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Monthly Archives: May 2014
TO FLIP OR NOT TO FLOP
Sometime during the winter my favorite Havaianas flip flops broke, the thong on one of them wore through at the bottom and just pulled off one day and I had to throw them away. I have others, but can … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple TV, being green, Bowery Kitchens, Chelsea Market, DIRECTV, Fargo TV show, flip-flops, Havaianas, Himalayan Red salt, humor, oddball, pretentious, salt grinders, saving the world, shopping
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WHEN IN DOUBT, CLEAN THE HOUSE
Yesterday was Memorial Day and we had vague plans about going to the park for a picnic or maybe seeing a movie. Danusia wanted to go to the beach, to Coney Island, but I hate the beach, so I … Continue reading
ENOUGH OF THAT
I finally got my severance check last week, on the 16th. I got the call from my union rep, Donavan, that he’d received the check and to come to the union offices to pick it up. I picked it … Continue reading
HAPPY FLEET WEEK!
Tomorrow is the first day of Fleet Week 2014 in NYC, and the first Fleet Week in two years. WELCOME BACK SAILORS! The first Fleet week I ever went to was in 1990, and I got to visit … Continue reading
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Tagged airplanes, AV-8 Harrier, Canadian Red Arrows, events, F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, Fleet Week 2011., Fleet Week 2014, Fleet Week NYC, flyovers, Intrepid Air/Space m museum, joint Army/Navy exercises, New York harbor, parade of ships, U.S. Navy, USS Iwo Jima, USS JFK, USS Tarawa
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THEM!
As soon as it started getting warm six or so weeks ago we started seeing our old friends, the ants. I don’t know why they don’t come around in the winter, maybe they hibernate or something. But as soon … Continue reading
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Tagged ant gel, ant spray, cat story, city life, getting rid of ants, humor, indoor ant infestation, Williamsburg Brooklyn
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A MOTHER’S DAY THING
I did some work for a friend in Crown Heights today, and riding the bus back from St. Marks Avenue I saw an interesting thing. Somewhere right before Fulton Street a very pretty late-middle aged woman got on … Continue reading
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Tagged Love, Mother's day, poetry, relationships, remembrance, Roman Catholic nun
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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME (And Love)
Yesterday the 5th would have been my dad’s 102nd birthday, had he lived another five years. It also would have been my 30th wedding anniversary, had I remained married to my first wife Kathy for the another 14 years. … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, anxiety, fear, growing, healing time, insecurity, letting go, love and marriage, loving, marriage and divorce, new beginnings, Parenting
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CINCO DE MAYO
Tomorrow would have been my dad’s 102nd birthday. He died August 10th, 2009 at the age of 97. I remember thinking year after year how when he reached 100 I was going to send his picture in to Willard … Continue reading
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Tagged aging parents, birthdays, death, divorce, family, learning compassion, letting go, Love, marriage, Mexico, old age, relationships, resentments, self-centered, teach your children
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