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A Foot in the Past
Do you ever look at a photo and wish you could do a Mary Poppins and pop into the picture for a visit? I’d love to do that with this photo. I’ve always been drawn the villages built of stone and that are venerable with age, places filled with the ghosts of people who used…
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10 Reasons It is Okay to be Old as Dirt
This is the first August in years that went by at the speed of light. Usually August is something I slog through, beat up by heat, humidity, and the knowledge that I’ll be a year older by the end. And I’ll be lucky if the a/c doesn’t crap out on my “big day.” I’m still…
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When The Pavement Ends Or How to Die “Right”
Sometimes we choose to go off road and sometimes life takes off the pavement and bounces us around. Then it dumps us in a gully. We can try to get back on the familiar, the paved road, but Life Happens. The gully is now our new “road.” It’s called Big Life Changes. Or, if we’re…
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On Sunsets and Hope
When I was a little girl, the setting sun was a really large clock of sorts, indicating that play time was about to end. If we didn’t straggle home voluntarily, then the summons to supper, bath and bed would come from our Mom. Sometimes with a lot of emphasis. I loved summers, because the sun…
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Daylight Savings Time is OVER. Boom!
This is how I look the first day of Daylight Savings Time. I am not a morning person. The only good part of DST is when it leaves and I get my hour back. And I’d rather not lose it in the first place. So today I’m very thankful that DST is ending. (And if…
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Are You Depends-Able?
When I first latched onto this photo, I had no idea what I’d write about. I mean, it’s people in Depends. Runners in Depends. I don’t run and I don’t need Depends. Yet. Not saying I couldn’t have used some during the #hermitroadtrip, but didn’t. But I liked the theme of their quirky choice. Each…