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The Double-Take
Sometimes, we find the unexpected in front of us, and it will startle us. Sometimes, it will make us laugh; or maybe we will be in awe. But it’s unique enough that it always demands we take a second look. When I realized I had several photos meeting these criteria, I decided to step out…
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Everything About Big Waves: Real and at the Movies
I was twelve when the original The Poseidon Adventure movie was released in 1972. Although I was mesmerized by the man falling into the gigantic stained-glass skylight as the boat turned upside-down, it was the giant wave itself that permanently imprinted on me. Whether real or on-screen, the raw, indisputable power of water rising up has sucked…
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Things I’ve Learned Since I Turned 60
When I turned 60 three years ago, I had a crazy idea that I could amass a list of 60 tips and insights I have learned in my lifetime. I enjoyed the project although 60 was ambitious to try and track backwards. Over the course of this year, I thought I could put a…
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Standing Up
Fifteen years ago, I was hard at work at Legacy.com. Dennis and I were empty-nesters. Mom was doing well in Florida and we had traveled to Washington D.C. to watch our son Will graduate from college. 15 years ago, was also the first televised “Stand Up to Cancer” fund-raiser. The what? I’ll admit it, It’s…
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Getting Into Online Art Auctions
It’s been about 19 months since I removed two paintings from my walls in order to sell them to contribute towards my mother’s memory care. Painted by my grandfather, they had been in my possession for almost 30 years. This was only part of a larger plan. Our family knew that something must be done…
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Digging a Little 3-Part Harmony
It’s New Year’s Eve, 1972. A band is playing “Celebrate, Celebrate, dance to the music..” and suddenly Dick Clark’s voice emerges “direct from aboard the Queen Mary in California, coast to coast in Times Square in New York, you’re invited to Three Dog Night’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve starring Three Dog Night, Blood Sweat and…
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Superstitious Notes
We had cooler weather recently, so it was perfect to see pumpkins at a roadside farm stand when I drove by one morning. It just felt like apples and crimson-colored leaves and Halloween all rolled into one. As luck would have it, an old favorite started playing on a 70’s music channel just as the…
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Life at Legacy.com
I think my first “official” job was working in the Children’s Shoes department at Halle Brothers department store. I was 16. I also worked in Food Service during college, in the Communications dept with The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (summer job), and after I moved to Chicago, I worked at Studio One recording studio in…
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Why We Swim
“Ahh, I remember this book” I think to myself as I pull it from a box of mom’s belongings I had quickly packed when we moved her into Memory Care in March 2021. I had given it to her as a Mother’s Day gift exactly two years ago while she was in a several-month lockdown…
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The Will To Survive – Where Does it Come From?
About a month ago, I was browsing through Amazon Prime movie selections and one captured my attention. Simply titled Jungle it looked like an adventure/thriller story with a promising hook “Nature Only Has One Law – Survival.” Looking for a little escapism in an Amazon rainforest, I clicked “Play.” Surprisingly, it was based on the…
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