5:30 to watch, I saw none of the pre-wedding coverage, so these observations ar … more →
Times have changed
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wrote 2 years ago: In addition to the traditional egg roll and an Easter egg hunt, activity stations will be set up to … more →
For Connie
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wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been putting off writing about Connie, my 16-years-older-than-I friend, who (as she and I … more →
326 years ago ...
wrote 2 years ago: Bach on the radio all day today – what could be better, on a cozy rainy day? … more →
Obama: call home!
wrote 2 years ago: If I were Persian I’d have the whole house all cleaned for Nowruz, and tonight at 7:21 we … more →
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and birthday parties
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wrote 2 years ago: When I was little I was so struck by the sinking of the Andrea Doria I named my dolls Andrea and Dor … more →
For Vivaldi: Gatti and Baudelaire
wrote 2 years ago: I want to hear Vivaldi today! If you can play Beethoven all day long on his birthday, why can’ … more →
Angry Valentines
wrote 2 years ago: So much to catch up on, and now this! (When all I really want to do is this) … more →
It's all about avoiding Reagan
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wrote 2 years ago: We were out of the country when Reagan died, and a friend of like mind told me it was a good thing. … more →
Syncretic Quiz
wrote 2 years ago: Here’s a quiz for long-time Celebrating Time readers. I do this despite my loyal reader(s) who … more →
Epiphany
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wrote 2 years ago: The other day a very very Catholic friend of mine (well, I’d have to say she’s more of a … more →
