November 24, 2025

The Thing Post (November, 2025)

THING ONE I have rarely, if ever, worn black.  My complexion is fair,  my undertones are warm, and the older I get, the fewer favors black does for me.…

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November 17, 2025

The Hooty-Hoot Song and a Blog Post . . . Repurposed.

Saturday night, we had the family over for a late celebration of Nathan and Noah’s birthdays.  When it came time to sing Happy Birthday, Steve surprised us by bringing out his guitar and leading in a new version of Happy Birthday, set to the melody of a repurposed song he had written several years ago.…

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November 10, 2025

Closets, Friends, and Seasons

I spent Saturday morning switching out my summer clothes for winter ones. Sounds like an easy task, right?…

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November 3, 2025

Even Better

As I was logging out of my work computer on Friday, I saw that I had worked 90 hours in two weeks.  Adding five hours on the road each week added up to one hundred job-related hours over those ten days of work.…

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