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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Pure as the driven whatever?

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The first time I enountered bottled water was on my first trip to Europe in 1973. Back then, the thought was that, other than in the United ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Polly want a crackhead?

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This story is something straight out of an old Perry Mason episode - "The Case of the Squawking Parrot." Or maybe a Columbo , wher...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

This shirt

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There's a wonderful song by the wonderful Mary Chapin Carpenter called This Shirt. The song chronicles Mary's shirt on its journey ...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

WeStillWork

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Last December I turned 75 and finally decided to pack it in, workwise.  For the prior few years, I hadn't been doing all that much work,...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Oh, by all means, let's rewrite/whitewash our history

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In grammar school, I learned a rather skewed version of American history. Forget the Founding Fathers, or most of them, anyway. Other than C...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Tech work just ain't what it used to be

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I never worked for one of those perk-laden tech companies. Oh, some of them were perky enough to have video games in the kitchen and beer ba...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Those lousy things we said about Galileo? Didn't mean a word of it!

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Summers can be hot in Rome, at the Vatican. Fortunately, the popes can escape the heat by grabbing the popemobile and bopping down to Castel...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Americans are looking to find sus sonrisas bonitas en Mexico

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Throughout my life, I have been fortunate to enjoy excellent dental care. My childhood dentist was Dr. Leo Wigdor, who having acquired the p...
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Thursday, September 11, 2025

FORE!

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Well, today's an anniversary that we'd all just as soon forget. Such a terrible, terrible, day... Sure, we have a lot of terrible, t...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Farewell to Tuvalu

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Halfway between Hawaii and Australia, Tuvalu looks like pretty much anyone's definition of paradise. Even my definition of paradise, wh...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Airport Lounging

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Back in the day, when I traveled more, when my husband the frequent flyer savant was still with us here on earth, I spent a bit of time in a...
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Sorry I missed this concert!

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Sometimes there's a party on the street behind me that has loud music blasting after I've gone beddy-bye. Very annoying. The house n...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Mindfully made? Good to know! Mindfully use? I'm on it!

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The other day, I was opening up a package of quart-size Ziploc bags, when I happened to read some messaging on the packaging. And so I learn...