March 2015
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I consider myself pretty low maintenance. I get my hair cut maybe twice a year. And usually only on impulse. I decided to get a haircut Friday. Seemed like a good idea, I could use a trim, it’d been several months, and I do have the Institute to prepare for this weekend. As I was pulling into the salon…
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Now, to me, is the beginning of the new year. If you live someplace like California, it’s really easy to make a resolution to begin your year in January with an anticipatory to-do list. Hangover aside, the first day of YOUR new year is probably warm and sunny, lending itself to keeping those resolutions. But…
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I think it’s funny how people my age, and I mean exactly my age, are offended when I reference myself as fifty. I’m not fifty, I’m forty-eight, but really, at this point, what’s the difference? Two years! I’m told in squeaky voices of denial. So, I’m not fifty. But I’m still getting old. I’ve been…
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As we were sitting at the table last week reading papers, discussing world politics and planning our TGIWednesday, Dave asked me, “Do you want to know the bad news now?” A million horrible thoughts exploded in my head. Anyone with knowledge of what we’ve been going through for the past year and a half has to…
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