Eat Pray Love

I started reading Eat Pray Love several months ago and finished about half of it (two-thirds through India, or the “pray” part of the book) before I just couldn’t go any further. The author began to grate on my nerves and I put the book down for what I thought was the last time. Then [...]

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Being a Woman

Sometimes, it kind of sucks. No way around it. Hormones, periods, you name it, we endure it. For years, I had abnormal pap smears, but none of my doctors could ever figure out why. At one point, the cells transformed to second stage dysplasia (that means pre-cancerous to the second degree). That meant I got to [...]

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Nazis, Nazis Everywhere

There must be something in the air. For the second time in three months, my book club selection had heavy Nazi influence. I don’t mean that the person who chose the book was a Nazi or that the books were written by Nazis. But they both centered around World War II and talked a lot [...]

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Life Gets in the Way

I’ve spent a lot of time wondering what I actually do with my time. I wanted to spend some time this past weekend working on my novel, and my book club book (that I ordered about a month ago) finally showed up Saturday. It’s relatively short, so I wanted to spend some quiet time making [...]

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School Spirit

Last year, the state agency I work for had a “school spirit” day where everyone could wear something with a university theme. I don’t remember for certain, but I don’t think people had to wear an item from their alma mater. If that were a requirement, I would have been out of luck (as it [...]

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Surprises Around Every Corner

During my trip to Amherst/Buffalo last week, I took a day to drive to Ithaca and visit my friend Amy, who I haven’t seen in many years. We met in seventh grade, and so in September will have known each other for 20 full years.  Seeing Amy again and spending the day with her was [...]

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Home Again

I’m back at work for the first time in nine days, so I must keep this short for now. If I have time later, I’ll write something longer and more interesting. I just wanted to check back in and get this going again. Yesterday, I boarded a Southwest airplane (no scorpions or fuselage holes to [...]

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Traveling

In the Baltimore Airport, I was waiting for my smoothie and three middle-aged women, who were far fromthe epitome of fashion, walked passed. Overheard: “People really dress like slobs.” In the Buffalo Airport: A woman crying, TSA agents around, another woman with one of those voices that sounds like she’s had a lot of cigarrettes [...]

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Out of Town

I know some people read this regularly, so I wanted to post that I am going out of town until July 22. I may post during my vacation, but most likely, I won’t. So don’t worry if there’s nothing here to read for the next nine days. I will be back. Some of you may [...]

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Mother Nature

On Saturday, I went kayaking for the first time. We paddled down the Wacissa River in the bright sunshine, with a few clouds along the way to give us some relief. Between the cool, spring-fed water and a nice breeze, it wasn’t too hot – not the 100-plus degree temperatures we’ve seen throughout the past few [...]

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