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Brief Update: I won’t be going away after all
My stationary indoor bike Friends and readers, I am relieved because I am not yet up to it. I cannot as yet walk outside with my rollaton that easily. So I would not be able to take public...
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Gus Walz and the meaning of the term Non-verbal Learning Disorder
Tim Walz, now campaigning to be Vice-president, Gwen Walz his wife, and their two children, Hope (24) and Gus (19) Dear friends, I usually reserve all commentary which includes direct references to...
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Autumn — A good life on line, can it be done?
Front part of my garden — standing close to photograph — muted nature of colors are part of beauty. Red berry bush — standing to the side of house– recalls to my mind Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...
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Two new family members: Fiona & Elinor, How it all came together these last...
Fiona (Outlander, from Fion/Finn, means ash-blonde, white) Elinor aka Ellie-cat (Austen, as in Dashwood), favorite heroine Born early 8/2024. Thou mett’st with things dying [beloved Ian & Clary],...
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Ellen at 78
Me, age 33; Jim, age 31; Laura in stroller, age 2; my father in his early 60s; my mother taking the photo. Llyr, 10 probably romping near by — why she’s not in the picture If 77’s a time to be in...
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Let us be of good heart
As all know, who read this autobiographical blog regularly, I spend much of my life reading & writing Dear friends and readers, So we come to the end of another year, which has been for me an...
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A night out after holiday week, Kaiser’s utter indifference & this year’s...
The restored Duke’s Children Dear friends and readersm Last night I enjoyed a rare treat: I went out to dinner with an old friend. I almost chickened out; luckily I texted to the wrong place....
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Izzy brings in 2025 with “Down by the River,” said to have been originally composed by Borislov Slavov, a Bulgarian composer of (among other kinds) music for video games Here are the lyrics: Lace your...
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I retire at long last — after 53 years
Or, my working life comes to an end, 1972-2025 Me the other day, taken by Izzy Dear friends, All the important events of my life, or turning points have occurred within me, or made very little splash...
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Feminist Literary History: a note to my “Retired after 57 Years blog”
Vera Brittaine’s second novel, An Honorable Estate Dear friends, This is another qualifying comment to my previous blog. I am elevating it from a second comment buried in an obscure blog (see first in...
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