Author: tremendousblog
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So I’m a bachelor again…at least until Sunday. On Saturday evening, I loaded my wife’s luggage onto a bus and kissed her through my mask…very 2020! She headed to JFK Airport, bound for her home country of Japan for the first time in a year. Yes, you can travel overseas…
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My friend Lidia* got the Pfizer COVID vaccine on Saturday. She is the first person I know to receive it, and her experience was great overall. She said her arm was extremely sore, and she felt feverish for about 30 minutes the day after, but other than that she’s okay.…
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On Tuesday, I walked through Central Park and down Fifth Avenue, past Saks (great free bathrooms!) and into Rockefeller Center. I saw the tree, decorated with lights and perhaps more beautiful than ever before. I saw something else too: people loving the tree and each other, and being resilient in…
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+ Christmas, Christmas2020, Holidays, New York City, NY, NYC, Resilience, Rockefeller Center, Saks, Xmas, Xmas2020+
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One of the benefits of not travelling in 2020 has been discovering what’s right around me. I’ve made more new friends this year than in the prior 5 years combined. I find myself actually (perish the thought!) saying hello to neighbors! We’re even exchanging baked goods like something out of…
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+ Exercise, Friends, Gym, Motivation, Neighbors, Quarantine, Stay home, Strength training, Weightlifting, Workout+
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These last few years, nothing gets me in the mood for Christmas more than music. It gives me the warm feeling of the holidays that we need more than ever this year. I love listening to Christmas songs in the mornings while making breakfast or while decorating the tree. I…
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I heard this song in a grocery store on Sunday for the first time in years. I played it this morning and wound up dancing through my kitchen and swaying while doing the dishes. I just hope they’re clean. We all need a little motivation and something to make us…
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I’m a huge fan of comedy. For years, I’ve gone to open mics to see the very newest talent work out their material in front of largely indifferent audiences of fellow comics waiting to do their 5 minutes. I’m often the only non-comedian there. The payoff: I’ve found some great…
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Photo: My great grandfathers Will (left) and John putting the world to rights. Connecticut, approximately 1987. My family has always been spread across the country. When I was little, we moved away from my mother’s side in the Northeast to Wisconsin. My father’s side of the family lived in Kentucky.…
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