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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Oscars Worst Dressed
Okay I admit to getting People magazine and reading other similar rags in the check out aisle and I must say one of the sections that I enjoy is some sort of fashion maven who critiques red carpet fashions with … Continue reading
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Clean Slate Club
The implications of the 50th birthday are hard to ignore and difficult to embrace. One by one friends are starting to undergo joint replacements and drop out of my tennis and paddle tennis groups to pursue more forgiving sports like … Continue reading
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They Suck
I have concluded that the first step in facing an irrational feel is to go to the internet. You not only have immediate knowledge – the universal antidote to fear – but you will also have easy access to others … Continue reading
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Tick Season
We have now almost completed a full year at our new home on the Middlefork prairie. One of the true pleasures is a greater appreciation of the year’s cycles. The movement of the setting sun across the horizon and the … Continue reading
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As Lolita Lay Dying
As a child, I was a reader, voraciously consuming books like the Boxcar children, or the adventure series by Enid Blyton (Sea of Adventure, Circus of Adventure, etc.). Once I had run through all of these, I would save up … Continue reading
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Riverview Ramble
When I was a teenager in the 1960s, an invitation to the Riverview Ramble was most coveted. This was some sort of charity fundraiser, and a ticket allowed you unlimited access to all of the attractions at the Riverview Amusement … Continue reading
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The Bra Strap
I remember the day distinctly, it was the mid sixties and I was standing in the girls locker room with my shirt unbuttoned just enough to reveal (to anyone who might want to notice) that I was wearing my first … Continue reading
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Drawers
A prior post considered the cultural significance of the visible bra apparati, so I suppose that it should not be a total surprise that my mind wandered south and started to ruminate on underdrawers, and specifically consider the social messages sent … Continue reading
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Just Another Golden Sceptre
About 25 years ago, the entire United States appeared to be caught up in King Tut mania, and Chicago was no different. The Art Institute of Chicago was host to a traveling Tut exhibit, and the lines stretched around the … Continue reading
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What Beaches Teach Us
Like many others in my peer group who first started typing on a manual typewriter, I have had an ambivalent love/mostly hate relationship with computers from the get go – continually feeling intimidated and frustrated with impenetrable jargon that requires … Continue reading
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