A friend has asked me to write the love story of she and her late husband. Having been in love but not loved back, how do I write it? While I’ve been married twice and have been in several longer-term relationships, I’ve never really been loved back. All of the significant women in my life […]
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I was just supposed to go away. There we were, cruising along in a relationship and my partner said: “We need to break up.” Hmmm. Really? Why? “I need to find myself. I may never get married again. I might not stay in the state.” And with the snap of her fingers, with a flip
As part of a group of 4 cyclists on our road bikes, we headed out for a lap of White Rock Lake. Things were going well until I fell off the pace about 3 miles into the ride. My girlfriend at the time texted asking where I was. I let her know I’d catch up
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She did it again. Our barista, Diana, and I trade notes. Lists of songs. The youngest barista at our corner coffee shop is the oldest soul. We trade lists of songs and talk about the music they choose to play in the shop. I mean, Bobby Vinton and Jimmy Clanton made her list. And she
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I’ve been on this trail many times. Mostly by bike. On foot with Sal is quite different. We were walking on the The Loop in Tucson and found this bench. It was a custom tile bench dedicated to the memory of someone named Sidney Alan Haynes, an obvious parrothead. It was decorated with a margarita
We all need a door opener or conversation starter. To the casual eye she’s blonde, short and doesn’t talk a lot. Sally, my Cairn Terrier, has opened more doors and started more conversations than a number of my human companions. I’ve been invited to meals, gotten jobs, even met local celebrities. Well, that last one
Relationships and connections are something we all have to learn to navigate. I’m sure more than once, when something didn’t go my way I’ve wanted to pop off at whoever I felt did me wrong (and regular readers of this space might think I have). But today I had something happen to me that made
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For years I was the all-out romantic on St Valentine’s Day. Flowers, gifts, candy, special cards, the whole enchilada. Oh, and a romantic dinner usually on the day or near it. Everything was all “hearts and flowers,” pink and whatever. Then things changed. The event that changed this day for me was the last gift
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There was always a camera around our house and on our family trips. It was about capturing those moments of shared history. That Kodak 620 laid a foundation of taking pictures. My first camera was a Kodak Brownie 127. Along the way there were others including an Exacta or two, and several Canons. The most
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They used to be the standard of business dress: the knotted necktie around your neck on to pf your dress shirt and framed by a suit jacket or sport coat. Yes, the necktie. I’m in the midst of cleaning out my home of 15 years to make my life more manageable. And, quite frankly, to
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