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Keeping Track of Garden Totals July 2024
My husband said something a few weeks ago about the garden that I’d never thought of before: “I wonder just how much we’re saving by growing our own stuff instead of buying it at the store.” Well, after this year… Continue reading
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Derecho: Reflections on Our Unplanned-For Prepping Adventure June 2024
Almost a year ago now I was at work checking out my new office on the floor where we would move in a week. As I took some quick phone pics of the space, my boss called the rest of our crew downstairs to… Continue reading
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What’s with all the YouTube ambiance music? June 2024
We have a Roku device on our television which allows us to access several different channels for our viewing pleasure, including YouTube. With it I can keep up with my favorite podcasters–the British knitting couple, the sixth-generation Pennsylvania vegetable farmer and… Continue reading
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Five Things Today’s Kids May Never Experience May 2024
1. They’ll never have appointment television. Instead of watching the entire season of a show all at once, we’d have to wait and watch our favorite shows at the same time every week–one episode at a time. There was no… Continue reading
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The Latent Dr. Doolittle: April 2024
I never knew 20 years ago when I met the man who was to be my second husband that this “man’s man” would have such a heart for animals of all kinds. He grew up in a small town where… Continue reading
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25 Things I used to do as a kid but should do again how that I’m over 50: March 2024
1. Allow myself one morning to sleep until I’m all slept out. (Funny how that’s the first thing my adult self thinks of.) 2. Wake up and watch Saturday morning cartoons in my pajamas with a bowl of cereal–maybe NOT… Continue reading
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The Gen X Rest Home Ambulance Service February 2024
While thinking about the services available at the GenX Rest Home in my previous entry, I wondered what its retro ambulance service might look like: The 1975 Pinto Wagon pulled up and three EMTs dressed in baggy coveralls and work boots stepped out. They walked… Continue reading
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Even With Zillow and Google Maps Ya Can’t Go Home Again: January 2021
These past several months I’ve been using technology to reminisce about my childhood home. The aerial views provided by Google Maps as well as pictures of the inside provided by sites like Zillow and Realtor.com allow me to find out what… Continue reading
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The Grass is Always Greener Lately: February 2015
I work at a local university during the week as a secretary. I’m also caught up in a new venture for first-generation college students that looks as if it’s going to help a lot of students be more successful in their… Continue reading
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The Indulgent Chuckling of Father Time: August 2014
I was taking the dog out the other morning when Fall came. Before I leave for work Maggie gives me the face. Dog owners know that face. It’s the face that says, “Pleeeeease can’t we go outside for just a… Continue reading