Category: Life
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Thirty-Six years in the Making
After 36 years, we finally get to spend Thanksgiving with you in Vermont. We may never be the same – at the very least we’ll probably never lose the approximately 1,000 pounds we gained feasting. Thanksgiving is a time of tradition, regardless the coast you are on. We visited from California, 36 years in the…
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Local Colding
They say the best thing about Southern California is the weather. That is not true; it is the weather reports on our local news. I watch the weather reporters hard at work (that is to say usually bored stiff with no apparent weather to discuss) every morning at about 6:30. When I saw this weather…
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How to Saunter
Some time ago, I wrote about the joys of dog ownership (Off-The-Leash). That was after we had dog-sat our friend Cooper the Saunterer. Whereas before we were learning about his “Saunter Style”, now we are learning that there is a method to this madness. We have now learned how to saunter.
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Off The Leash
We have just completed our mission. Dog-Sitting. I’m not sure why it is called “dog-sitting”. This phrase seems to conjure up the image that we, the dog-sitters, are sitting on the dogs. This makes more sense to me, because dogs Never Sit.
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Just Short of the Goal
Don’t you hate when you set a goal, and the competition just beats you? I don’t mean that they beat you by a mile, but just by inches. Such is the case of my last competitive 5K walk. My wife likes to run 10K’s. My knees, representing the jelly family in the food pyramid, can…
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