Month: October 2014
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10-22-14 10,000 steps to a gold star
Exercise never makes it onto my list of things to do. Never. I never have to write down “play video game.” When I am obsessed with a game, I play instead of checking things off my ‘to do list” It began with a portable game of PacMan followed by a used Atari and games at…
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Think before you donate
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: The time when the spirit of giving abounds as we pile our shopping carts with items to pack in shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, select a name from the Salvation Army tree to fulfill a child’s wish or prepare gift bags for residents at long-term care homes.…
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He will be missed
I stared at his energetic, lively smile and puzzled over the reality that I would never see that twinkle of interest, hear about his current project, see him sitting on a lawn chair ready for an afternoon chat or accept his offer to collect our mail when we left town. Our neighborhood lost a fine…
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Lego Lad turns 8
A tower of over-sized Lego building blocks reached from the concrete to the garage ceiling when we arrived Friday evening at my daughter’s house. We had found the right place to cash in our invitation to a Lego party. We had a double invite. Months ago my daughter suggested that we go together to a…