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Slowing Down with the Big Lebowski

Yesterday, I brushed my cat for 15 or even 20 minutes. I didn’t have anything else that I had to do, and he was happy to be that spoiled. I noticed how good it felt, just to be in the moment of what was happening….which was nothing. It was marvelous. Most of the time in […]

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Politics Serious

Breonna Taylor is not “just another number.” Kind of.

Sadly, Breonna Taylor is only one in a long list of African Americans who have been killed by police officers. There are no jokes here.

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9/11

The injuries and loss of life on 9/11 will forever be seared into our collective US memory. There is more to recognize.

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Labor Day

Strange that people have to work on Labor Day. Disgusting that there is so much starvation on the planet.

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Love

Spumoni to the Spoon: How to Be A “Perfect Couple.”

(Song)”You say potato, I say potahto.” Actually, you say potato and I say potato chips! Here’s how to be a perfect couple, if there is such a thing.

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Serious

One Box

From all of your stuff, if you could pack only one box, what would be in it?

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Songs Stuck in My Head

When songs get stuck in your head, you have no choice but to listen to them, right? Also, we have to hope Dolly Parton is not a pedophile.

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Serious

Life Editors

If we can edit our words, we can edit our lives. How “less” can be “more.” PS You should read “The Shining” by Stephen King.

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Family Serious

Inside

As far as inside vs outside, I was always an indoor kid. Outside, I walked three miles to my Mom’s work until a police officer picked me up. My first and only brush with the law.

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Corona Virus Family

Getting Older with Corona

What is “older?” Do we really need shoes that light up, and, if so, why don’t they come in adult sizes? Obnoxious noises are, well, obnoxious.