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Suddenness, the unexpected, the way life can change on a dime, has always been on my mind. You open the door on a sunny day and a runaway bus climbs your front steps and zap, you’re gone.  You are walking … Continue reading →

You may know the word “gimme” from golf.  It means a stroke that is so obvious, it is a given, so the golfer doesn’t have to take it, like a putt where the ball is inches from the hole. It is … Continue reading →

√     I was walking with a friend and when we passed some construction, my friend started to walk under a ladder which was blocking the sidewalk.  I grabbed her arm and pulled her around it. “I didn’t know you … Continue reading →

You don’t think about sleep until you can’t sleep. It becomes more important in inverse ratio to its lack, so the less you sleep, the more you think about it. You try to get to the bottom of it.  You … Continue reading →

Several years ago, I attended an informational meeting to fill me in on a committee I had been invited to join.  The attendees were intelligent, good humored people. They made me feel welcome. They said smart things.   I asked intelligent … Continue reading →

I confess. When I am alone, and no one else is there to see, I turn up the music and let myself go, bouncing and shimmying, singing and dancing like crazy.  I sing out the chorus of some old show … Continue reading →

There is a very large moth on the screen outside my office window. He has been there since October, so I’m pretty sure he’s dead.  I say pretty sure. I  remember the day he arrived, a sunny fall day.   I … Continue reading →