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Month: April 2023

“Adulting” Is Hard

“Adulting” Is Hard

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As my daughters are quickly learning and often quoting to me these days, “adulting” is hard.  There are so many interactions to navigate, so many decisions to be made, and so many moving parts of to an adult life.  There’s transportation, work, paying bills, obtaining housing, shopping for groceries, relationships, preparing meals, washing clothes – the list goes on and on. While my daughters think that an old hand like myself makes these daily, weekly, and monthly tasks look easy,…

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Road Trip:  Deep Creek Lake, MD

Road Trip:  Deep Creek Lake, MD

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For someone who has lived in Western Maryland for most of his life, I had never been to the Deep Creek Lake area of Western Maryland – an oversight I happily corrected over the recent Easter weekend.  Located in western-most Garrett County, it is Maryland’s largest fresh-water lake (fun fact – all the lakes in Maryland are man-made), covering over 3900 acres and consisting of over 65 miles of shoreline.  As one can imagine, it has year-round outdoor opportunities –…

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The Great American Front Porch – Back in Business for Another Year

The Great American Front Porch – Back in Business for Another Year

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With the return of warmer weather, I spent this past week prepping my front porch for another season of use.  I swept off the winter dust and dirt, washed a window or two, and even cleaned off the porch posts with some soapy water to rid the area of its winter grime and wear.  Then it was off to the shed to retrieve the furniture and cushions, getting them placed just so, followed by the return of my house plants…

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Pet Peeves – The “Old Man” Rant

Pet Peeves – The “Old Man” Rant

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As I grow older, I find that more and more things tend to annoy me when I’m out and about.  I’ve always been sarcastic (which my own daughters now give back to me in spades – I guess they have been paying attention), but it seems to me as if society as a whole has become more impolite, self-centered, and “me”- centric.  Either that or I’m slowly turning into my own father (yikes!).  Here’s what I mean. Let’s start with…

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