Mickey Hadick

Over-the-Counter Drugs and Good Health

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I spent this past weekend with a head cold, stuffed up sinuses, and sniffling and sneezing. What bothers me most about being sick is the lack of energy, and feeling tired, but not being able to sleep, but not being able to try because sometimes (most of the time) life goes on. I was at … Read more

Back Online with Xmas Letters

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I am staging my return to blogging with a presentation of old Xmas letters. Back in 1996, we sent these short missives out with the Christmas cards, and I tried to be funny. Now, re-reading them, they are painfully moronic. My sign off messages are particularly sad. I think the author was an idiot. Still, … Read more

Cleaning House is not House Cleaning

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I just threw out a dozen sweaters, all of them too large for me. I recently lost weight, and I’ve had to change my wardrobe. Those sweaters were some of the last things to go. I don’t even wear sweaters that often but over the years I acquired them. Most of them were gifts from … Read more

Throw-back Correspondence

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I had a nostalgic moment. I seem to have a lot of those, but this one was classic, or, rather, in the classical sense of nostalgia. I play the accordion. I’m not very good at it, have only been playing for a little more than three years, and there’s a lot to learn. I stopped … Read more

Morning Routine–Part 2 (Revised)

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In many ways, our kids have it easier than we did, but that also complicates other aspects of their lives. It’s easier because we live in a house with two and a half bathrooms, so the fighting is over which hair appliance is plugged in, and who left the cap off of the teeth-whitening toothpaste. … Read more