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There are some moments so precious, so divine, that you don’t think you will ever forget them.
As I dumped another load of leaves in the massive pile by the street, I inhaled deeply the aroma of my youth.
An old friend sitting next to me, his arm in a sling, started explaining the story behind his mishap.
Nancy and I have a simmering disagreement going on in the background.
I have had this dream a few times each year for as long as I can remember. It’s more of a nightmare, but a harmless one.
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It’s already started.
I have this little nightmare that goes running through my head.
The quiet.
This is one of those columns that is going to get me in trouble.
I was reaching into the bin at the road-side farm stand, doing one of my favorite things this time of year, picking up sweet corn.
Once upon a time, when our kids were little, going up north truly meant an escape from reality.
I left for work in the morning and my wife had this parting message to send me on my way.
I have dog hair on my pants again. Take that as a sign.
We have five benches in our yard, just waiting – no, begging – for someone to sit in them.
I had spent a few hours in the basement with the plumber who was using a Roto-Rooter to clean the roots out of our sewage pipes.
There are, apparently, two kinds of Petersons in this world. Those who love to swim and those who merely tolerate it.
They say you can never go back, but a week or so ago we did.
When you own a home, you always have to be prepared for a little Charles Dickens.
The Petersons are having a peanut-butter crisis.
I was reading an article recently listing all the things that millennials don’t want to inherit from their baby-boomer parents.
This is the time of year when everyone gets spring fever.
My wife asked me a few months ago why I always leave the doors open after I am in the cupboards.
It was like a bird singing in the distance.
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