Monthly Archives: November 2013

Edible Apple

This morning I read a friend’s blog post in which she discusses some of the issues and questions under consideration as they think about where they want to live.  Coincidentally, we’ve been asking ourselves some of the same questions. A … Continue reading

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Real Time, No Saving

We’ve stopped, at least for a while, tinkering with the natural order, relinquishing control of the passage of time back where it belongs, to the sun and the planets and the universe at large.  For a brief period, beginning today, … Continue reading

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Gouda Hash

Mike majored in belligerence and minored in hate, and took a course in loathing from a girl he used to date. He then went on to grad school to study poverty and sin but he didn’t want to finish, ’cause … Continue reading

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My Late Sister’s Birthday

Today, November 2, is my late sister’s birthday.  I pause to remember her, especially today, though I think of her often still.  It still catches me by surprise when I find myself thinking “I need to tell her about this,” … Continue reading

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Buttered Popcorn

In just 29 minutes, a transformation will take place.  November 1, at least in my neighborhood, will sink into the abyss of history.  The calendar will shift.  A new day will be born.  Life as we know it will change; … Continue reading

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John Gorka and so forth…

John Gorka writes and sings the way I feel.  I only wish I had poetry coursing through my veins the way he does.  I admire creative people, people who can express emotions in ways us “common folk” can appreciate.  When … Continue reading

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Absolute Beauty

Sometimes, plans go haywire and the results are better than the plan. So it is today. We were going to head out-of-town on a “mission” to increase our knowledge about an area. Various circumstances stepped in to, first, delay the … Continue reading

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Musing About Photography

It occurs to me that, when I take photographs, particularly photographs in remarkably beautiful settings, my purpose is to seize the moment, to make it endure.  It is not just the image I want to capture, but the way it … Continue reading

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