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Too Together?
The recent SuperBowl was rather boring. We had our family over for dinner and the game, but by the end of halftime, everyone had about given up on it. The two youngest, who were not watching the game, were finding other ways to entertain themselves. It was genuinely more fun watching their escapades than the…
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Just Join In
Our daughter had asked us to host the team she and her husband work with for dinner. She made it easy–I didn’t have to cook. Just clean up the place, make sure the toilets were decent, and be friendly. I could do that. The group was quite diverse, with people coming from several different countries.…
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Phoniness Falls Flat
The cold snap continues. Our plants are suffering; they have no capacity for freezing temperatures. I’ve tried covering them to little or no avail–the wind has picked up and blows all the covering cloths around the yard. People are better able to care for themselves in frigid temperatures. Down the street from us, our daughter…
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If You Build It…
The crazy cold snap and accompanying snowfall/sleet freeze have added complications to many lives. Schools have had to close, people need to clear their roofs from an abundance of snow accumulation so it won’t collapse into their homes, and driving has become a challenge as iced-over streets look more like ice skating rinks than roadways.…
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Ferris Wheel Of Fear
photo courtesy of Jorgen Hendriksen on Unsplash We had an incident. We have lived in a quiet neighborhood for quite a while, a place where we not only enjoy our neighbors but also feel safe knowing that they have our backs if something goes wrong. We live on a spring-fed pond that isn’t very large…
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