Author Archives: Roger

The Cubs Are in the World Series

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Roger

I’ve always known that it would happen sometime in my lifetime. It’s one of the reasons I never stopped rooting for them. How depressing would it be to have it happen the year after I gave up? The Cubs played … Continue reading →

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My Listening Place

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Roger

Once in a while I feel the need to step away from the pressures of life, to escape the lists of things I have to do, to tune out the noise and busyness.  When that happens, I go here. Its a … Continue reading →

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Footprints on the Carpeting

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Roger

I’m developing a theory. It goes like this — you can tell how interested someone is in buying your house by seeing how far they walk into the bedrooms. But I’m getting ahead of myself. We decided to put our … Continue reading →

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On Measuring Success

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Roger

My wife and I were planning on living in our house until we retired. Oh, we’d talked about selling it now that we’re empty-nesters, but chances are we wouldn’t have gotten around to it — not in light of the … Continue reading →

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Garage Sale

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Roger

It’s amazing how quickly stuff accumulates when you own a home. It seems you never toss anything because there’s always somewhere to stick it away. Then, when you decide to move, you’ve got piles of stuff too good to toss … Continue reading →

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