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Nostalgia

I just found the instructions for snow removal at my old condo complex. It made me sad because I won’t be there for the winter. I won’t be walking along the shore during the snowfall, collecting jingle shells, listening to … Continue reading

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Sunday Slacker

Really, I’m not a slacker. It was just a busy Sunday. My Faithful Reader and I went to Brimfield for the antique fair and to hang out with K—, who happened to be in the area. We had lunch at … Continue reading

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The Week in Review

It was an exciting week. My Faithful Reader hung the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. It looks good and it’s wonderful to have somewhere to put all those miscellaneous bottles and tubes and jars of the pills and pastes and … Continue reading

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On Rejection

Giuseppe Verdi wrote amazing music. Even if you don’t like opera, Aida will knock your socks off. Something interesting about Verdi: he was turned down by the Conservatory in Milan. They said that he was privo di talento musicale (lacking … Continue reading

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Neglect

Poor, neglected blog, with your writer sick in bed from a nasty cold and your Faithful Reader off on a wild Canadian whiskey binge. Things will get better soon. I promise.

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Cold Cold

It’s not fair to have a cold during summer. Neither is it fair for summer to be cold. What happened to the warm weather?

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Five Titles, No Post

Not Again! Missing You. Rock Bottom. Old Friends. I’m Spartacus!

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Missing Day

If you’ve been reading for a while, then you know that I posted every day for a long, long time, then botched up yesterday. Sure, I could cheat time and set a post with yesterday’s date, but that seems dishonest. … Continue reading

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Instrumental Decision

I need a piano. I’ve been playing on an electric keyboard for about 10 years. It has full-size, weighted, touch-sensitive keys, so it plays very much like a piano, but though it can makes pianolike sounds issue from speakers, it … Continue reading

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Nay, Nay, Not the Nene!

Whew! Hawaii was not hit by the recent hurricane in the Pacific. I’m glad, not only because the people and nenes are unhurt, but also because no one should have to admit to getting their ass whupped by a storm … Continue reading

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