Category Archives: Life

Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on March 7, 2023 by ksedinger

An offering for Roger! Here is “Adagio and Allegro for Piano and Horn”, by Robert Schumann. What’s the relevance to Roger? Look at the opus number. Happy birthday to one of the finer folks I’ve met online! (BTW, I actually … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday My Love

Posted on February 25, 2023 by ksedinger

As I keep adding to this post every year, and with cross-posting it and importing it from my old blog to this one, I suppose it gets a bit more ungainly each year. Well, that’s just the way it is. … Continue reading →

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Sounds of Ice

Posted on February 24, 2023 by ksedinger

We had a big ice storm rip through The 716 the night before, and it had the usual effects of ice storms: thick coatings of ice on everything, resulting in tons of power outages from lines collapsing, or tree branches … Continue reading →

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President Carter

Posted on February 20, 2023 by ksedinger

I’m sure we all know by now that former President Jimmy Carter is accepting hospice care, rather than continuing to seek treatment for various health issues. Carter is 98 years old; he was elected President over 46 years ago, and … Continue reading →

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On “Phneh” and manufactured outrage

Posted on February 11, 2023 by ksedinger

So, America’s right-wing has been complaining about an AI chat-bot gizmo the last day or two. Why? Because someone got the idea to hit the AI chat-bot gizmo with a hypothetical situation: there’s a ticking time bomb and when it … Continue reading →

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Moonlight, through the trees

Posted on February 10, 2023 by ksedinger

 

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The deer next door

Posted on February 3, 2023 by ksedinger

Our next-door neighbors have taken to feeding the local deer from the woods behind our neighborhood. It’s nice to see them over there in their yard, eating away. Our Carla, of course, thinks they are Big! Scary! Beasts! that need … Continue reading →

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A Preference in Weather

Posted on January 4, 2023 by ksedinger

I will take 26 degrees and snowy over 46 degree and rainy. After our blizzard and lake-effect storm ten days or so ago, just about all of it has been melted away by warm temps and rain. We have a … Continue reading →

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Farewell, trusted companion through many breakfasts….

Posted on January 2, 2023 by ksedinger

For Christmas 1990, a friend of the family gave me…a toaster oven. I was in college, and this was a gift that had never once been on my radar as something I wanted or needed. But off to college it … Continue reading →

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2022: Yeah. Glad THAT’s over.

Posted on December 31, 2022 by ksedinger

And it is time at last for my annual quiz-retrospective on the year just ending. Let me be honest here, folks: 2022 was, for the most part, pretty much of a struggle. It felt like the kind of year where … Continue reading →

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