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Making it felt

in A happy life Blogging Life vision Living healthy My community on January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Just when I thought 2020 was behind me and brighter days were ahead, the US Capitol siege turned that optimism sour. Scenes brought back memories of 1968, a time when it seemed America was coming…

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Accountability and #365wordstolive

in A happy life Life vision Living healthy My community Retirement days Staying fit on January 9, 2021 January 9, 2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

I shared a shift in how I look at goals in my previous post, #365wordstolive. My Facebook and Instagram feeds reflect that shift over the past week. I wanted to share some more insight into…

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#365Wordstolive

in A happy life Good eats Life vision Living healthy My community Retirement days Staying fit on January 1, 2021 January 1, 2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

2020. the dumpster fire of a year, was kicked out the door at midnight. It did not go out with much fanfare but with a sigh of relief.  It would be nice to say that…

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Christmas memories trilogy for 2020

in A happy life Life vision Retirement days on December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Tom’s memories of Christmas past for 2020

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Tom’s top 3 bicycle touring reads of 2020

in A happy life Life vision Living healthy Staying fit on December 13, 2020 December 13, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Reading books lingered on my list of habits I wanted to develop. Setting goals, a celebrated New Year’s ritual, is good but developing a habit is better. Habits sustain goals and yields lasting benefits. Early…

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Thanksgiving then and now

in A happy life Good eats My community on November 26, 2020 November 26, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Thanksgiving grocery shopping, like all my mother’s grocery expeditions, was driven by a battle plan that George Patton would have admired. She scanned the Alliance Review Persky’s Market, Kroger, and A&P ads for the best…

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Elections and politics

in My community on November 8, 2020 November 8, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

1968 was a tumultuous year in American history with race relations and civil unrest front and center. It was a presidential election year with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon in a bitter fight…

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Ideological identity, faith, and the election

in A happy life My community on October 25, 2020 October 25, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

I have struggled with my Christianity for several years. I was a lifelong churchgoer heavily involved in the Church and advocacy for LGBT Lutherans in the Church. Bad experiences turned me away after 50+ years…

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Tom Bilcze I am a retired IT data nerd living the good life in rural central Ohio with my husband and three dogs. I am a liberal living blue in a red world. I am a creative soul who loves to volunteer and be socially connected. I often find myself exploring the outdoors on a bike or hiking. I struggle to balance my rigid analytical nature with the freedom of retirement. more

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