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Everyday Generalizations

My Holiday Letter to You

  • December 23, 2023December 24, 2023
My Holiday Letter to You

Holiday Letter from me This year did not start auspiciously for me. My younger brother died suddenly but peacefully in January in Michigan without spouse or children or last will and testament. So, the probate court appointed me the personal representative of his estate.  My…

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Everyday Generalizations

On Volunteering

  • December 23, 2023January 7, 2024
On Volunteering

In 2020, after businesses shut down due to the COVID19 pandemic, I volunteered full time at a beautiful bookstore run by the Episcopal Cathedral and managed by a well-organized and positive young woman.  Because many people were concerned about contracting the virus, I spent a…

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Everyday Generalizations

All Bent Out of Shape

  • December 23, 2023December 23, 2023
All Bent Out of Shape

This week a vehicle ran over one of my Roughneck garbage cans that was at the curb and flattened it. I thought it was a goner but I tipped it on its side and stood on the dents and pushed them out. I am more…

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Everyday Generalizations

Traveling Thoughts

  • December 21, 2023January 19, 2024
Traveling Thoughts

When I was living in Detroit and was in grade school, my family took road trips in the summer in cars without air conditioning. Three children in the back seat and parents in the front seat with no seatbelts. Up to Maine and Massachusetts and…

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Therapy & Self-preservation

  • December 19, 2023
Therapy & Self-preservation

When I worked at the University of Michigan Medical Center, I dated a medical resident who spent some time working in the emergency room. I clearly recall a time when he came home in disbelief that a “good-looking young guy tried to commit suicide. I…

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Everyday Generalizations

My cats complain, but at least they’re not an old man complaining

  • November 6, 2023December 9, 2023
My cats complain, but at least they’re not an old man complaining

When I was in high school, the school held a two-day series of talks by people from various walks of life. The mother of someone I went to grade school with talked about marriage. I don’t remember what she talked about. I just know that…

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Danger - Meltdown Ahead

Critical Mass Reached; Meltdown Imminent

  • October 31, 2023October 31, 2023
Critical Mass Reached; Meltdown Imminent

I don’t know how to leave people or jobs or anything. I reach a breaking point (circuit overload) and blow a fuse and leave. I am learning to set boundaries and negotiate before I blow a fuse. I get tired of taking care of other…

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Everyday Generalizations

Fixer-Uppers & Problem Solvers

  • October 31, 2023October 31, 2023
Fixer-Uppers & Problem Solvers

Anne Lamott said it best when she talked about always meeting people who needed fixing up. My gift for problem solving seemingly made me a magnet for men who wanted someone to fix them. And the people who didn’t need fixing saw me as the…

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Everyday Generalizations

The pursuit of happiness interests

  • October 31, 2023October 31, 2023
The pursuit of <s>happiness</s> interests

One day, a couple in their 70s came into a store where I worked and kindly bickered with each other over the wife buying a $5 watch. They were cute and I told them so. When the wife had left the store, the husband came…

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Everyday Generalizations

Human beings communicate by accident

  • October 26, 2023October 26, 2023
Human beings communicate by accident

Human beings communicate by accident; The number of people who take offense at what they think they heard is greater than the number of people who intentionally try to offend someone.

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Off the top of my head and recently added:
  • My Holiday Letter to You
  • On Volunteering
  • All Bent Out of Shape
  • Traveling Thoughts
  • Therapy & Self-preservation

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