Tips for summertime easy living

August 10, 2016
summertime
Summertime has a special feel, doesn't it? Maybe the way we feel about it goes back to our school days, when summer meant a break from teachers and homework. It meant...
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How to travel on a budget

August 9, 2016
budget-travel
Budget travel is not just for the young. It's for anyone. And it doesn't have to be bare bones, either. The travel bug hit me hard in my 40s. I was single and still...
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Fools are rushing in

August 8, 2016
fool
I've seen this quote attributed to Mark Twain, Abe Lincoln and "unknown." It doesn't really matter who said it--it's come to mind about a thousand times during this...
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What’s goin’ on….end of summer edition

August 5, 2016
today
Today it dawned on me: Summer's coming to a close--how could that be? So fast? Here's what's goin' on in our world these days: Riley Since Riley passed his Birch odor...
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Relationship closure: a story

August 4, 2016
closure
Divorce is hard. It just is. There's no way around it, either. To get out the other side we have to go through it. Period. If you're the person who has been left and...
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About airport security

August 3, 2016
airport-security
What do you do when you're in an airport security line? I'm curious. This was the line at Gatwick for passport control and airport security getting into London. We...
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Let’s get to work

August 2, 2016
vote
The festivities are over and it's time to get to work. To prepare to vote. If I had a nickel for every absolutely crazy, unrealistic and completely unrelated to...
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What it all comes down to

August 1, 2016
gone
Is this what it all comes down to when we're gone? Bags full of clothing donated to Goodwill? Dresses once worn to weddings and graduations. Jeans in rainbow hues, the...
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Buying a new car in the 21st century

July 29, 2016
buying-a-car
I'm kind of a rube. About a lot of things, but for sure when it comes to vehicles. So's my husband. I had my BMW for 12 years and it wasn't even fully loaded with bells...
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The case for hunting

July 28, 2016
hunting
One of my earliest childhood memories was pulling into a family friend's driveway at night, our car's headlights hitting the flat eyes of a dead buck suspended upside...
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