January 27 , 2023 /

A GRATEFUL HEART

My Dad died from a sudden cardiac arrest in 1979 at the age of 67. That was 44 years ago. I was 42. I knew then I was in the gene pool for heart issues.  My paternal grandmother also had heart problems and died at age 64, in 1952.   My younger brother by 4 years,

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January 23 , 2023 /

SHORT WALK, LONG THOUGHTS, DEEP CONNECTIONS

On a cold January afternoon, I step outside the front door and start on a walk, turning south for a block, then east, walking on hard pavement, a street with no sidewalks, a street lined on both sides with houses neatly tucked back from the curb, their double garages facing the street. A variety of

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January 6 , 2023 /

CHANGE PLANS

When you see, read or hear these two words, “CHANGE PLANS” how do you regard the word change?  Is it an action verb, an imperative to change your plans?   Or is it a noun, the act or process of change?   Or is it an adjective describing plans as in wedding plans, travel plans or career

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January 1 , 2023 /

NEW

NEW A new year, a new day and a new week, so why not a new blog?  Having finished the 30-day experiment, it seems a good time for a review and a reboot.  Many of us are glad to say good-bye to 2022 and take this blank canvas for 2023 as a gift and see

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December 30 , 2022 /

DAY THIRTY – END

There are 31 days in this month and this 30 day Bold Experiment ends today.  The bold part was taking it on and seeing if we could meet the challenge, not all that great, nonetheless, a daily commitment.  The experimental part of this exercise was writing a short post for each day as a way

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December 29 , 2022 /

DAY TWENTY-NINE REVIEW

Today marks a period of time, as does every day and as they accumulate one day at a time we look back at how we spent the day or several of them over a period of time.  It could be each day with the reflections exercise, it could be a weekly exercise or as this

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