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Shuffle All 27 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
My life has a soundtrack. It resides on the SD card of my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Sometimes, I listen to it on a USB mini-speaker while I’m sitting in the park, writing. When I walk or ride my...
Monday Smiles – 8/26/2013 26 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
There is nothing like a night out with friends to lift a long week out of the doldrums. And fortunately, we’d purchased tickets to Laguna Beach’s Pageant of the Masters with our friends Ron and Kerr...
Turning Points 25 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Life turns on a dime. Sometimes toward us, but more often it spins away, flashing and flirting as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasn’t it?” - Jake Epping in Stephen King’s 11/...
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Hiatus 21 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
When I was in high school, my Freshman English class included a weekly list of vocabulary words, each of which were to be used in a sentence. One week, our list included the word, hiatus. When Miss...
Monday Smiles – 8/19/2013 19 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
The only people interested in hearing about your grandchildren are other grandparents who want to tell you about theirs – Bryna Nelson Paston, author of How to Be the Perfect Grandma We had our child...
Yes, Old 17 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
In February of 2009, I started posting on Older Eyes – Bud’s Blog under the slug line, Reflections from an Older Perspective. Many of my posts relate to Feeling Older and in the last few years, as I’...
Friday Favorites 8/16/2013 16 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
I have liked jazz ever since 1958, when I discovered that the East Haven LIbrary had a record collection and borrowed an album by the Modern Jazz Quartet. Although I was taken with the music immediat...
Kid Stuff 15 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
Last Saturday, I was riding my bike in the park. Yes, the same guy that used to start out in the park, then take the bike trail to the beach and back (40 miles) now puts in 30-40 minutes with several...
Stinky Stuff 13 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
When I was a boy, my father wore Aqua Velva or Old Spice … my Mom wore Chanel No. 5 cologne. That’s how it was back then, men wore after shave shave, women wore cologne. When I started shaving, I go...
