Consider the following snippet: “In the not too distant future…” Does that mean anything to you? Here’s a bit more: “In the not too distant future, somewhere in time and space…” By this point, you either know this line or you don’t. If you do recognize it, chances are you’re smiling. If you don’t know […]
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There are two things I don’t remember learning how to do, the first of which is reading. This makes sense because my mom was a kindergarten teacher, and she made sure I was an early reader, probably before I got around to hauling myself up from the floor and bumping into furniture. The other skill
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Two days ago, after three or four hours of driving around town looking at houses, drinking Mexican lattes, and chasing cell phone signals, my wife and I decided to go to the gym. We were worn out, but if we didn’t get our workout time in, we’d have trouble justifying all the Friday night snacking
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I love food. Exhibit A is my expanding waistline. Notice I didn’t say I like to eat . . . even though I do. No, I love food. I love everything about food. I like growing food. In late summer I’ve been known to picnic in my garden, washing fresh veg and drinking from the
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Guess what? While we weren’t paying attention, 2016 came and went, in the sneaky way years have of doing such things. One day it was here, the next we were pondering just how many resolutions we wanted to pretend to make. As happens in all years, in 2016 some people were utter jerks, others were
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“Hope is not blind optimism. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and fight for it.” Barack Obama as quoted by E. J. Dionne, 12-30-2016 These words take me
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