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The Hands of Fear
Above: Madame X, the mysterious woman burglar on “I Love Lucy.” I stole her name for this post. The role was played by a woman named Alice. My Madame X looks much more menacing.Too often, fear drives...
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Monday in the Park with Teens
Above, Punch and K on path.Yesterday was Presidents' Day, a school holiday. I took Punch and her friend K to Yantacaw Brook Park for a short walk...
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The Gift of Restorative Yoga
Lily of the valley image from Longfield Gardens in Lakewood, New Jersey.I asked Dan to get me five classes to the beautiful studio Yoga Mechanics for my birthday, January 21.“You know, that’s a hundred...
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Seeking Frothy Fun in a 1967 Movie
Movie poster image from here.Parts of yesterday were v. hard and heavy.It takes work to change, to recover after decades of living in a spiral of sugar. Imagine moving through pink or blue or white...
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My Weekend Documentary Immersion
Author and editor back in the day, above, and below, now. Images from SonyClassics.com.I love a good documentary, strung together from close-up views, pearls of truth, about real life. And I love that...
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Open to Prayer
Above: A labyrinth walk, a way to pray. I had never seen one until Saturday, at a venerable old church in Montclair. This take on a medieval labyrinth with a pine needle path is in Portland, Maine. I...
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A $277 Spend But Kept My Eye on the Ball at Whole Foods Market
I did not get a lipstick this time, which saved me about $19 plus tax. Often, I am drawn to the beauty case to buy one....I think it has to do with NOT getting sweets and treats. It is a beauty treat....
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🦁🦁👑🤴I’m on the #66 bus to the Port Authority, in slow-poke traffic on Route 3 East, due to an accident. My seat is right behind the bus driver, and I hear him and other drivers radioing back and forth...
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If J.Lo Shirks Caffeine, Maybe I Should, Too?
I’ve now read in a couple of places that gorgeous, shapely, fit J.Lo does not let caffeine enter her beautiful body and has not done so for decades. The woman is 53, for goodness sake, and looks like a...
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Figgy Pudding Update
Florida Figgy in the top she crocheted.Our daughter Figgy texted me this photo today. She has been crocheting a lot lately. For Christmas, she made Sis and Dan beautiful scarves. She crocheted pretty...
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Lucky 7 List: Tuesday’s Child Is Full of Grace
Showy pink lady’s slipper, or slipper orchid. Wow. Do we really exist in a world with wild, slipper-shaped flowers? That’s lucky. Image and info link here. I started writing here in February 2010, when...
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This “Scream” Novice Faces the Nightmare
“Scream VI” is from legendary Paramount Pictures. Although I enjoyed the film, I could not bring myself to put a photo of Ghostface here.I surprised not just Dan but myself by wanting to see “Scream...
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Sad + Scared
These fragile, pale pink roses return every year, on branches that weather the grip of winter frost.The rosebush, a gift from my Girl Scout troop in 2007, has thorns but produces delicate buds that...
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Cape Cod CliffsNotes
Sis on my bridge behind Coast Guard Beach.Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary--I have been the proud holder of a family membership for years.The four of us--Sis, Meg, Greg and I--have covered a lot of...
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Postcard to Self
Cap't Cass Seafood, Rock Harbor, Orleans. It closed during the pandemic; a new owner is remodeling it. Can't wait to get another clam roll. Photo by Meggy. Check capecodchronicle.com for "New Owner...
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Off-Broadway Review: Ike Mans up in ‘Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground’
John Rubinstein in "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground."Photo by Maria Baranova.A solo performance brings back America’s 1950s president, unearthing his Kansas roots, true grit and swagger. More than 60...
View ArticleIn the Hospital Where Dad Died
It was March 2011, more than 12 years ago now. Figgy was 15 1/2 and Punch was back with her birth mom.I'm here for Dan's routine medical screening. Sitting in the lobby. We arrived by 11 and he should...
View ArticleI Might Have Written
It is Tuesday, July 18. I might have written of nice summer nights or plunges in the ocean. I took two plunges in the last two weeks—a Wednesday evening one week and a Thursday afternoon the...
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A Second Chance for Furniture Factory Scraps
Above: Artist Kajsa Willner with furnishings she made from furniture factory remnants.Photography by Robert Våhlström.It was fun Zooming on Monday morning with this deep thinker and eco-conscious...
View ArticleCapers: A Note from North Eastham
Good morning from Cape Cod.It is 10:38 a.m. on Monday and Dan and I plan to leave the house by noon. Already ran the dishwasher, folded the red plaid blankets, put the insulated Lilly Pulitzer cooler...
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