Monday, October 28, 2019

Snow Day Blues and Bliss

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It snowed last week here in Boulder: a full six inches a full week before Halloween. But pre-Halloween snow is not unusual in Colorad...
Monday, October 21, 2019

The Good of An Extremely Irritating Inconvenience

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My furnace stopped working on Friday morning. The good news: The repair guy did come that morning - hooray, hooray - and diagnosed the pro...
Monday, September 30, 2019

In Praise of Scheduled Wallowing

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I seldom listen to music while driving; I just obsessively think my own thoughts. My son never drives without listening to music. So it ...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Learning from My Own Characters; or Ringing the Bell Choir Blues

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There are some things I am (relatively) good at: writing, teaching, giving talks, getting a lot of work done in a little amount of time. T...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Exorcising Fourth Grade Demons in My Silver Sneakers Exercise Class

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I did not grow up loving sports. Or liking sports. Or doing any sports at all. This was before Title IX created funding for sports for g...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Boulder Bookstore Launch for NIXIE NESS

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Oh, what a treat it was to have a launch party for Nixie Ness Cooking Star at Boulder Bookstore last night! The older I get (and the whole ...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

It Takes Longer to Ride the Bus than to Drive - So What?

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Here are some things I've learned so far in my new commitment to ride the bus almost everywhere I go, using my SENIOR CITIZEN HALF-PRICE...