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Friday, June 30, 2023

I now have a lawn mowing guy and a snow plow guy, and I feel spoiled

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For 30 years, I cut my own grass and shoveled the snow out of my driveway. Neither of these things is my favorite chore, but it was a point ...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Dress pants and khakis are way more comfortable to me than jeans

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When I began my career, I worked at a newspaper. My summer office attire was a t-shirt and shorts. If I was feeling fancy, it was a pair of ...
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Monday, June 26, 2023

I try so hard to find stuff in my own house before I finally resort to calling Terry

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  No stereotype is universal, but some are pretty close. One, in my experience, is that men are curiously unable to find things. Things that...
Friday, June 23, 2023

Apparently we age in fits and starts

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Six months ago, I thought I was doing pretty well in the aging department. I had just lost some weight, I only needed reading glasses very o...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

I'm writing a book and cannot stand to read my own words anymore

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I don't know what prompted it, but a couple of months ago I decided I was going to publish a compilation of my best blog posts. If all g...
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Thursday, April 27, 2023

I guess I thought I would be more emotional about my youngest graduating from high school

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For many years I've tried to imagine this point in time. Even when our son Jack was just a little guy, I often looked ahead to his high ...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

More than half a century later, we still live in our hometown

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My opinion of Wickliffe, Ohio, is not to be trusted. No matter what aspect of the city you're talking about, I'm going to paint the ...
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