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Love and Listening

Sorry. You Were Talking. I Wasn't Listening

annoyed wife talking and bored husband not listening

Longtime married couples think they’ve heard it all. But after decades, love and listening may go their separate ways. In which case, even the happiest of marrieds may discover they’ve missed something important. I know. It just happened to Handsome Hubby and me. Crisis loomed!

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June 12, 2019/0 Comments/Karen GalatzMidlife Romance, Muddled With Family
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Target’s Muddled Remodel

Off-Target at My Favorite Store

Target's muddled remodel

Remember Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi,” where she lamented about how “they” paved Paradise and put up a parking lot? Well, I know how she feels. “They” just completed a muddled remodel at my favorite Target store. Now I feel like Joni. Paradise – and I – are lost. Where once greeting cards were displayed,

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June 5, 2019/2 Comments/Karen GalatzArthritic Adventures
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Favorite Family Recipes

Flavors and Memories

Favorite family recipes – more precious than silver, packed with more memories than scrapbooks and the hallway filled with yellowed photos of our ancestors. Every family has got a favored meal. Here’s the story of our’s.

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May 29, 2019/0 Comments/Karen GalatzMuddled With Family, The Occasional Non-lament(able) Post
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Some are Natural Born Athletes

Me? Not So Much

Some are natural born athletes

When they passed around the athletic genes, I must have been out to lunch … or shopping … or perhaps napping. Yes, some are natural born athletes. Me? Not so much. One of my brothers was a great swimmer. Another a beautiful dancer. Me? I’m a klutz. My sport of choice? Jacks. Park my butt

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May 22, 2019/4 Comments/Karen GalatzMidlife Romance, Arthritic Adventures
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Pharmacists, Not Diamonds, are My BFFs

Friends in Pharmaceutical Places

Pharmacists, not Diamonds

Marilyn Monroe famously and breathlessly proclaimed that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Well, that may be so, but for middle-aged gals like me, pharmacists are the preferred BFFs. And man, I don’t mean to brag but I’ve got multiple friends in pharmaceutical places! And lately, I’ve needed them.

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May 15, 2019/2 Comments/Karen GalatzMidlife Romance, Arthritic Adventures, The Occasional Non-lament(able) Post
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Play the Field or Play for Keeps?

Hoops or Hubby?

Play the field or play for keeps

With the National Basketball Association season winding down and free agent trading time gearing up, I’m considering my options. Should I play the field or play for keeps? Stick with Handsome Hubby or …?

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May 8, 2019/2 Comments/Karen GalatzMidlife Romance, Muddled With Family, Arthritic Adventures
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Like most adults, I've seen my share of joys and sadness, and I find the best response to it all is humor.

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