Author: Jamie
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Goodbye, flip-flops
I’ve sworn off my formerly favorite footwear. For years I’ve worn flip-flops whenever I could get away with it because they are nearly like going barefoot and I think maybe my feet are claustrophobic. That, or it’s like my Granmama always said when she saw me barefoot: You can take the girl out of the…
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Life lately: June edition
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” Maya Angelou Date night: casual dinner out and a walk on the beach. June has mostly looked like hot summer days and visiting family. Brandon, Diane, and little Carter the week…
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Summer plans
It’s officially summer (at least in this hemisphere) and I’ve got big plans! 1- Don’t melt. Always a goal for summer in the South. Although it’s humid as all get-out here, it’s not any worse than back in “Hotlanta” and at least we usually have a bit of a breeze. Still, hot is hot! 2-…
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Birthday thoughts: forty-three
Forty-three is the smallest non-palindromic prime which on subtracting its reverse gives a perfect square: 43 – 34 = 9. How’s that for an obscure fact you probably don’t care a thing about? Unless you’re a math geek, in which case you probably enjoyed that factoid; to each his own, my friends. (I’m more of…
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Life lately: May edition
“It’s not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Ken and I ran a 5k last weekend — our first race together! We don’t often get to run together but it’s fun when we do. This was the second 5k in a four-race series I’m doing this…