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I Can’t See Sometimes the weather is foggy, and driving through pea soup for an unknown number of miles puts me on pins and needles. My shoulders tense and I squint my eyes as if that could help me to pierce through the dense, dark cloud.   Being the defensive driver that I am though, I…

All Things? Last January, I sent off my application to retire from public school teaching and my retirement became final in June.  Though I no longer wanted to teach in a public school classroom, I still wanted to work. I had my eye on a particular establishment thinking it would be a fun and less…

Universal Remote Control? Though none of us have a universal remote control that gives us power over the entire universe, we do have power over a particular domain; our domain. For instance, my husband and I own a home on a city lot. It is our territory and we are in charge of it. Being…

 When Did I Start So Going Fast? As Thoreau once said, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” This quote has always made me wonder about the tempo I…