Celebratory shenanigans, homeowner tomfoolery and a fair amount of French horn. Yeah, I'm 61 now. My main reaction was "oh, I guess I really am in my 60's". I'm a firm believer in the 'the older you are, the more days your birthday takes up". Birthday was Thursday, but I started on Tuesday. Since my …

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Title's not more descriptive because I've been just chugging through 'normal life', and that's wonderful. So nice not to have a huge project hanging over my head. Work (which is fine), life maintenance (which is fine), orchestral rehearsals (which are fun!), lining up fall holiday plans. I'm tackling little projects which have been sitting on …

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We got married on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, 2014. This year, the anniversary was also on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Our eleventh, and fourth without him. That's right, our marriage didn't even make it to our eighth anniversary, and I'm still furious about that. Last year, since it was the 10th, …

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