Category Archives: random thoughts

when the words come back

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

One of the best university professors I ever had refused to accept the excuse that his students didn’t have time to finish an assignment. “Peole don’t have time;” he would say, “we make time”. Words to live by, ever since.  So … Continue reading →

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sometimes it’s hard to breathe

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

(I’m okay.  I wrote this post back on my bad weekend, but didn’t publish it.  But, since this is my place, and I’m trying to stay honest, and since there’s been a whole lot of crickets on this site lately, I decided … Continue reading →

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and now, christmas

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

The work is done.  The weeks and weeks of shopping and cooking and running and planning.  It starts in early November in preparation for Tee’s birthday, and continues right up until, well until today. The last-minute things were picked up … Continue reading →

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snow and a memory

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

I’m at work, and the snow is coming down, fierce and unrelenting, outside. He drifts again into my thoughts, as he does so often at times like this. A flicker of a memory, made romantic over time, of a 17-year-old … Continue reading →

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how the internet can make you care

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

Three days ago I was lamenting and reflecting on my forty-two years. Today, I learn that a fellow blogger, Anissa, had a stroke yesterday. I don’t know Anissa in real life. I read her brain-child, Aiming Low, from time to … Continue reading →

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new year’s resolution

Posted on November 15, 2009 by

Today is my birthday (yay me and all that).  So this is my new year.  My year to re-evaluate my life and set goals and make the changes that have just been lying around waiting for me to make them.  … Continue reading →

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I will (not) follow

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

Everyone is talking about it.  Everyone has it, blogs about it, does it, but I just don’t get it.  I’m not afraid to admit it, either: I DON’T ‘GET’ TWITTER. I don’t understand why there is a need for the … Continue reading →

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My name is not Earl, but it might as well be

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

When my nephew was about 16, he asked me what one great piece of advice I would give him, as he headed into manhood.  Seems he was asking everyone that question (special kid, my nephew). I was stumped and overwhelmed with responses … Continue reading →

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dashed

Posted on September 23, 2009 by

Twenty minutes ago = one of those moments where you discover that you didn’t realize how much you wanted something until you can no longer have it. I applied on a whim.  It seemed like destiny.  I wasn’t even looking … Continue reading →

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put on a happy face

Posted on September 18, 2009 by

I’ve been on my own with the girls for a few days, so maybe it’s easy for me to get where I’m at right now, but tonight, a stupid show on tv – a show I never watch, but keenly … Continue reading →

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