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Uncle Sam Shenanigans
Aging & Attitude Uncle Sam Shenanigans (Conversation between Uncle Sam and Mr. Working Middle Class) “You know Mr. Working Middle Class, Congress is going to raise your taxes.” “No way Uncle Sam,...
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Happy Father’s Day 2013
Aging & Attitude The pedaling of an old man riding a wide-tire bicycle grabs my attention as I drive Acoma road. He wears red Ked shoes, the methodical around and around is mesmerizing. I press...
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Q is for Quagmire – The Alphabet Series
Aging & Attitude New Thoughts on Words We call them lose-lose situations, predicaments, or sorry plight. We feel squeezed in a trap; morass, swamp, or quicksand. It is a quagmire. Quagmire...
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R is for Raucous- The Alphabet Series
Aging & Attitude New Thought on Words Raucous describes the commotion occurring around Paula Deen’s admission that she used the N-word. Lisa Jackson is suing Dean and her brother, Bubba Hiers, for...
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Sweet Memories
(Not the Franklin but close) I love the way a dear friend captured the nostalgia of eating ice cream and asked her to guest blog. The inspiration came from her love of ice cream and July being...
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Wrinkles & Prunes
A writing prompt from WordPress: You wake up one day and realize you’re ten years older than you were the previous night. Beyond the initial shock, how does this development change your life plans?...
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The End of Summer
Lake Alice -Winter In Florida The End of Summer In Florida, the hot summer days never cease. The temperature does not drop; the leaves fade; never glory in red, yellow, and orange changes. The median...
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An Irish Hand-Me Down
Aging & Attitude Daily Prompt Clothes and toys, recipes and jokes, advice and prejudice: we all have to handle all sorts of hand-me-downs every day. Tell us about some of the meaningful...
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A Lost Pearl
Picture Male Tufted Humming Bird by Ray A Lost Pearl Flash Fiction The last time I saw her, she was young; youth sparkled in her eyes. Now the sparkle is gone, the jade blue color diminished by time;...
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1984 Vs 2035
259/365 Clock Work by martinak15 (CC BY 2.0) Aging & Attitude Happy New Year! It is hard to believe it is 2015 but it is. Mr. Wonderful* and I celebrated by eating at McDonald’s on the way home...
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The Not Getting Younger Series/Understanding Nothing
Understanding Nothing The local newspaper, “The News Journal,” informs readers of the number of days left in the year and quotes a notable person on a daily basis. I usually start my day...
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Kayaking and The Speed of Thinking
The Not Getting Younger Series Kayaking and Speed of Thinking I was unfamiliar with the term speed of thinking until recently. I knew about the speed of lightning and speed-reading but not speed of...
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Global Positioning System and the Hippocampus
I wrote this awhile back but think it belongs in “The Not Getting Younger Series.” Global Positioning System and the Hippocampus “Did you heard about Todd?” “Heard what about Todd?”...
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The Short Straw Fix/ The Happiness Series
The Short Straw Fix I am smiling at least three times a day, complimenting others and hunting for opportunities to do a random act of kindness. All the same, I find myself still leaning on the horn...
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The Silent Sound of Snow – Happiness Series
I really miss snow. Family and friends remark, “Easy to say from Florida.” They may be right; nevertheless, beautiful winter scenes created by the recent blizzard bring me happiness and serenity. I...
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Ridiculousness
Aging & Attitude Ridiculous, this is ridiculous; I am telling myself, stressed about baking chocolate chips cookies. Really! Chocolate chip cookies! Have you eaten a home-baked chocolate chip...
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Back In Florida
We’re Back Sunrise Lake We’ve returned to Florida after spending four weeks at Sunrise Lake in Milford, Pa., and an additional week in Delmar, New York, visiting family. We’d considered a trip to...
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Mercury Retrograde
Mercury Retrograde “The planet Mercury rules communication in all forms—listening, writing, reading, speaking, and so on—as well as activities closely related to communication, like negotiations and...
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Wine Not and Cataract Surgery
Wine Not and Cataract Surgery Those of you who have had cataract surgery know what I’m talking about; the world is brighter. I see the walls in my house as cream, not mustard. And my hair, isn’t dingy...
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Day Two of Vacation
Yellowstone was closed! My friend had phoned the day before to explain there were additional sidesteps. Her husband needed an unanticipated medical procedure the day after our arrival and her air...
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