Category: collaboration
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Iglacia
I went to Sacrament Meeting today. One of the talks was by a sister from Nicaragua who presented in Spanish. She had one of the girls in the ward repeat what she was saying in English periodically. It was a good talk and I understand a lot of religious words in Spanish so I almost…
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Breakup Songs
Over the years and especially in the 80s and 90s I learned a lot of breakup songs. I just finished listening to Niel Diamond and Barbara Streisand sing “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.” It brought tears to my eyes. This divorce is only the third real breakup in my life. The first was Delia. We…
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The Phone is Gone
We went to the park today and there was a payphone station that appears to have been preserved for posterity. The phone is gone and much of the world that needed payphones is gone too. As my life shifts to a “new normal” I look back at the normals of years gone bye with bittersweet…
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Special
The world currently runs on an extreme specialization of labor. Some people are just more special than others. I don’t have a specialization so I am less special. I certainly contribute value by keeping my children fed and clothed, but they are my responsibility, so while I am special to them, I am not special…
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TV Man
It’s been several days since I’ve created anything I can even vaguely call art. Today I decided to try to redraw a piece my son Brandon did a few years ago. His was pretty original and detailed. Mine is just a copy from memory.
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Large Item Pickup
Early tomorrow morning some people in the neighborhood that are far more motivated than I am are coming to pick up items that can’t go in the regular trash because they are too large. They announced it on Facebook a week ago, but I am not on Facebook. There also used to be neighborhood flyers.…
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Cassettes from the 80s
I got a package of cassettes today. It feels strange to be paying the same prices as I did back then. A person like me could buy entire lots of cassette tapes and vinyl records for a few dollars at a garage sale a decade ago. Now they are commodities again. It’s good music. Ben…
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Bedtime Requests
Ben knows I won’t give him pills and light off before 9pm. He’s been watching the clock to get his meds as soon as I’m willing to give them to him. He gets up early, and if he gets pills too early then he gets up too early. Alex has been noticing the pattern. Ben…
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Draining
Being an adult is draining, but it goes more smoothly if the drain works. Last Ether decided to lay on top of me as soon as I turned off all the lights and went to bed. When I shifted positions so did he. This went on for about an hour, and when he was done…
