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Waiting for a delivery…
I’m waiting for my bed. I moved, on April Fool’s Day of this year, 2016, to an apartment in Baltimore. Many of my friends have interpreted that the fact that I was the one who moved out meant that it was my idea to leave my family. It wasn’t. But, the fact was, I have…
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Vacation – second week
We spent last weekend with my daughter’s in-laws, and returned by tow truck and taxi in Sunday evening, because the turbo in their diesel car failed. Our tow truck driver was a very friendly Russian guy who was happy to share dog owner stories with S. It occurred to me that if I were my…
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Art in London
There are several mandatory stops for me whenever I’m in England. I managed to get to two of them, and added a new stop – the Tate Modern. I mentioned going to the British Museum with S last week, and I might have gone back, as it is huge (or “yuge” as our new president-elect…
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A quiet day at home
It was very cold today, and I was not sure what to do with my day. At the end of it, I had a nice quiet day at home with Shanthi, who valiantly tried to go in to work, but was defeated by a multitude of powers beyond her control. I walked the retired greyhound,…
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Vacation
I arrived last Tuesday, and was delighted when the U.K. automatic passport reader recognized me and let me through. The guy just ahead of me in the queue failed to be recognized, and watching him, I was sure I was going to suffer the same failure, and have to go explain why I have a…
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Passport woes, part 2
I am in England now, writing this, so, all the mad rushing around of last week did result finally in my having a valid passport to travel (2, in fact). I wrote about my crazy hectic Wednesday, when I somehow squeezed in a trip from Baltimore to the center of DC to hand in my…
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Passport woes
I’m flying to England on Monday to visit my daughter and her husband. I bought the tickets in August, and have been looking forward to this real vacation for weeks. I’m taking two weeks of, to visit there for 10 full days. I can’t remember the last time I took so much time off in…
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someone on FB shared this image…
…it’s nearly exactly what I had in mind when I named this blog – I wanted to create my favicon to be something like this. any help from my graphic design savvy friends? I’m breathing (on this very very anxious day).
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Light therapy
I have suffered from mild-moderate seasonal affective disorder (which has the amazingly apt acronym – SAD), for many years, and have considered getting a lightbox for years. But, I hate to wake up early, and I could never figure out where I would be able to place a light box into my home where I…
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A glorious fall day
I’ve been watching the weather forecast all week, because I had plans to start exploring the hiking trails around Baltimore, and, as of Thursday, there was a varying chance of rain today. When I got up this morning, the sky was attacked with clouds, but the forecast now predicted a 50% chance of rain starting…
