MY FINAL LAP

Reflections on Retirement

I am entering the final lap of my life. Like Canadian geese either flying north for the summer or south for the winter, suspended in air, it does not matter where my destination lies—only the flight itself.

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Gopher Wars

Battle lines have been drawn before in my backyard lawn. For the most part I have won by installing gopher discouraging, solar powered...

Patricia

Jun 252 min read

Downside Up

In April my landlord informed me he was going to put the duplex I live in up for sale. Once sold, I will have 60 days to move out. I knew...

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May 243 min read

Mistrial

Having never sat on a jury before, this was to be a novel experience for me. Not really wanting to serve but at the same time intrigued,...

Patricia

Mar 122 min read

Daughterness

The woman my son’s married to is my daughter-in-law. I sometimes refer to her as my daughter-out-law because of her strong inclination...

Patricia

Feb 52 min read

Bracing for 2025

I watched New York’s colorful, glittering ball drop on television, then brushed my teeth and went to bed around 10pm. My daughter and her...

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Jan 12 min read

Skipping Down Staircases

There’s an old person living in my body. I noticed her a while ago but didn’t give her much thought. She felt familiar enough to be...

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Dec 8, 20242 min read

Tiaras of Remembrances

My youngest grandsons are 13 and 17 years old. They have been a major part of my life since their first breaths, and regular overnighters...

Patricia

Nov 10, 20242 min read

2 Days Before the Election

It’s just two days before the 2024 presidential election. The nation is sorely divided; many are anxious, frightened even, about the...

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Nov 3, 20242 min read

White Dog and a Baby

In today’s world one can’t be too careful. Parents must deal with the possibility of a school shooter. Worshipers may wonder if there’s a...

Patricia

Sep 8, 20242 min read

Camping Adventure

I’d been whining about our lack of family camping trips for a while. We used to go every Labor Day Weekend –my son and his family, my...

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Aug 13, 20242 min read

It Finally Got Me

I knew it right away–the monstrous headache and nausea coupled with congestion and coughing. No ordinary cold or allergies, I quicky...

Patricia

Jun 25, 20242 min read

Acceptance Isn’t Always an Embrace

I only just caught my breath from the new year’s arrival and it’s already quickly reaching the halfway mark. Is time speeding up while...

Patricia

May 26, 20242 min read

Ruminations

As I think about my life, I realize I’m like a great many other people. Life is not simple and it’s not complicated; it’s both. A lot of...

Patricia

Apr 20, 20242 min read

113th Birthday

Today is my mother’s birthday; she would be 113. She died of an aortic aneurysm that burst in her 83rd year. She smoked numerous...

Patricia

Feb 23, 20242 min read

Memories—Guarded Citadels of Self-Identity

It’s taken me eight decades to finally absorb a basic truth: pain creates its own memories. Apart from logic, immune from rationality,...

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Jan 5, 20244 min read

Infinity & Me

It’s December and I’m turning 80 . . . The number 80 contains the infinity sign tipped upright –and a zero because nothing can be added...

Patricia

Dec 1, 20232 min read

Thankful Distractions

I was on Hwy 101 headed for a fabric store less than 15 minutes from my home. Speeding along I was struck by an arresting array of clouds...

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Nov 11, 20232 min read

Kaleidoscope

We had the first real rainfall of the season yesterday, the last day in September. It felt like both tears of sorrow and relief mixing...

Patricia

Oct 1, 20232 min read

Stepping Into Rainbows

My home environment is crucial to my well-being. It’s where my last thoughts of the day slip into dreams and my first thoughts in the...

Patricia

Aug 28, 20232 min read

Life Significant

Today the news is much about the wildfire on Maui that destroyed the city of Lahaina. 93 souls dead and counting, many probably native...

Patricia

Aug 12, 20232 min read

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MY FINAL LAP

Gopher Wars

Downside Up

Mistrial

Daughterness

Bracing for 2025

Skipping Down Staircases

Tiaras of Remembrances

2 Days Before the Election

White Dog and a Baby

Camping Adventure

It Finally Got Me

Acceptance Isn’t Always an Embrace

Ruminations

113th Birthday

Memories—Guarded Citadels of Self-Identity

Infinity & Me

Thankful Distractions

Kaleidoscope

Stepping Into Rainbows

Life Significant

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