Wednesday, January 02, 2019

OneWord for 2019: Grateful

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So many people around me are struggling. I am not as happy, as healthy or as worry free as I'd like, but I'm fine. While I don'...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Isn't it nice ...

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… when things work out better than you thought they would? I didn't want to go to Joanna's New Year's open house. I was pretty...
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Monday, December 31, 2018

She better treat him right

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My favorite Cub, Anthony Rizzo, got married Saturday. They are off to Zanzibar for their honeymoon . I really would like to hug him. He...
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Conflicted

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Christian Bale is terrific as Dick Cheney in Vice . He completely disappears into the role. You forget that you're watching the acto...
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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Sunday Stealing

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Strawberry Lollipop Kisses 1. Are flowers a nice gift to give someone? Yes. But you have to take their circumstances into account. ...
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More than Henry

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Henry's accident last October was such a big event that it's elbowed everything else out of the way . When Henry was still in the h...
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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Winter Wonderland (1968) 1) This is an unconventional take on an old familiar song. Over the holidays, do you prefer tr...
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Friday, December 28, 2018

Not as good as the original ...

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... but then, how could it be? After all, Mary Poppins was practically perfect in every way. Mary Poppins Returns is fine. Emily Blunt ca...
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Look! I'm Nature Girl!

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In the decades that I've been going to Key West, I have never visited The Butterfly and Nature Conservatory . I don't know why, rea...
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Christmas Eve at the Beach

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I was at the southernmost beach in the continental United States, wiggling my toes in the sand and surf and saying hello to The Sandman. ...
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Christmas on the Road

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Christmas comes but once a year, and I couldn't let Henry's accident spoil it . I went out of my way to appreciate the decorations i...
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62% Merry

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Three and a half of my five days in Key West were fine. And that means they were very good. For me and for Henry. In October, he was in a...
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Friday, December 21, 2018

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Happy Holidays! (from the archives)  1. Sam loved giving her annual wish list to Santa. Yet some children are reluctant to c...
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Thursday, December 20, 2018

I hate this

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Henry called again last night. He had a fight with Reg, which ended with him having to get a ride from his friend, Phyllis, who scolded h...

Earrings, gloves and a cat toy

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That's what I got from my nephew for Christmas. The earrings are square bits of pale blue glass, which means he's made note of wh...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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WWW.WEDNESDAY asks us three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click h...
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The old and the new

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My movie Meet Up had our holiday flick last night. It was a typical, soapy "women's picture," Penny Serenade (1941) takes...
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

What I did today instead of laundry

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I was awakened this morning at 4:00 AM. Not by Reynaldo, but by a stabbing pain in my right calf. The suddenness frightened me. It passed ...
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