The Retiring Sort
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- Starting a New Holiday Tradition
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Veterans/Armistice/Remembrance Day Musings
It would be wonderful if we didn’t need a Department of Defense, or of Homeland Security. It would be amazing if natural disasters never happened, and we never needed the National Guard. It would be great if we could rewrite … Continue reading
Election Day 2012 – The Grand Responsibility
What a difference it makes to be retired. In past years, the polls opened too late for me to vote before work, and I had to join the beleaguered legions who voted after working all day. Standing in line, waiting … Continue reading
Posted in Giving Back, Ruminations
Tagged Election, Election Day, Responsibility, United States, Voting
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Simple Geometry
Maybe it’s because there’s often been chaos in my day (and in my thoughts), but sometimes I really crave the orderly. Symmetry. Simple Geometry. Architecture is one of the places where I have enjoyed many balanced forms. I’m drawn to … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenges
Tagged Biosphere, geometry, Louvre, photography, photos, postaday, postaweek, praymids, symmentry, Transamerica Tower, triangles
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Big Bright Fireworks
This time last year, my beloved and I were in Hawaii. We missed the Hallowe’en Nor’easter of 2011 that dumped snow on our New England home and left many here without power or with lost trees and other damage. Our … Continue reading
Posted in Retirement itself
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