Category Archives: Musings

Funny and serious personal essays about the new perspectives that come from considering the wonders of the world and the vagaries of everyday life.

If you can’t be with the one you love . . .

A little colour before the snow flies. Continue reading →

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A Year and a Half

One month down; 17 to go. Continue reading →

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A Task That Must Be Done

Feel those feelings. (And don’t be put off by the opening reference to choosing a coffin. It’s not about that.) Continue reading →

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What’s the Mother of Peroration?

Miss Cleveland was, apparently, the sister of President Grover Cleveland. Trust me: This will be, if not important, then at least relevant in just a bit. Continue reading →

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Naming the Clouds

Mr. Howard, I salute you . . . . Continue reading →

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Now You See It; Now I Don’t

And after lunch, world peace? Continue reading →

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As I was saying . . .

It’s a wonder we can speak at all. And, like, be understood. And not smacked. Continue reading →

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The Zen of Good Instructions

The verbal version of “the minimum force necessary”? Continue reading →

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Changed. Successfully? Hard to say.

The gentle art of communication. Successful and otherwise. Continue reading →

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