When the Flames Go Up

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June 2025

May 2025

More like "Back in Gray," amirite?
"The walls started shaking, the Earth was quaking, my back was aching, and we were asleep by 10."
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When the Flames Go Up
Friday Flames: Gumbo and gum disease
And other news about Barbra, beignets, blob planets, Band-Aids, beans, Bourbon, and bionic butlers.
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When the Flames Go Up
Frequent reminders of my fiftyness
How my little universe won't let me forget that my interests, tastes, needs, and peers are those of an older gentleman.
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When the Flames Go Up
A post that was almost never written
A change of plans that comes with extra veggies.
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Friday Flames: A stronger self in the second half
And other news about weighing trees, falling upward, dying to serve, tattling tales, and rebooting the Seasons.
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When the Flames Go Up

April 2025

Only Detroit can drop a tree.
The older we get, the more miraculous it seems when human beings figure out how to solve a problem. This is one of those times.
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The new spontaneity
One of the first things you realize after your kids are grown and the world is a mess is that plans are for suckers.
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Friday Flames: The agony of victory
The wheels on the bike go round and round! And other news about sleep training, the bergs (Zucker and Sand), butternut squash, Harvard, sham weddings…
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When the Flames Go Up
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