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Pulling Weeds
Pulling weeds, like cleaning house or doing dishes, is one of those chores that need to be done again and again. A chop wood, carry water kind of activity that is necessary but repetitive. The wax on,… more →
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Pulling Weeds
wrote 10 hours ago: Pulling weeds, like cleaning house or doing dishes, is one of those chores that need to be done agai … more →
Bike
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wrote 1 day ago: She wanted me to go with her on one of those bike tours along the canals of The Netherlands. She kep … more →
9 AM
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wrote 4 days ago: When I got her phone back, the first thing I did was look to see if she was texting at 9 AM. She was … more →
Go Take a Hike
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wrote 5 days ago: Back in the day when language was full of taboos, telling someone to go take a hike was the equivale … more →
Uncle Pete
wrote 1 week ago: My favorite person in the family was my uncle Pete. He was the family eccentric. He went his own way … more →
Come Together
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wrote 1 week ago: One of my favorite singers, Ruthie Foster, is going to be in my town later this summer. I was just t … more →
Game On
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wrote 1 week ago: When I hear someone say, “Game on!” it always reminds me of my brother and the practical … more →
Pizza Delivery
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wrote 1 week ago: I received a text message announcing the delivery of my pizzas. I opened the door to find them sitti … more →
Dear Old Dad
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Kelly always called her father “dear old dad.” She said it in a sweet voice, but I alway … more →
Sandy
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The trail was rocky in places, sandy in others. It followed an arroyo that snaked its way up into th … more →
Robot
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Robot & Frank poster May I recommend the delightful movie Robot & Frank for your viewing ple … more →
Catnip
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Sunflower seeds are like catnip to her. She can eat a whole sack of the salty things in a day. The w … more →
Puppy Love
wrote 3 weeks ago: He was awkward, legs too long, feet too big. He bumped into everything in his path and ate without c … more →
The Answer
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I’d known the answer for months. I just didn’t want to listen to myself or think about t … more →
Rinse
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The cat loved to slurp up the milky rinse water when I rinsed out a milk carton before taking it to … more →
The Question
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wrote 3 weeks ago: How to dispose of coffee grounds – that is the question. As a recent graduate from a plastic Mr. Cof … more →
Fair
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wrote 4 weeks ago: She had such a sense of fairness. She spoke out against anything that happened to anyone, not just h … more →
Oh, the irony
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wrote 4 weeks ago: In WWII, the U.S. government mined uranium in the Navajo lands of western New Mexico and eastern Ari … more →
Mr. Tambourine Man
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wrote 1 month ago: Bins of citrus fruit filled the sidewalk in front of the little Korean market. I stopped to buy a ba … more →
