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Perhaps it’s jut the vitamin D pills talking Or the endorphins from the treadmill at the Y Or the delicate clatter of dried leaves blowing and gusting down Washington Street Or the lowered and refreshing temperatures But I am inclined To disregard the annoyances of the day (e.g. woman at the bakery who forcefully insisted on having …

I. Top five investment areas for the near future: Insulin Tattoo Removal Hearing aids/devices (thank you, iPods) Bed bug eradication Foot and ankle clinics II. Top five things you miss when they’re gone that aren’t people: Toilet paper Knees Small local businesses In-season Favre Jokes Hair on your head III. Top five reasons to flip …

While out walking to complete errands today, I saw a baby sparrow somewhat stranded near the base of a building. I know better than to touch the bird, and I hoped its mother was somewhere nearby. Yet, I rather assumed I knew the impending outcome. Nothing that would stop the rotation of the earth, to …

Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. –Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay Walking home from work during the rush hour, I …

My clothes were rejected today. It comes as no surprise, if only for the fact that I never had much personal style and I have absolutely zilch interest in such things now. I did, however, have a crammed closet. Most of that I donated over Christmas, but I pulled some more from the dark corners …