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I Can See Fall Around the Corner

Growing up in the high-country city of Flagstaff, Arizona fall came quickly. When you are living at 7,000 feet above sea level, the nights cool down quicker, the sun seems to set much earlier, and it's easy to feel that fall holidays like hunting season, Halloween, and Thanksgiving will soon be upon you. As an adult living in Flagstaff, I remember one particular weekend where I went to an NAU football game on a Saturday where it still felt like summer and the next day, which was the first day of fall, felt 10 degrees cooler and much more blustery. It was almost as if a switch had been flipped and Mother Nature declared that summer was over. by mid to late September, Flagstaff had already received its first overnight frost which results in the death of the summer flowers and vegetables my dad would plan in his garden.  By the first week of October, Flagstaff often receives its first taste of winter with a small overnight dusting of snow blown in by the wind and by the middle of Octo...

Sunday….

Update on the attempts to fix the sagging shower door: This morning, Wife and I tried to tag team the shower door problem and we were not able to fix the problem. By the time we (she) decided to give up, I was already a hot & sweaty mess and church started in 5 minutes. Thankfully, we live just around the corner from our chosen denominational branch so it didn't take to get there once I was all showered up and smelling of Versace Homme cologne and Old Spice deodorant.  we had a friend and her son over for dinner tonight. It was the third night this weekend we had them over for dinner and watching the Olympics. All for today! Good night!

My Wife is Back And I'm Already In Trouble

I have to be honest. I gave up blogging while Wife was away. I was very lonely and stories or comments about my loneliness would have been a running theme in my posts and nobody wants to read about that over and over and over again. I spent most of my non-working time watching a myriad streaming services (Peacock, Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime, Netflix, & YouTube) every day off and visiting the nearby Little Cesar's Take Away store too many times.  Wife returned from J-Land about 2 weeks ago. She had been gone for nearly one year. In that time, her father passed away and she experienced a case of shingles in her eardrum. Too much has been experienced for me to update & rehash it all today, but perhaps in coming posts, I can touch on the highlights.  I met her at the airport in Phoenix (WNBA All-Star Weekend) and then took her back to the hotel, a Residence Inn, I had booked for 2 nights. Her first meal back in the United States was at a Cracker Barrel in Mesa. We hardly...