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Reading labels will make you rethink what you eat – ...

Oh, oh, I’ve been reading labels again. Having read several places that dark chocolate in small amounts is good for […]

There are huge cuts proposed for the Boston Public Libraries at a time when the visits and usage of libraries […]

In the past few weeks, I have found myself tossing empty spice containers into the dishpan for washing (to then […]

While in a meeting today for one of my consulting projects, a very brief discussion came up about frugality and […]

My friend, Jim, on his blog, Wrinkled Man, wrote the following short poem/thought on 2.05.2010: Love without money only goes so far. […]

Sometimes love goes missing. When it does – go find it! Did it get trapped in the pages of yet another […]

The hills are alive, okay, not really hills, it’s one hill and if it feels alive because it seems to […]

I admit it. I’ve often avoided facing history. Especially history from the period of African-captivity known as American Slavery. I’ll read […]

“Sufferin’ succotash,” Sylvester the Cat said when he was distressed usually after having failed, once again, to catch Tweety-Bird. He said […]

It Ain’t All About You – Communication Issues with Friends My friendships with a couple of long-term friends are in […]

Wait for it, Wait for it* Patience is a virtue, it truly is. Sometimes, when I’m being wise, I know […]

I have a couple of blog ideas in the queue that are musings, rants, rumblings – \the usual stuff. They’ll […]

While having a quick bite at Au Bon Pain with a good friend, Mary, who is also an accomplished playwright, […]

2010** is going to be the best year ever for me. How do I know? Because I’m living to see […]

Heroes are people and people are human, this is a distillation of the various thoughts I’ve had as the Tiger […]

(This post originally appeared in a slightly different versionon BlogHer.com as Age-Related Rites of Passage, Do They Exits Any More?)It’s funny; […]

This rant was inspired by a routine, “Hey, Little Girl on the Cellphone,” by comic, William Stephenson. )I couldn’t find […]

My Thanksgiving was loaded with: gratitude (I have so much to be thankful for), laughter (the side-splitting, jaw-aching kind), food (a […]