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So many gifts to arrange, so little time. Let me know if you want to go in on any of these gems! For Ron DeSantis, a souvenir map of...
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laurieyoung9
- Nov 29, 2023
- 3 min
Back again!
I hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday and are all geared up for Christmas and Hanukah. By “geared up” I mean you’re practicing...
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laurieyoung9
- Oct 23, 2023
- 3 min
All the News that's...
Before the news of the week begins to mire us in a situation akin to Boston’s Great Molassess Flood of 1919 I thought I’d offer up some...
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laurieyoung9
- Oct 5, 2023
- 3 min
Visions of Sugarplums
I am losing faith in the world these days. I’ve just found out that I didn’t win Powerball last night. Of course, neither did anyone...
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laurieyoung9
- Oct 2, 2023
- 4 min
On the Road Again...
Robin and I have just returned to Sarasota after a very temperate summer on Cape Cod. We missed the dregs of Hurricane Idalia that swept...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 31, 2023
- 3 min
Ka-Pow!!
We’re approaching the dog days of summer and I’m fighting the ennui that develops after way too many rounds of golf by rooting for a new...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 26, 2023
- 3 min
It's a Coin Toss!
Tomorrow is a golf day. I’ll be playing 18 holes. I can’t wait to see which Laurie shows up. Yesterday, the good Laurie played golf. ...
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laurieyoung9
- Jun 18, 2023
- 4 min
A Trip Back in Time
Yesterday afternoon, the weather forecast here on Cape Cod called for rain on every day of the next week. This got my sad face going...
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laurieyoung9
- Jan 25, 2023
- 3 min
Another Day in Paradise
The doorbell rang. I know, I should get one of those Ring doorbells so I don’t have to answer it if I don’t like the looks of whoever is...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Another one bites the dust
The doorbell rang. I’d just returned from Boston and almost didn’t have the energy to answer it but I dragged myself up off the couch in...
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laurieyoung9
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Back at the Blog Again.
I know you’re hot for the Africa story. It’s coming. Robin is currently ranking and sorting the 7500+ photos we took over the three...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Just when you think the Real Estate Boom has ended...
Today faithful reader, we will return to the Metaverse so that you can be up to date with the latest in modern life and able to hold an...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
Robert Girard Kesten, 1933-2022
My father Bob finally lost his long battle with Parkinson's and Lewy body dementia last week. Below is his obituary. Robert Girard...
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laurieyoung9
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min
Nothing succeeds like excess...
Friday’s Wall Street Journal (where else) brought news that a Palm Beach (excuse me, Manalapan) estate was soon to close for $175 million...
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laurieyoung9
- Apr 6, 2022
- 3 min
Au Revoir Cape Cod
I know. I took the month of March off from the Blog. But I wasn’t slacking off, honest. We were downsizing. At least, that’s what I...
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laurieyoung9
- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
Living with Covid
The doorbell rang. It was Dr. Anthony Fauci. I knew this wouldn’t be good. “I’m here to tell you that you’re going to have to live with...
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laurieyoung9
- Jan 19, 2022
- 4 min
“Give me your tired, your cash rich, your...
“Give me your tired, your poor , Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Florida...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
Christmas Hopes
What I like most about Christmas is hope. It’s the time of year where irrational hopes can flourish along with decorations, carols and...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water...
Thud. Slam. Screech. The sounds of my head banging on the wall, the doors of many art venues and restaurants slamming shut and the...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Welcome to the Metaverse
I yawned out loud when I heard the news that Facebook has renamed itself Meta. At least they didn’t rename themselves Qanon which would...
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