Monthly Archives: October 2009

More stuff, gree life

Posted on October 30, 2009 by jottingjoan

Talking green sounds so responsible – so clean that we overlook the reality that most people ultimately practice brown in their perpetual quest to have bigger, better, more efficient, newer possessions. Currently, the quest is for smaller, thinner, faster computers … Continue reading →

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honeymoon is definitely over

Posted on October 23, 2009 by jottingjoan

The signs existed for months — even years. I just did not see the whole picture. Maybe I did not want to see it. It is difficult for anyone, let alone a wife of many years to face the facts … Continue reading →

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Little folks are everywhere watching you

Posted on October 19, 2009 by jottingjoan

Be careful. Be very careful. The little people are everywhere, watching you, listening to you and they remember everything. Little pitchers do have big ears. Very big ears. At dinner, the 3-year-old sat between his dad and grandfather who talked … Continue reading →

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Boo! it’s a birthday

Posted on October 14, 2009 by jottingjoan

Goblins chortling, witches cackling or ghosts jumping up from behind a plastic tombstone do not phase the child. He laughs and runs up to look at every store or yard display while his older cousin cowers behind the nearest adult. … Continue reading →

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more school

Posted on October 2, 2009 by jottingjoan

In the presidential election of 1960, my school friends assured me that if John F. Kennedy won we would have more school days, fewer vacations and school on Saturdays. In the gubernatorial election in the mid 1980’s, my children came … Continue reading →

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