Tag: heat
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When Doing Doesn’t Do It
It was too hot and muggy to play outside. My sweet husband can’t stand the beach. I was unwilling to stay inside with kids who were more than content on screens. Fearing I’d be watching them turn into zombies, I needed to come up with somewhere to go and something to do. Anything. We ran…
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Sunrise/Sunset
With me living in Orlando and my two sisters living in Tucson, we’ve been having the ongoing discussion/whine fest about our local heat. The heat in much of the world–and I know for a fact the southern part of the US–has been uncomfortably high. There’s been suffering because of it, especially in places where they…
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Get Ready, Get Set–And Then What?
August. When those whose jobs move to the beat of the school year must begin. Not that it’s ever over. Seasons change the tempo. The beat slows a bit in summer. August brings accelerato. A quick pick-up of tempo. No one asks if the orchestra is ready to play faster. It’s written into the music.…
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We Love To Hate What We Love
When I sit on my back porch early in the morning, cup of coffee in hand, I love looking out over our back yard. It’s gorgeous. We back up to a spring-fed pond that’s home to ducks and otters and the occasional water moccasin and gator. The good, the bad and the ugly, John and…