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My granddaughter Tess is a challenge. She’s 12 now, so she’s even more of a challenge than she was as a tot. I’m not saying this is a bad thing. “Challenging” people often grow up to be...
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We’ve all heard it said that it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. So, to avoid a strenuous workout, we should smile more often. But on some days, frowning seems to come a...
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Sept. 6 is Mark’s and my anniversary. We will have been married 28 years — or maybe it’s 27, I’m not sure.
Yeah, I know. Most women can tell you to the hour how long they’ve been married....
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I wish I had known about auctions when I was a young newlywed with no children and nothing to do in the evenings. Not only are auctions highly entertaining, but you can get great stuff at good...
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Two weeks ago, I arrived in Orlando to help my daughter Jen and her family get set up in their new home.
The first week was super fun because the closing was delayed. While Jen was at work,...
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It’s mid-July, and you know what that means — Halloween!
Well, not quite. But when you have retailers across the country with nothing to do except pray for the end of the year to arrive quickly and profitably,...
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Last week, I went to the pool. This is crazy because it’s already the middle of summer, and I haven’t been to the pool once. But I have good excuses, and here they are:
1. I was busy...
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For reasons of unimportance to this story, I was put in charge of two dogs last week.
Anyone who knows me (and that includes you, faithful reader!) knows that I do not have, nor do I want, a...
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It’s official — nobody can do anything anymore.
I can’t find an electrician, plumber or gardener to save my life.
The “price” tags at the store no longer feature useless information such as the “price,” and I do not...
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Here comes summer! I know this because (a) it is getting uncomfortably warm, (b) the kids are out of school and (c) I dropped my grandkids off at their first camp of the summer last week.
They say,...
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As promised in a previous column, I would like to share a letter my father wrote to my mother on the occasion of their 70th anniversary. At the time, they were both in assisted living and, as...
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Mother’s Day is imminent, and here I am with no mother for the first time in my entire life. My mother died Dec. 7 (a date which will live in infamy).
Now an orphan of sorts, it nevertheless...
