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Day 281: Rehabilitate

Have I mentioned that I am on my fiftieth journey around the sun? I would say I am pretty healthy for my age–and in fact, I am sure I am healthier now than I was a decade ago. But this … Continue reading

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Day 280: Relegate

Well, this post may seem like another cop-out entry, but it really isn’t. I’m having to decide, right now, what’s really the most important way for me to spend the last few moments of this day–writing this blog post, or … Continue reading

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Day 272: Pile

I started to call today’s entry “stack,” but I already used that one. So pile it is. We had a cord of wood delivered today. The truck dumped it at the end of my driveway, and I hired out my … Continue reading

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Day 258: Blank

Yup, I’m drawing a blank. It might be a Monday thing. Or maybe I’m too tired. Or maybe I kept myself a little too busy at work–but when I reflect on what I focused on today, or how I challenged … Continue reading

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Day 257: Tinker

Nope–no Sunday Adventure for me and the kids this week. In theory, September and October are supposed to be our driest months up here. That has not been the case lately, though. So this morning’s heavy fog and mist turned … Continue reading

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Day 245: Curb

Maybe it’s because today was the first day back after a long weekend. Maybe it was all the catch-up I had to do. Whatever the cause, today wiped me out. But still, I had a plan. Way back at the … Continue reading

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Day 233: Transition

I’ve  noticed something recently, which has made a little concerned: I have struggled more in the past week or so writing this blog than I have over the past 32 weeks. I don’t think I am “running out of steam,” … Continue reading

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Day 210: Partition

Living in a smaller house, I am going to have a harder time finding a quiet space for writing. Take, for example, this very moment. I can barely concentrate, and just stringing together words in a sentence seems like quite … Continue reading

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Day 206: Hunker

Well, it’s not exactly camping, but I am “roughing it” in a way–I’m back at our house in Atlanta for (hopefully) the final weekend of clear out and clean up. There’s no furniture left, so I’m sleeping on a sleeping … Continue reading

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Day 198: Imperfect

Yes, I know it’s a perfectly good adverb–and if we were talking about grammar, we could call it a noun–but in keeping with the past 197 days, we are going to abuse “imperfect” into service as a verb…. As in: … Continue reading

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