Catching Up

Last week was strange. The schedule was off to begin with (midterms), then weather skewed everything even more. Everything went by in a sort of fog.Bah!I forgot things and let things go that I shouldn't have. I was so annoyed with myself.Then...

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Do You Recognize This?

Yes, it is a dental light. It was my view (while my eyes weren't clenched shut) for about 2 hours today as I experienced yet another major dental procedure. To side-step the inevitable strong emotions that accompany my regular dental dramas, I'm going...

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Ice Storm

Today we have a snow day, or more correctly, an ice day. A light snow was followed by a few hours of freezing rain for just a slight glazing.  It is already starting to soften and melt, and the roads are largely cleared, so we get the benefit of...

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Whatever's Written in Your Heart...

Today's title is from a song I loved during my college years by a guy named Gerry Rafferty. Sadly, he died last week, so I've been listening to his music a lot.  I have the title song on my player at the bottom of the page along with a few others...

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Tucson

My sister and mother live minutes from the parking lot where the shooting happened a couple of days ago. As in BLOCKS in the case of my sis. I've thought a lot about the what if's.  What if my mom or dad or my sister or brother-in-law was there...

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Good Things

Sam flew back to Utah for another semester of university studies on Monday. Here is how the kids spent their last night of Christmas break: in a companionable game of Settlers of Catan. I always enjoy listening to them play games like this-the joking,...

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