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Tales from a Sears House: May 2014
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Tales from a Sears House. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The weather has been so awful this year that I was afraid to hope for a nice Mother's Day weekend, but we got one! Sunday was truly one of those top-10 days of the year- sunny, warm but not hot, gentle breeze. Made to order. But first, Saturday. Saturday threatened rain, but we never got it. Christine joined Jodie and me for a day trip to the beach (I had to be in the area anyway for a brief writing assignment). Then we got our favorite Wawa food for lunch...
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Tales from a Sears House: May 2015
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Tales from a Sears House. Monday, May 11, 2015. The horseshoe crabs are back. And so am I. But my disappearance and reappearance, unlike that of the horseshoe crabs which is driven by an annual biological cycle millions of years old, was driven by an unrelentingly bitter cold winter, by spending my days in a lifeless office with no windows to let life shine in, and, probably most of all, by a chaotic workplace with a leader whose priorities shift daily. This weekend, when I took Jodie out to the beach at...
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Tales from a Sears House: The Story of Your Life
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Tales from a Sears House. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. The Story of Your Life. My apologies to Five for Fighting for stealing their song title for this post, but it was the first song I heard while I was running on the treadmill this morning and thinking about the life of a very special person who was laid to rest yesterday. Nicholas Robert Kukich was born on January 8, 1916, and he died on January 25, 2015. He lived for 99 years and 17 days. Five minutes later, Deda came up from the basement, bearing a ...
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Tales from a Sears House: Horseshoe Crabs
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Tales from a Sears House. Monday, May 11, 2015. The horseshoe crabs are back. And so am I. But my disappearance and reappearance, unlike that of the horseshoe crabs which is driven by an annual biological cycle millions of years old, was driven by an unrelentingly bitter cold winter, by spending my days in a lifeless office with no windows to let life shine in, and, probably most of all, by a chaotic workplace with a leader whose priorities shift daily. This weekend, when I took Jodie out to the beach at...
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Tales from a Sears House: November 2014
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Tales from a Sears House. Monday, November 3, 2014. It's a Dog's World. But this year's trip, while it included all of the usual favorites mentioned above, added a new element- three dogs: Charlie and Cooper, Jack Russell terriers who are just under two years old, and Jodie, our four-year-old yellow Lab. Charlie belongs to Martin and Jenn, and his littermate Cooper belongs to Steve and Lauren. We don't let Jodie beg at the table, and we don't feed her from our plates. We kept our rules pretty well in...
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Tales from a Sears House: January 2015
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Tales from a Sears House. Wednesday, January 28, 2015. We spent last weekend in Baltimore with our kids and finally got a chance to visit a couple of the salvage yards that are so plentiful in Baltimore. First, we went to Second Chance, which is absolutely huge and has everything from furniture, paintings, and rugs to hardware, lighting, doors, windows, cabinets, appliances, and church pews. Even the walls are decorated with vintage materials like tin ceiling tiles, fence pickets, and shutters:. Alex wor...
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Tales from a Sears House: June 2014
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Tales from a Sears House. Monday, June 30, 2014. Last week I had lunch with my friend Gilda, who is one of the most thought-full people I know (she's also "thoughtful," but that's an entirely different trait). She just has a way of looking at life and getting right to the heart of the things that matter. She was asking me about our beach cottage, and when I told her how much we were enjoying it now that it's mostly done, she said, "That place has been life changing for you.". That is truly life changing ...
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Tales from a Sears House: It's a Dog's World
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Tales from a Sears House. Monday, November 3, 2014. It's a Dog's World. But this year's trip, while it included all of the usual favorites mentioned above, added a new element- three dogs: Charlie and Cooper, Jack Russell terriers who are just under two years old, and Jodie, our four-year-old yellow Lab. Charlie belongs to Martin and Jenn, and his littermate Cooper belongs to Steve and Lauren. We don't let Jodie beg at the table, and we don't feed her from our plates. We kept our rules pretty well in...
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Tales from a Sears House: Cheering for the Last Finisher
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Tales from a Sears House. Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Cheering for the Last Finisher. Read a single entry of an individual blogger, and you get a recap of one day, one project, one vacation. Read a year or two's worth of entries in chronological order, and you get a window into a life. Katie's blog features a weekly Motivational Monday post, with reader-submitted stories about races run and medals won- often by people who never believed they could walk a block, let alone run a marathon. I have always been...
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Tales from a Sears House: Old Red
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Tales from a Sears House. Wednesday, January 28, 2015. We spent last weekend in Baltimore with our kids and finally got a chance to visit a couple of the salvage yards that are so plentiful in Baltimore. First, we went to Second Chance, which is absolutely huge and has everything from furniture, paintings, and rugs to hardware, lighting, doors, windows, cabinets, appliances, and church pews. Even the walls are decorated with vintage materials like tin ceiling tiles, fence pickets, and shutters:. Alex wor...