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01/05/2018 11:29
What the hell? I was told today that my car apparently has had a rodent infestation, which has created an engine problem, which means hours of work ahead for skilled mechanics to pull my car apart, diagnose the REAL problem (rats or otherwise) and fix it. My advisor also helpfully let me know about...
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06/16/2016 15:00
My family will laugh at the title. I loved that movie, whereas everyone I know who watched it with me feel asleep. Birds I have loved, for so many reasons. Just watch that old documentary - if you can stay awake, write me, we are utterly sympatico.
But I write about another migration - I have a new...
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06/10/2016 13:38
I was never too much of a pet person, but I married a pet that came with Marc. Grayson was a gray elder cat, and very attuned to his Man. He (cat) generally regarded me as an interloper, but he was just funny enough, just in need enough of brushing enough, so that I bonded with him too...
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06/06/2016 14:18
It has been six years since I upended my life, moving from a Chicago suburb to lovely Chico. I am still trying to make a few adjustments. Chico is quite isolated; nearest "big city" is Sacramento, 90 minutes away.
I am grateful to have the means to maintain my small condo in that Chicago...
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07/18/2014 15:41
Oh boy, a new book, Jennifer, Gwyneth and Me details author Rachel Bertsche’s year of emulating the lifestyles of several celebrities one month at a time. That means practicing being the best of Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow (of Goop.com fame!), Julia Roberts, Jessica Alba, and more on...
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07/16/2014 17:42
I’ve been gathering up news items surrounding the recent GM ignition disasters to prepare for the ethics portion of my fall management classes. After the Pinto fiasco of the 70’s, the Challenger disaster of the ‘80’s, savings, loan, and bank frauds of the 90’s—00’s, it’s clear that ethics problems...
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07/15/2014 11:36
I took a break from my blog to write the old fashioned way – in notebooks. Last year I just decided to tell myself random true stories of people and occasions that have meant a lot to me during the course of my life.
Eventually I came up with the idea of writing cards to people who’ve influenced...
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11/03/2013 10:11
So, do we become entirely different people every decade or so? That’s the question I started with a few posts ago. I looked at lessons learned decade by decade in relation to my changing self. Of course I’d changed…how much, though, and could it be neatly measured in decade-long increments? To what...
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10/20/2013 10:24
The decisions I made in the decade of years spanning 30-40 would set the stage for what my life would be forever after. Of course, any of us could say that, but now I was making decisions less influenced by forces instilled from the past.
That decade I became divorced, moved, started a job in...
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10/06/2013 17:55
Looking back in life to me from 20 to 30 years of age, I can only envy (in a way) those who sailed through without much struggle or trauma. Here we go, with a little context provided.
Life Lessons Learned from Twenty to Thirty Years:
After my son Christian is born when I was 22, I realized...
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