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Love With a Thousand Hearts: A Birthday and a Broken Air Conditioner in Cocoa Beach, Florida

  • by meladmin
  • 07/14/202007/16/2020
  • 8 Comments

Barbara Joan Kauper Henze gave birth to her first child, a bouncing baby boy, at 5:50 a.m. on July 12, 1949, in Lafayette, Indiana. By… Read More »Love With a Thousand Hearts: A Birthday and a Broken Air Conditioner in Cocoa Beach, Florida

What a Time to be Alive! Life During Covid-19 and One Unintended Consequence of the 1918 Flu Pandemic

  • by meladmin
  • 04/04/202007/17/2020
  • 3 Comments

What a time to be alive!* Today was the first day in what seems like eons (but is really only weeks) that I awoke in… Read More »What a Time to be Alive! Life During Covid-19 and One Unintended Consequence of the 1918 Flu Pandemic

A Young Man, An Old(er) Woman and a Wayward Garbage Grabber in Cocoa Beach

  • by meladmin
  • 02/25/202007/16/2020
  • 2 Comments

About 3:45 p.m., at low tide, I bike to the beach. It’s not far, a three-minute walk, but I prefer to bike; it makes it… Read More »A Young Man, An Old(er) Woman and a Wayward Garbage Grabber in Cocoa Beach

The Itch in Cocoa Beach, Florida

  • by meladmin
  • 10/31/201907/16/2020
  • 1 Comment

“It” started about two months ago. “It” is for itch, a full-body, no-rash itching – what I imagine our cats felt like after we adopted… Read More »The Itch in Cocoa Beach, Florida

Waiting for Dorian

  • by meladmin
  • 09/03/201907/16/2020
  • 2 Comments

Tuesday, September 3, 7:46 a.m. Weird weather. Squally one minute, sunny the next. Gray sky, blue sky. The wind flings palm fronds down on the… Read More »Waiting for Dorian

Line Dancing on Thursday Afternoons

  • by meladmin
  • 07/02/201907/16/2020
  • 6 Comments

Once upon a time long, long ago my parents danced. This rare event took place in our home in the room downstairs that we called… Read More »Line Dancing on Thursday Afternoons

Another Worst-Case Scenario (in my mind)

  • by meladmin
  • 06/08/201907/16/2020
  • 6 Comments

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to hold up on the runway for about 20 minutes. Weather has moved into the Albany area…” So, hold… Read More »Another Worst-Case Scenario (in my mind)

Thoughts On Turning 65 and Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault

  • by meladmin
  • 05/02/201907/16/2020
  • 2 Comments

My friend, Nedra, texts, “So what are the BIG plans for your birthday?” There are no BIG plans, at least right now. I don’t want… Read More »Thoughts On Turning 65 and Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault

After the Rainbow Bridge: Mending a Broken Heart When Pets Die

  • by meladmin
  • 03/30/201907/16/2020
  • 7 Comments

It is a little after 3:00 p.m. and Cayce just ran up the stairs to the third floor at a surprisingly fast clip for a… Read More »After the Rainbow Bridge: Mending a Broken Heart When Pets Die

Cat-Love and Getting Ready to Grieve: Valentine’s Day 2019

  • by meladmin
  • 02/28/201907/17/2020

Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. Cayce, our plump middle cat, rolls his big body back and forth on the throw rug in front of his favorite spot… Read More »Cat-Love and Getting Ready to Grieve: Valentine’s Day 2019

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  • Love With a Thousand Hearts: A Birthday and a Broken Air Conditioner in Cocoa Beach, Florida 07/14/2020
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  • A Young Man, An Old(er) Woman and a Wayward Garbage Grabber in Cocoa Beach 02/25/2020
  • The Itch in Cocoa Beach, Florida 10/31/2019
  • Waiting for Dorian 09/03/2019

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