Posted On: January 18, 2024
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Kayaking alone can be cool. Living and aging alone can feel more like slow drowning.
As a season, winter brings on more staring, sitting, pondering. So perhaps the squall of loneliness articles appearing all over…
Posted On: December 15, 2022
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Dark daze ahead? Probably. So take that trip sooner than later.
Many times, when someone returns from vakay or BreakAway, I’ve asked the cliché question, “So what was the best part about __________?” Usually, the…
Posted On: June 10, 2022
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Quarantined in leave Italy and think you’ll have a view like this? Think again!
Finally! You can ditch the jitters about getting stuck in lockdown somewhere
Quickly and quietly, the Biden Administration and the CDC…
Posted On: December 17, 2021
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If you conquer fear, you can do dangerous things worry-free!
As I write this near St. Paul, news radio keeps telling us about yesterday’s weather records: Highest temperature; highest dewpoint; first December tornado(s); first December…
Posted On: October 31, 2021
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Do you know folks who used to be fun, but now they’re fried? Do you prefer Friday happy hour on the couch instead of at the pub? Are you worried that your get-up-and-go could use…
Posted On: September 14, 2021
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Hello Friends. Are you there? Maybe so, maybe not, because we may have lost subscribers due to a terrible tech snafu—not the Russians, not hackers, just one of those lamentable collapses that happens. Perhaps you’ve…
Posted On: September 13, 2021
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An unfortunate and costly snafu has hit the BreakAway site, and we may have lost subscribers.
The problem is frustrating and heartbreaking to the crew. But after brief committee meetings regarding pulling the plug completely,…
Posted On: March 19, 2021
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For cold, cooped-up Northerners, nothing soothes like sun, sand, & surf…
I recently joined my daughter, a gaggle of her friends, and their families for a jaunt to Mexico’s Mayan Riviera beaches—a spring break tradition…
Posted On: October 30, 2020
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Did you?
I may look pleased with my-selfie, but…
Voting isn’t easy in 2020. Nothing is. Seems like we were always told to vote. Vote Vote Vote! That’s still the message, but…why is this so…
Posted On: August 23, 2020
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Doom? Gloom? Play ball instead!
Yep, it’s a thing. As if we don’t already have enough to freak us out, people (who already obsessed with their digitalia) can’t stop seeking bad news. It’s like admitting…
