What’s in a name?

That question became important on a creek-side walking trail last week. Up ahead of me, I noticed  a young mother pushing an elevated baby carriage. Because this scene had caught…

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March Madness, 2021

Ordinarily, “March Madness” means just one thing to me. Basketball.  Not this year. Many of you know that I currently reside in Colorado.  What is not widely known is that…

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Help Wanted

Have you seen the above photo?  If so, would you be so kind as to tell me where?  l ask because it’s a remarkable photo. But one surrounded, for me,…

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Toujours l’amour

High above the Chicago River, at a top-floor hotel ballroom, the father of the bride looked over at me.   It was my turn to toast his daughter and my…

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Playing Favorites

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Here’s a true story I want to tell you.  It  happened during the tail end of  the cold war.  On another continent, five world-time zones and 5,305 miles  away from…

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12.31.2020

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A New-to-Me Tradition The following image came  by email yesterday.  An Irish tradition with a postscript, said the sender. Yes. Agreed. A Tradition, More Familiar From the Scottish  poet, Robert…

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Annual Christmas Blog

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What was born on Christmas Day Long ago  in a city known as Kansas, three friends surrounded by little boychilds and girlchilds decided to gift each other with hand-made presents. …

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Holiday Gift Wish List

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Tis the season for making a list and checking it twice.   In this year of Our Lord 2020,  lists are likely to include presents  that are orderable online. Sometimes…

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Thanksgiving–Then and Now

   Thanksgiving, The time of year we associate with, and often anticipate, going back home for family gatherings.  But it’s 2020. and, due to COVID-19, many of us are being…

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Words for this week

The following words, in the form of a  prayer by an anonymous author, came  to my attention a few days ago.  They struck me as worth sharing for your consieration…

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