Independently Speaking
BirthdayIt’s my birthday this week. Sixty-seven years old. Yeah, I know. Time flies. It seems like a long time and in a way, it is. The first few years …
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ThanksgivingWe’ve got rainbows in the kitchen again...it must be time for Thanksgiving. On the south side of our house, there’s a big, old picture window in…
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I have made FIRE...For about 15 years, we heated our house using an outside wood boiler to supplement the furnace in the basement. Over the past couple of years, s…
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DaylightAnd now we’re on Standard Time. Yeah, I don’t care... This is one of those issues that people get passionate about, but me, not so much. I liked…
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ErasedI just found out I haven’t existed since 2018. That’s embarrassing. With a new book out, I’ve been doing humiliating amounts of shameless self-p…
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SwansWe’ve been watching swans in the north corn field. It’s so cool. We first started seeing swans around here just a few years ago. Well, that’s no…
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BarrelAnd then we bumped the barrel back home. That’s kind of an awkward sentence, but it’s an awkward situation. We have a large metal barrel on our …
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IkagaiOne of the pleasures of having children smarter than I am is they are always in the process of educating me. Recently, our son sent me a meme ab…
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