Monthly Archives: April 2011

Tonight

Posted on April 29, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Tonight a friend is dying.  She is not a close friend, not someone I talk to all the time, not someone I have ever socialized with much, but a friend nevertheless.  She is dying of cancer as we speak.  Her … Continue reading →

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I’m Ba-a-a-ack!

Posted on April 23, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

I’m so psyched.  Yesterday was a breakthrough day for me on the ski slopes.  My patience has paid off.  My new boots are near perfect. They have Super Feet insoles to replace the factory insoles and I now know which … Continue reading →

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Homework

Posted on April 19, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

It’s going to take me awhile to get used to this.  I left my computer at work.  I don’t have anything I have to do tonight for work.  I just resisted the temptation to check my work email at home. … Continue reading →

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Bad News for Twister the Cat

Posted on April 18, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Poor Twisty.  She loves to go outside, but this is the first spring she’s lived with us since Andy has been residing here.  My little spring birdies are starting to return home to nest – the Oregon Juncos in particular … Continue reading →

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How Do I Look?

Posted on April 17, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for. ” Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Such was the daily quote on my Google front page today.  This just cracked me up, it is so … Continue reading →

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I Married a Man Just Like the Gal…

Posted on April 16, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

There was an old song something along the lines of “I married a gal, just like the gal, who married dear old dad.”  Weirdness and/or truth aside, I always said I married a guy, just like the gal who married … Continue reading →

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Lenten Lesson

Posted on April 16, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Lent: A time for reflection on “how I’m doing” on this road to spiritual perfection.  Oops, not so good it appears. The body of the young man who died on the Oregon coast when the tsunami hit washed up on … Continue reading →

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Winchester Road and the Stars

Posted on April 12, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Today the Google icon tells us it is the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight. Yuri Gagarin blasted into space on April 12, 1961. 1961.  I was six years old.  I think it must have been that spaceflight, … Continue reading →

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Spring Surprises

Posted on April 10, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

I don’t even remember planting them.  I remember sowing the sweet pea seeds – too many for them all to survive – on top of some sort of bulbs.  If you had asked me I would have said they were … Continue reading →

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The Non-book

Posted on April 9, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Ok, this here is my review of the Nook I got for my birthday from Al.  I was one of those who thought I would miss the feel of the book, the turning of the pages, the smell of the … Continue reading →

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