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Month: October 2024

The Northern Lights?  Here?  Believe It Or Not, Yes

The Northern Lights?  Here?  Believe It Or Not, Yes

One of the things on our family’s “bucket list” is to someday see the Aurora Borealis – aka the “Northern Lights”.  We talk about trips to Iceland, Norway, or Alaska, but in order to see the jaw-dropping splendor of this natural phenomenon in its prime, we’d have to travel in winter to places much more frigid than the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., which my girls are not too keen on, overall. Luckily, Mother Nature, in all her grand beauty,…

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Another Year Older, But A Bright Future Ahead

Another Year Older, But A Bright Future Ahead

This past weekend, I celebrated another birthday.  I turned 57, which is not old enough to qualify for Social Security, but still is old enough to say “may I have the senior discount, please?” at the movie theater. Anyway, at my age, a birthday is a good time to pause for a moment and reflect about the past, take stock of the present, and look forward to the future. I’ve made my share of life mistakes, but I’ve never had…

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