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Category Archives: humor
Virus and politics lead to new health challenge
My most recent post, the last of three blogs written in an attempt to add humor to lives quarantined for two months, appeared on May 12. By mid-May, I’d stopped laughing. It’s mid-July now, and little has changed beyond more … Continue reading
The odd things you can find in your pantry
Unlike many friends, we haven’t yet felt the pull to clean out closets, the garage, or bookshelves — all of which need attention — during this period of semi-quarantine. But recently, shelves of canned and dried foods — piled, stacked, … Continue reading
Posted in health, humor, personal reflections
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Paid to promote: today’s influencers
A paragraph in my local newspaper introduced me to yet another occupation, along with water slide tester and professional bridesmaid (these are real jobs), of which, sadly, I’ve been clueless. The job is “influencer.” And this job pays much more … Continue reading
Even robots are my friends
When I reached my mid-sixties, I began to lose touch with friends. Several died, some moved away after retiring, and some are still busy working. However, since I turned seventy, my list of new friends is growing. Why just yesterday, I … Continue reading
Posted in humor
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My odd little 2019 calendar
In preparing my last blog post I got carried away doing research on the history of the modern calendar and ignored my original plan to describe the calendar I created for 2019. Today I’m returning to that topic. My calendar … Continue reading
Posted in humor, personal reflections
Tagged Calendars, finding more time in your day, genealogy, volunteering, writing
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Picture perfect
One day remaining in our two week experiment of living in a Spanish city on our own and I hadn’t found the perfect setting for my annual travel photo. Yes, I must be in the photo, ideally with my hair … Continue reading
I should have stuck with Spanish
It’s not a surprise that I don’t remember much of what my high school teachers tried to teach me. Perhaps that’s just as well, given what I do remember: the never-ending reminder coming from an unsmiling English teacher, a character … Continue reading
Posted in humor, personal reflections, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Andalusia, Córdoba, history of Southern Spain, second language learning, Spain travel, Spanish
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How to stop watching TV
In my last post, I mentioned wanting to eliminate TV watching as a way to pare down habits that interfere with accomplishing… not sure what, but accomplishing something. At least it would offer a way to keep me out of … Continue reading
Letting go of social media
Some people hang on to their jobs forever. Some aren’t sure. They retire, return to work, retire, return. And others leave cold turkey. On my last day of work I believed I’d fit in the second category. A day later, … Continue reading
Posted in aging, blogging, changes after retirement, humor, letting go of work, writing
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, retirees and social media, social media
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“NaNoWriMo” is over and so is any hope for discipline
November was National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo and mispronounced by friends as something like “Nah, No Rhinos.” My first foray into NaNoWriMo took place in November 2011. That year I participated fully, which means I started a … Continue reading
Posted in current events/themes, humor, personal reflections, writing
Tagged eating sugar, NaNoWriMo, overeating, writing, writing a novel
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