Category: Musings
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The Joys Of Fall Cleanup
With the beautiful arrival of autumn comes the very extended season of fall cleanup. Surrounded by trees, our yard will be covered with leaves through November and, for some reason, they never look as pretty on the ground as in the trees. Thankfully, after one of the most humid summers working in the yard that…
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The Joys Of Grocery Shopping
That is a bizarre title for someone who does not enjoy grocery shopping and who at one time in a distant single life shopped in the grocery and snack aisle at the local pharmacy, but there is always something fun to be found at the grocery store that was not on the list. I can…
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The Week In Seven Photos
I love the change of the seasons and especially the arrival of fall. As the final days of summer drifted away this week, I could feel the gradual shift to the autumn palette of colors. The colors of summer were transitioning to deep shades of beauty. The water was a deeper blue and the birds…
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The Week In Seven Photos
I’ve never really been a superstitious person, but I was wondering this week if adding a few to my life might generate some positive energy. I thought I would try the flower petal game and then realized when you’re middle-aged, what question do you replace “He loves me..he loves me not” with. Let’s just say…
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J.J. Abrams Saturday
Over the last year Saturday has always been a music day on my blog, but I must need a vacation from myself because this week I found myself running out of inspiration for photos and songs. To escape from myself, I disappeared into the wonderful worlds created on the screen by J.J. Abrams as a director,…
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The Week In Seven Photos
It was a week of hanging out with younger generations and marveling at their youthful enthusiasm and attitudes. There are so many differences between the generations and my nieces and I have made an arrangement that I do not make too many cracks about the Millennial Generation and they do not refer to those in…
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A Day Of Memories
It was a day of sharing memories and creating memories as my niece and I went to the University of Michigan stadium to watch Manchester United play Liverpool FC in the International Champions Cup. Back in the 90s, trips to Ann Arbor to watch the University of Michigan football team were a yearly event and…
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A Quiet Place
I often seek out the quiet places, but after watching the movie A Quiet Place recommended by my niece starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, I discovered a few things about the necessity of silence to survive in this suspenseful horror film. The first discovery was that it would be almost impossible for Gabby and I to…
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The Week In Seven Photos
After hiding indoors due to the heatwaves and World Cup, I felt it was time to catch up on the neighborhood chatter. This little one was still celebrating my favorite baseball player, Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, winning the MLB Home Run Derby. Instead of watching exciting football matches, it was a week of…
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World Cup Wrap-Up
The World Cup is now in the rearview mirror and it’s time for a few final thoughts. There were so many wonderful teams, players and moments worth celebrating over the course of the tournament. I’ve bought audiobooks narrated by Jeremy Irons just to listen to his splendid voice and his intro to the England/Croatia game…
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