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End of the Line
8 May 2012
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Well, I must say, and I do say, that today is not as happy as I thought it would be when I first marked it on the calendar and noted that it was a Blog Off Tuesday, for this is to be the last, the swan song, the coda, the capitulation, the termination, the proverbial end of the proverbial line. Read More... |
Still Bringing Flowers
10 April 2012
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Flowers are absolutely essential to our marriage. In August it will be 36 years, and over the years I have faithfully sent her flowers on at least two occasions a year: our wedding anniversary and on Valentine’s Day. There have been a few other occasions but, come what may, always on those two days. Read More... |
Twisted Cookies
27 March 2012
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I am not as big on cookies as I am on baked goods, especially sweet baked goods, and not as big on those as I am when we are on a trip somewhere. In a sense, it’s a time machine, a trip back to the early years of our marriage. Read More... |
Still Using Grandma’s Grammar
13 March 2012
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When I saw the subject for today’s Blog Off, my immediate impulse was to write a diatribe about “removing the sexism from English,” but as I thought it about it further, I realized that, much as that particular item sticks in my craw, it is really just symptomatic of an almost universal lack of grammar skills. Read More... |



