There is a whole lot of unseen upkeep in life. Changing sheets, mowing lawn, washing laundry, servicing the car, making meals, planning groceries, unplugging drains, buying supplies, fixing broken appliances, all that unseen upkeep of daily life. It’s tiring. It’s monotonous. It’s necessary. It never ends, does it? Yet, if I don’t do the dull […]
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A friend recently phoned me and began our conversation with, “Are you bored now that you are retired?” My four children are in various throes of raising our grandchildren. I watch them and remember their seasons. I title them like book chapters I’ve read, from Stormy Beginnings to Umbilical Cord Rip-Tide. I wonder if it […]
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You know the type, right? The one who must correct every statement another makes. Someone who can wax eloquent on just about everything, and does. That person. The one who knows it all. The person who makes everyone else around feel as if they know nothing. Oh, ya, I’m pretty sure you’ve met that person […]
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