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Tag Archives: Daily Life Stuff
Sun-dappled leaves, and other pursuits
Some photos from a recent trek to Knox Farm…. One of my favorite things about walking in the woods is the way the sunlight breaks through in spots, dappling the forest floor in pools of golden light while other spots … Continue reading
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Are you the hot one or the cold one?
Every couple I’ve ever known, of every combination of people, has a hot one and a cold one. This isn’t about looks, but about reactions to temperature. Every couple has one person who always thinks it’s on the cool side, … Continue reading
Ending Radio Silence
Hey folks! Sorry for the lack of posting the last few days. June was a rather difficult month–not bad, mostly (except for matters of national import, of which I must honestly admit that our last good month as a nation is … Continue reading
Confessions of a Delaware Park First-timer
Until yesterday, I had never walked through Delaware Park. In Buffalo, this is almost a kind of heresy. Delaware Park is Buffalo’s equivalent to New York City’s Central Park: it is the biggest of Buffalo’s public parks, the one with … Continue reading
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Life Developments of the Automotive Kind
[A few weeks ago….] ME: Hi, I was wondering if you can get my 2012 Kia Soul in for service? It needs an oil change and the ‘Check Engine’ light just came on. MY MECHANIC: Sure, I can get ‘er in tomorrow! … Continue reading
25 years!
The Wife and I were married twenty-five years ago today. We just got back from a celebratory mini-vacation, and now…our next quarter-century begins. It’s a hard world, folks. Best to walk through it with someone you love.
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
As I write this, it’s a little after 9:30 am on Saturday morning, April 16, 2022. Though it has now stopped, this was the scene about an hour ago as I looked over my back yard. Were I to look … Continue reading
Spring in the 716
Here’s the scene in my back yard, Sunday, March 27: Ayup. It’s funny about this area: we always get snow this late in the year. One recent year we actually got snow on Mother’s Day, which is still six or seven weeks … Continue reading
A deeply mundane post
(Revised and greatly extended below.) I am currently sitting in the vestibule of a restaurant waiting to be seated. The wait is 45 minutes, and we’ve been here 15. We’ve never been here before, so here’s hoping! The fact that … Continue reading
Twenty years a blogger….
Last week a local person graciously cited me as a creative person worth following online, which was a compliment I greatly appreciated! But what really took me back was the description: Three local blogs:@Jaquandor has been posting content on the … Continue reading →