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Tag Archives: beatles
The Day After Turning 64
I just want to thank the Fab Four (again, as always, for their timeless brilliance, &) for making yesterday’s birthday by far the least dreaded of this current post-middle-age era. For 46 years, I’ve heard & sang this song, never … Continue reading
Posted in Just an Everyday Life
Tagged beatles, birthdays, pneumonia, when i'm sixty-four
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Gardening in Pajamas
Here in Santa Cruz – & in most of the west, actually – we’re in another drought year: we can water our garden before 10 am or after 5 pm. I don’t have a drip system in the yard, so on … Continue reading
Poppy’s Playlist
I took a piano class last Friday night – R was out of town & I actually got myself out of the house & over to our beloved local community college for Todd Walker‘s famous workshop Piano Your Teachers Never … Continue reading
Posted in Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature
Tagged beatles, human primate, mah jongg, old age, peter paul & mary, playlists, when I'm 64
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Longer Than You Think
Have you noticed that whatever the project, it takes longer than you think? Uh, like, much longer. Never, ever shorter. Definitely not your usual bell curve of averages. Especially at this time of year, it seems. I (thankfully) didn’t host … Continue reading