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  • getting really bizarre here lately on planet earth… more to add to the chapter entitled “The Big Unfair”…

    Should have captured a photo the other day of the remarkable map that we could observe using satellite imagery and radar – oh. my. gosh. There’s a thumbnail below of the storms – but, we’re not through the “season” yet… Last year, another Cat 5, Hurricane Michael, visited in October, chasing on the heels of…

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  • Above the treetops…where hope lives

    When Rob was about two, the Pat Metheny Group came out with a work called “Secret Story”. It’s been a bit hard to find, and at one point, I had to ask Rob’s dad if he would let me borrow it – but I had to hear that song – as bittersweet as it is…

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  • the blue-tint rinse

    My grandmother – we all called her “Boo” (not in the above picture) – was one of those quintessential dignified little old ladies whose concept of appearance was rooted in looking presentable whenever she needed to look presentable. She had a process for doing everything and this included making sure that her hair was colored…

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