Non sum qualis eram -- I am not what I was.I felt this so strongly last night, on a long-anticipated date. I'd been flirting with the man for years, but I am no longer flirtatious. Witty sayings do not come easily. A simple question unexpectedly brings tears. For the first time, I truly feel that I am over 50 ( Read more... )

I read a wise and pithy bit of advice recently ( Read more... )

Got home late last night in the middle of the first big cold wave of the season, 14 degrees fahrenheit outside and about 58 inside. (We'd turned the heat down before leaving town for the long weekend ( Read more... )

Project Everlasting is a new book that looks like a good one: two guys set out to interview couples who've been happily married for 40, 50, 60 years, to find out what kept them together. It's good advice, and seems to be well written.

Basically it comes down to commitment, tolerance, communication, intimacy, selflessness, appreciation, and respect ( Read more... )

Love Is Not All
by Edna St. Vincent MillayLove is not all: It is not meat nor drink ( Read more... )

Due to our crazy schedules, both bbwoof and I are way behind in reading our friends lists. Last night I was getting caught up on mine, and I asked Woof if he knew that someone had broken into technoshaman's car. He hadn't, so I read the post out loud to him. Woof chuckled at the last line, in which our friend wishes, um, only the best for "the motherless miscreant" ( Read more... )

Last night bbwoof picked me up from work at about 7:30, and we went to Wei Hong for dinner. We sat with our books and the gingery garlicky goodness for an hour or so, taking the leftovers home ( Read more... )

These are the trips I am planning and/or want to take in 2006:

Weekends
First weekend of January will be spent at Lake of the Ozarks with my family.
Visit Grandma Hanson in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas as soon as possible.
Can I get to Indianapolis to see the Lord of the Rings exhibit before it leaves?
Monmouth, Illinois to pick up josiosings and her Boy, then ( Read more... )

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