I get the Daylight Savings Time thing from an agrarian point of view and all that, but as I was driving home tonight at 6:00 pm and realized that on Sunday it will be dark at 5:00 pm… well, that just set “winter” in my mind.
But I am trying to be positive about the whole [...]

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So I’m working my friendly purple pole in the subdued darkness to the beat of Hit Me Baby One More Time of my 2nd pole dancing class feeling pretty darned confident that I have some of the dance steps and spins memorized… well, kind of, when the music stops.
Stops.
What the?
And that’s when Jennifer, our pole [...]

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I had a moment this morning that flooded back memories… memories stored in some box in my mind. The box must certainly be covered, of course, in order to keep the memories preserved. But the cover on the box is easily lifted at the very perfect moment.
All of the boxes in our minds [...]

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As I really think about it, #5 on my List of 57 in 52 is even more frightening/challenging than #1 Skydiving, #2 Pole Dancing, #3 Flip Turns and #4 10k.
#5 is more of a window into my mind and heart. It is WRITING. And #5 is Writing a Children’s Book Series that has [...]

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I have these small Swarovski crystal ornaments… 4 of them, that I keep out all year long. The crystals dangle from silky dark blue ribbons that I hang on a small ornament tree and keep in my living room, which faces south. At a certain time of day, depending upon the season, but [...]

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Yesterday, I helped Audrey pack her 4 little guys into her car after a brief stop at my house to retrieve a very important item – Henry’s blankie.
All was well with the world at that point.  Henry held his blankie safely in his arms and the older 3 were snapped in for the short ride [...]

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#1: Skydiving. Phew!
#2: Pole Dance Classes – 6 in all… ongoing.  Whoa!
Now for #’s 3 and 4 on Grandma’s List of 57 in 52:

#3: Mastering the Flip Turn (this one in a swimming pool… the other one on the pole!)

#4: Train for a 10k – (6.2 mile run)

Eh.  Okay.  Not as exhilarating and daring and [...]

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I’m wondering if Barry’s lifetime love affair with Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes has somehow altered the code of his DNA to store long-term cereal preference information in his grandchildren.  How else could I explain the “recipe” for the scientific phenomenon I have discovered… the one I will call “The Tiger of Molecular Biology.”
Here’s my research evaluation [...]

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When is the last time the words climb, pull and spin created panic?  Toss in body inversion and put it all to heart pumping-music, sensual strobe lights and a pole… and what’daya got?
Yep. One Grandma hen and 9 spring chickies at a pole dancing class.
Pole dancing is #2 on my List of 57 in 52.  [...]

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Okay. I skydived, or sky-dove… (what is the past tense of skydive, anyway?)… last week, on my 57th birthday, and checked skydiving off my list.  And for the next 51 weeks, I’ll be checking off 56 more things that I want to accomplish.
57 things in 52 weeks. 57 in 52.
#2 is just as outside [...]

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