On days when the temperatures are tolerable I do marathon sessions in my garden. I typically tell myself that I will just be out there for two hours and six hours later when I wander back inside I wonder how it got to be so late in the day. Such is the way when you [...]
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Retirement Kyle…
My neighbor Kyle just retired. I imagine this life transition will be an interesting one for Kyle as he is a "do-er" and now he has a lot more time to "do". Not that he doesn't know how to relax - he is the king of the neighborhood bonfire society; but rather, that he is [...]
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Vivien Leigh's iconic line as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire has stayed with me over the years. In that movie she said, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." I can't say that I identified with that saying though until I moved to my house on the cul-de-sac in West Fargo [...]
THE NEW FORTY 