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It’s Been a Year

June 20, 2022March 25 Comments

I guess it’s reflection time, eh?  Here I am after Cinnamon’s post, doing the same thing, sorta. I’ve been back here a year; it feels simultaneously like three months and like I never left.  I’ll say up front that between… Continue Reading →

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Ireland!

June 6, 2022March 17 Comments

Hey, I’m back from Ireland! It was lovely – a kind of last-minute opportunity to go to a place I haven’t been, although I’ve been to England, Scotland and Wales.  But it’s been years since I traveled internationally, and even… Continue Reading →

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When Life Gives You Lemonade

April 25, 2022March 22 Comments

I am, in my own special way, quite the Pollyanna – life gives you lemons, make that lemonade!  The silver lining, etc. This philosophy has largely stood me in good stead.  It’s not that I’m oblivious to life’s larger horrors… Continue Reading →

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Bath Goo

April 19, 2022Tom 54 Comments

One of the things I lament most about the advent of modern architecture is the tiny tub. I personally blame Frank Lloyd Wright. Anyone who knows anything about architecture (and many who don’t) know FLW as one of the most… Continue Reading →

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Face Goo and Sunscreen

April 12, 2022Tom 26 Comments

Now that I am no longer in my, ahem, teens I find that I more and more need regular moisturizer. I also have found that my once iron-tough skin is prone to angry redness that can be exacerbated by some… Continue Reading →

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What Next?

April 11, 2022March 32 Comments

Hey, everyone.  I was hoping this was going to be a post on a couple more fragrances – that was the plan! – but it didn’t pan out.  I’m going to have to figure out some higher-grade tree pollen defense… Continue Reading →

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Close Shave: Shaving products

April 5, 2022Tom 23 Comments

Shaving is something I hate to do. Unfortunately, it is something I kind of have to do, since now my beard is likely as grey as the hair on my head, and even in my yoof was an odd reddish-brown… Continue Reading →

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