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Mar 16, 20244 min read
Deep Water
When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet. Benjamin Franklin A competent pool swimmer, I had no trepidation about...
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Feb 27, 20244 min read
He Needs His Mama
There is satisfaction in being needed. Excitement and apprehension dominated us as we moved Blue Boy 100+ miles away, to the University...
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Feb 19, 20241 min read
Where Have I Been?
There have been no recent blog posts due to technical difficulties. The site is now under a new platform, hopefully less expensive than...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2023-05-19 whats so special about special
In one day, Mike and I had accrued over 7000 steps traipsing through two international airports, at last settling into our seats for the...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2022-03-15 what is that aroma
What’s that aroma? March 15, 2022 It was our first winter in Arizona, 1995. I basked in the balmy weather unlike the harsh Midwest cold...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2022-01-10 Einsteinian Year
Einsteinian Years January 10, 2022 In the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein determined that time is relative—in other words, the...
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Jan 22, 20241 min read
2021-06-10 into the unknown
Did Einstein ever measure time against flowing water? The wooded forest near our house was our favorite playground. We were warned to...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2021-11-16 I disagree life is a gift not a trial
I Disagree: Life is A Gift, Not a Trial November 16, 2021 My initial impulse was to slap the speaker, but restraining myself, I nodded...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2021-10-20 where do you go to pray
Where do you go to pray? October 20, 2021 Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2022-05-16 you are the best of friends.
You Are the Best of Friends! May 16, 2022 Yes, I Am Still Here Travel, anniversary, surgery, illness, more travel. I feel as if I have...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2023-06-23 ADA in Europe
ADA in Europe The abbey of the Mont Saint Michel dominates a small piece of land in the region of Normandy, France, sitting high on the...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2023-05-04 Espana
April 21 – May 2, 2023, Days 11 – 21 Spain "Where have you been?" you ask. This will bring you up to date. Ignore the sketchy prose. And...
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Jan 22, 20241 min read
Surprised by Touch
June 14, 2023 The touch startled me. Mike and I were enjoying a tour of Spain and Portugal, delighted by the friendliness of the people...
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Jan 22, 20241 min read
2023-06-11 Lessons from the Iberian peninsula
More Lessons from the Iberian Peninsula 1492 was a very bad year for Spain, plummeting them into hundreds of years of decline. (It was...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
Anyone for a dry sandwich?
Anyone for a dry sandwich? May 25, 2022 Over the past 30 years, splitting time between Arizona and Chicago, I am constantly reminded of...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
Recurring dream
November 8, 2021 A hectic two-week jaunt to the Midwest left me exhausted and anxious. A frustrating feature of the aging body is its...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
Woke
July 6, 2021 I love Mexico On a street in Mexico, I leaned against the tailgate of my car outside the grocery market, waiting for ED to...
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Jan 22, 20241 min read
The Guest House
. . .loneliness didn’t exist as a word or concept in our culture until the 19th century. It is not a coincidence . . .— This One Wild and...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
Words, Words, Words!
Words, Words, Words! "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."—Thomas Jefferson Writers who...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
2021-10-05 It rained this week
October 5, 2021 We moved to Arizona for sunshine and dry heat, driven away by the depressing gray clouds of Chicago which hovered low...
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