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Beautiful Saturday…
Kim Smith – 05/13/2021 Five months into the year, change and upheaval were again the rule this week, including developments that could eventually lead to prison time for some current and former...
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Wade in the water, children…
We both left the workforce ten years ago but the word *weekend* still holds allure, and we’ve kept it that way on purpose. The already glacial pace slows imperceptibly, the menu changes, sportsing is...
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Feelin’ froggy…
Much happened in the past week, but with little outward change to show for it. The partisan divide that we hoped would begin to resolve after the former guy left only continues to intensify, making...
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The weekend…
It’s hot, people, DAMN hot! One evening it was a little too chilly and breezy for the balcony, the next morning it was too hot to sit out there, that’s how it works in Kansas. We broke 100º a few days...
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Thunderstorms rolling through…
It’s a rainy weekend, thanks to Ida and other disturbances including good ol’ Larry… we knew he’d show up at the party eventually. No PickleBall for The Guy because the indoor courts are closed to the...
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The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things…
Of shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings… The first Saturday in November arrives, cold and still. Some of the trees are looking dusty and stripped, but the show-offs are still...
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Life forces…
No force on earth holds the power of a single word spoken in haste from the human heart, no blow strikes so sure no arrow so deep. . I love you, says DNA, tho I do not like you so let’s speak no...
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Sea changes…
Whether we’re true believers, hangers-on, or equal-opportunity revelers, the holiday season from Thanksgiving to Easter exerts power over all of us. It’s hyper-represented, and thus misses the mark...
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A gift…
From my heart to yours this weekend… for all who read my “working through anger” post yesterday, and all who need the sweetness this morning. John sent this, saying it makes him think of Kimmers and...
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Confronting reality on a weekend…
It’s a sunny Saturday morning, 27º and headed for the 40s this afternoon. Monday’s forecast high of 55º will be a bit of a heat wave, and if the wind stays down and the sun stays out, imma plan a...
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How cold WAS it… ?
Good morning on a sunny, crispy-cold Saturday. Compared to yesterday’s predawn 5º temp, it was a balmy 20º this morning, so Kim walked Mass Street and environs, bringing me his icy fingers as he does...
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A road marker…
Two years ago we were experiencing our last normal week and none of us knew it. We sheltered at home on March 13, and I started a pandemic diary in this space that ran for a year and accumulated some...
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An almost-spring weekend…
Good morning on an absolutely gorgeous Saturday. It’s still cool out, but temps are heading for the mid-60s by afternoon, the sun’s shining, and something that feels suspiciously akin to joy is...
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Add patience and wait…
Hi, just me over here waiting impatiently for spring to find a toehold. Our weather from day to day is schizophrenic, to say the least… warm, cold, rain, snow, wind, sun, low temps, mild temps....
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The wind… it blows!
For three or four days running, the weather service threatened us with rainstorms, potentially severe… with no results to show… until my overriding thought became “Either do something or stop blowing...
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The celebrations of life…
This weekend is Busker Fest in Lawrence America, a 4-day street-performer extravaganza that includes various sound-stages close to downtown, music everywhere, art parades, food booths, merch booths,...
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Reality intrudes…
This was a ridiculous week to run out of my antidepressant and forget to pick it up… the week the Supremes decided to burn it all down. And now I’m awake early on a rainy Saturday morning, reading...
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In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king…
Quick diary entry on a perfect Saturday morning in August… The Farmers’ Market sets up a half-block south of us every Saturday from April into November and it’s a delightful place to spend part of a...
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Keeping things manageable…
* Up at 5am on a Saturday because it was time to crawl out, I guess. My brain leads a life that diverges from what shows, and it loves to think in quiet darkness while morning caffeine gradually...
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The view from here, Week One…
Maria Alfie – Marbles III, 1983, oil on canvas We survived it. If you’re reading this, you got through the intro to the 2023 dance, along with plenty of other brave souls. And if you’re like me,...
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