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For Better or For Worse
Does anyone else still read and love Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse? I’ve been reading For Better or For Worse since at least 1992. It was always one of my favorites, and I tended to relate most to the daughter Elizabeth, although she must be almost ten years older than me. She too
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Lament of an Old Person
There was an article in the New York Times this weekend about how modern light bulbs are so energy efficient that we no longer have to turn the lights off when we leave a room. I read this article with a sense of dread building in my belly, and I knew by the time I
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The only way to win… is not to care.
I play this stupid game on my phone called Gardenscapes. It’s one of those match three games except with a bunch of bells and whistles and opportunities to spend real money to buy in-game currency. I downloaded it in June 2020, and have been playing off-and-on ever since. I am on level 4,351. The whole
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Lemonades (r)
A friend and her daughter stopped by yesterday afternoon to deliver three packages of Lemonades, the best Girl Scout cookie. “Oh, these are my favorite,” I said as I clutched the cookies to my chest. “These ones are going in my secret snack place.” My youngest son had been hiding around the corner in the
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The radical messaging of Ted Lasso
Spoiler warning for Ted Lasso season one. Just stop here if you haven’t watched it yet. I watched the last episode of Ted Lasso season one today while doing my workout in the basement. Here is a list of all the scenes that brought tears to my eyes:1. Nate getting promoted2. Ted’s pre-game speech about
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Pertinent to my Interests: Cemetery Iconography
I just finished reading Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism by Douglas Keister. Despite my deep appreciation for cemeteries–and my habit of dragging my grumpy kids through them–I didn’t know much about the symbolism on gravestones. If you had asked me a week ago to type out a list of everything I
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22 years of mocking the Midwestern landscape
The first time I set foot in Minnesota was in February of 2002. Math tells me that this was 22 years ago, but my heart tells me it was about sixteen lifetimes ago. My mom and I flew into town for the weekend to visit colleges. We were staying with old church friends in Minneapolis
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Odds & Ends
We went to our cabin this weekend, just for one night. It was the first time since October that the whole family was up together. The kids spent some quality time making a hole through the ice on the lake and tending the fire and playing Wii Sports Resort. I spent some quality time reading
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Cats & Cadbury Creme Eggs & Contemplation
I did a meditation on positivity this morning. The guide instructed me to think of something that was going well for me right at that moment. The basement doesn’t smell like cat litter right now. After pondering this for a few minutes I was then instructed to think of something that might go well for