I'm Just Saying

You’re reading this all wrong

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For those who engage in social media or read publications devoted to entertainment, the term, ‘life hacks’ will be a familiar one.

Designed to make the mundane chores of life easier, social ‘influencers’ with thousands, if not millions, of followers will make breathtaking proclamations:

“You’ve been vacuuming all wrong!”

Big cheese

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If Paul and I ever bust up after all these years, it won’t be because of another woman, or man (but possibly, horse), it will be because of…

The Unabomber Shack

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Paul has commandeered what has long been affectionately known as ‘the Unabomber Shack’ which served as my radio studio for years, and turned it into a wood workshop.

He’s 62, a man, and as you know, this is required by law.

I’m blushing

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There comes a time in everyone’s life when the topic of conversation bandied back and forth between friends jumps from grand adventures planned, or even chatty daily trivialities, and focuses instead on the moroseness of health issues. It begins subtly:

“I’m just not sleeping like I used to.”

Weather in the south

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I was quite proud of our recent snowfall in that it behaved as a good southern snowfall should: it gave us a serene eyeful of blanketing beauty and was plentiful enough for children to have customary snowball fights as well as build a snowman.

Contemplative prayer

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There’s a sort of prayer, should one be so inclined, known as contemplative prayer in which one doesn’t present God with requests or needs but simply seeks to abide with their maker.

That explains it

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Well, that certainly explains a lot.

In a recent study at the Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, results revealed that the IQs of children tend to be akin to their mothers’.

What’s that smell?

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The house smells funny,” remarked Paul, coming in from a recent errand and placing a bag of groceries on the kitchen island.

“The house smells clean,” I replied. “It’s just that you’re not used to that particular scent with four cats and two dogs.”

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