Tag: good thing
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One Good Thing
Sometimes there’s so much to do that the only sensible course of action is to ignore all of it and find a few small pleasures. Here are three. The zinnias by the front steps are the talk of the pollinator world. I took a final look at that beautiful puzzle then joyfully tore it up…
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One Good Thing
Weekends with Dad can be bittersweet. In my memory, Dad is a tall, devil-may-care man with a huge appetite for life. As he enters his mid-90s, things are changing, and sometimes it’s hard to see how my memory doesn’t match my current reality. But there is so much beauty in the passage of time, too.…
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One Good Thing
I’ve recently finished a virtual race. Upon pondering, I think it’s the raven in me that is motivated by the promise of acquiring shiny things. To earn this one, I had to log the requisite number of miles (I decided my everyday steps didn’t “count,” although if that gets you moving, you do you, Boo!)…