Timeless

by Ruth Ann Harnisch on 08/31/10 at 2:36 pm

Day 234 Did I mention I removed my wristwatch a few weeks ago and have not put it back on?  I tossed it in my purse and have only looked for it twice – once to make sure it was there, and just now to take this photo. It’s said that most young people don’t wear [...]

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Sooey? Phooey.

Day 224 This is for everyone who wrote me privately to ask if they were the source of personal disappointment I wrote about in the “No Good Deed” post. It wasn’t you. If you’re sensitive enough to ask if you were the one who disappointed and hurt me after I extended myself for you, you’re probably [...]

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Sum Some Summertime

Day 223 This is “the summer that wasn’t.” Due to a variety of unforeseen events, almost none of our usual summer rituals and activities have taken place this year.  Our usual summer company hasn’t come in the usual numbers.  Our usual pastimes have not been pursued.  The plans we made were abandoned because of things [...]

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Take This Job And….

Day 222 Among the things I never expected to do in this life: choose drawer pulls.  This is not a task for which I was groomed and trained.  Lawsy, Miz Scarlett, I don’t know nuthin’ bout pickin’ no drawer pulls. However, the sales representative knows. He deftly slides panel after panel along the display rack, expertly [...]

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Food For Thought

Day 221 Do you know someone who eats from other people’s plates? I’m usually happy to share, and if you’re interested, I’ll ask you to pass your bread plate over and I’ll serve up a little portion for you. A friend of mine is completely accustomed to seeing his mother’s fork appear on his plate, [...]

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Sorry For YOUR Loss

Day 220 Maybe there’s a word for this phenomenon, but I don’t know it. When you put your house up for sale, suddenly “For Sale” signs seem to be everywhere.  If you think you have chosen an original name for your child, next thing you know, you find that you’ve unwittingly selected one of the most [...]

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This’ll Only Take Two Minutes (YMMV)

Day 219 Four people heard the same words and came to four different conclusions. One said “It’s just a little bit up ahead.” The other three began asking what, exactly, was “a little bit”?  Was it a block? A mile? A few miles? The non-answer answer was: “We’ll be there in just a few minutes.” [...]

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Put Up ‘Em Whips

Day 218 After  “I Come For The One” was posted on day 216, I received two thoughtful messages from people I trust who said, “Stop being so hard on yourself.” I protested that I was not being hard on myself, that I intended to tell a story of persistence, determination, and acceptance of self as [...]

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Six Things I Learned In Six Months Of Doing Nothing

Day 217 (The following is the text of the talk I gave at TED University on July 12, 2010.) Hi, I’m Ruth Ann. On January first, 2010, I began a one year sabbatical.I’m at the halfway mark, and I’d like to tell you Six Things I Learned In Six Months of Doing Nothing.  OK, Obviously, I wasn’t [...]

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I Come For The One

Day 216 I still haven’t been able to bring myself to listen to my own TED University talk, which has been available online to attendees of TEDGlobal2010 for some time now. My experience was affected by a number of factors that combined to cast a shadow.  First and foremost, my mother died.  I received the [...]

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Wiki W/ Me?

Day 215 When I read this article in the New York Times, I was glad I added the Wikimedia Foundation to my list of grantees a couple of years ago. I’m sure it gave Wikimedia’s counsel no joy to refuse the Bureau’s demand to remove the picture of the F.B.I. seal from Wikipedia.  But when government [...]

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