Category: Musings
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I’ve Been Pondering…

The art of being relaxed when approached by a stranger. Harper and I have been known to scare off a variety of wildlife in the backyard, but for some reason this mourning dove did not view us as a threat and stayed there relaxed for a photo shoot. This is the polar opposite of earlier…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

The art of doing nothing. Surprisingly, it takes a lot of work to get ready to do nothing. I’ve been making list after list trying to accomplish everything before June so I have plenty of time to do nothing all summer. Nobody in the family believes this will happen or that I’m capable of making…
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The Week In Seven Photos

While spring fever has its grip on many, and the world’s trying to send me a message, I have to admit between the cold, rain, and sleet that I don’t have an enthusiastic spring response. I’m trying to shake off the crazy March weather as a new month is ready to greet us with rain,…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

The enjoyment of tip wars at my favorite coffee shops. Yep, I’m one of those people that doesn’t necessarily tip based on service. You never know what’s going on in someone’s life or how their day is going and as an introvert, I definitely do not care about over the top friendliness. Trust me, some…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

My lack of successful predictions. As we begin my all-time favorite sporting event, the first two rounds of March Madness, I remembered that I’ve never predicted a NCAA March Madness Final Four and I’ve definitely learned this month that I can’t predict the weather. My sports predictions have been so bad at times that my…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

The phrase “get off my lawn” that I hear quite often on my favorite sports show Pardon the Interruption. It always strikes me funny when they use the phrase concerning the sports attitudes and behavior of younger generations and I’m beginning to wonder if I’m enjoying the phrase too much at this age. I cheer…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

Brand loyalty and ice storms. I think we set a record with three ice storms in two weeks and we have probably set another record on the number of text messages and cancellations concerning our new stove purchase. We’ve lost count, but do believe there have been over 30 text messages and ten delivery date…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

Being referred to as set in my ways. I’ve never been the my way or the highway type, in my mind more of a somewhat carefree stubborn solid as a rock type with a few rules and schedules. This pondering was set off by my niece questioning after a recent shopping outing how I could…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

A little wave of nostalgia. Over the years I’ve adjusted to all the changes when attending concerts and sporting events (cost, no purses allowed, security, arguing with the computer that I’m not a bot, the loss of a cool ticket souvenir with tickets on your phone), but now discovering at some stadiums all points of…
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I’ve Been Pondering…

A healthier lifestyle and living in the moment…since I’m living in the moment, I can’t ponder how long it could possibly take in the future to think eating vegetables could ever be as exciting as enjoying this beautiful cake…Harper is all for the new lifestyle as long as it’s understood that her and grandma believe…