Tag: Writing
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Monday Musings

Nothing feels normal right now as our state continues to shutdown more every day (universities and schools closed, sports and concerts cancelled, work at home where possible, restaurants and bars reduced to 50% capacity, Apple and Lululemon stores closed, 250 limit on gatherings and grocery stores reducing their hours). Somehow there were moments this weekend when…
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No Sports Saturday

I’m very aware of the seriousness of events occurring right now, but please allow me to rant for a few seconds about the first Saturday in my lifetime without sports and an extended stoppage of play of all sports. No March Madness in March, no March Madness brackets (and losing to my brother for another…
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The Week In Seven Photos

As a lifelong introvert, one would not imagine that in my midlife years the phrase social distancing would have such an unsettling effect. Many a day I have preferred the company of my dogs over people and the thought of not receiving any invitations in the mail to large gatherings makes me smile. The quirks of…
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Monday Musings

As the cold mornings gave way to warm afternoons, the windows could remain down during the wait at Starbucks as nature slowly began to unthaw from the long winter, but only along the shore as many are chafing at the bit to be out on the lake in the kayak.
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The Week in Seven Photos

There were signs of spring everywhere this week and, as more birds flew in, the air was filled with squawks, honks and songs from all the new arrivals, but unfortunately the only sign of flowers remain indoors. As the news concerning the coronavirus worsened throughout the week, there was the question regarding other than places…
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Monday Musings

Another weekend and another midlife realization that the person that spent years flying down the highway in the fast lane is in the rearview mirror and I prefer those slow Sunday morning drives and avoiding highways whenever possible. No more U-turns to miss waiting for the train, but now hoping it’s a long one with…
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The Week In Seven Photos

Often when I look back at the week, I try to concentrate on the simple enjoyments of life, but sometimes the universe makes you look at things more seriously. As the political season continues to go off the rails in the midst of the CDC warning this week concerning the Coronavirus, it felt like the…
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Monday Musings

During our first springlike weather of the year, the birds were out enjoying the blue skies, the ducks were basking in the sunshine, the turkeys were showing off their spring strut, and the snow and ice were melting on more lakes while I was stuck indoors with a cold binge-watching Better Call Saul before the new season…
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The Week In Seven Photos

Harper was so excited to hear about the return of Bryce Harper this weekend with the beginning of baseball spring training that both ears went straight up in the air, but then again they could have been from standing too long in the bitter cold wind admiring the ice. We won’t have to be envious of…
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Monday Musings

After complaining all winter about our gray skies, we finally woke to a beautiful sky that lasted throughout the day which I was beginning to think was impossible. Harper was not impressed and did not want to leave her bed since the blue sky arrived with our coldest temperatures of the year and she was…