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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

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A Walker in the Suburbs can now be found here .
Monday, September 30, 2024

Farewell to Blogspot

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On February 7, 2010, when I wrote the first Walker in the Suburbs post, I knew only that I wanted to share a few thoughts with the world. I...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

A Day Without Rain

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Yesterday, for the first time in days, we woke up to clear skies. I took a long walk then squeegeed off the glass-topped table on the deck, ...
Friday, September 27, 2024

A Sense of Ease

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The student discussion leaders of my Emotions and Senses class on Wednesday began by asking us to assess our emotional states. Were we happy...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Not Yet

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A blog errand has me searching through old photographs, looking through the years, with one type of image in mind.  Of course, I can't f...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Another Meta Post

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Yesterday's post was meta, as I think about the blog itself in preparation for launching it on a new platform soon. This has been long i...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Monetization?

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For class I'm re-reading the excellent novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I'm highlighting many passages, in part for a ...
Monday, September 23, 2024

Holding On

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Fall has arrived. It rode in on a heavy rain that pulled down twigs and leaves, littering the road with summer's excess.  Truth to tell,...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Two-Walk Day

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I didn't intend for it to be, but it was anyway. A two-walk day, that is. Two-walk days usually result in deep sleeps, and this one was ...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Hall's Hill Wall

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It was a late-summer walk with my daughter and granddaughter, but it became a history lesson. Yesterday I learned about Hall's Hill wall...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Making it Fun

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For the last week or so I've been becoming more familiar with PowerPoint than I ever wanted to be. After much angst and effort, I manage...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Fluid Again

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The long-sought precipitation arrived during the night, and I awoke to the pleasant sound of a steady rain. This morning, after an early app...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Still Dry

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Here, trails are caked dirt, easily scuffed, and streams are dry, rocky ditches. Leaves are dropping early, tired and brown. The drought is ...
Monday, September 16, 2024

No Way to Say No

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When I began walking this morning, pink clouds were piling up on the horizon. The day was just getting to know itself. I needed a quiet tune...