The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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Some Deep Thoughts on Spring
I find myself in deep thought as Spring develops around me. This year I’m really noticing and appreciating the flowers as they bloom and the grass as it wakes up from a winter of sleep. I’m really thinking about the newness and color after the darkness of winter and I find myself thinking about how…
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More Grocery Fun
I did my good deed for the day the other day at the grocery store when I let the lady behind me go in front of me. I was doing my weekly grocery shopping and had a rather full cart while she was only picking up a few things. I try to do that when…
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Local News and a Scary Future
I read a very interesting column recently about local news. It was written by Perry Simon who writes about News/Talk Radio for AllAccess.com. Basically he writes about an opportunity for radio right now—— NEWS. A recent Associated Press article mentioned how a vast number of local newspapers have folded in the last 15 years. Over…
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This Is More Like It
Now THIS feels more like it! Welcome to spring! I know the calendar said March 20th was the first day of spring but, as it usually does, the weather didn’t quite feel like it until yesterday. Yesterday was a great day when you could get outside without extra layers, maybe without a jacket, if you…
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Screen Time
Priscilla and I went out to lunch yesterday. We were shopping in Dartmouth so we went to Five Guys where I had my favorite bacon cheeseburger. And fries of course. Now let me first say that I don’t know if this is actually what was going on or if it was just the way I…
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Gotta Get Ready!
So I’m into this “Grandpa in training” stuff. If you didn’t read it last week, my daughter Sarah and my son-in-law Steven are expecting a baby in September. We don’t know yet if it’s a boy or a girl and yes, I guess everyone likes to know that now. I wrote the other day how…
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A NICE Thing About March
I had a great day yesterday as Priscilla and I took the dogs to Fort Taber. I watched the news Friday night. I usually watch Channel 4, WBZ, and I like their meteorologist Eric Fisher. He seems to have a good track record with New England weather. He said Saturday would be the best day…
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The Month of March
This year I’m going to try. I’m really going to try. This year I’m going to try and like March. I’ve never been much of a fan of the month of March. It’s such a tease. You think we’re through with winter and the threat of snow and then BAM! Three or four inches or…
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Those Fine Motor Skills
I tackled a new adventure yesterday. You might know that I took up cooking awhile ago and I expanded and tried more things to help with my occupational therapy as I recovered. Yesterday I tried my hand at baking cookies, something I had never really done before. I found a recipe that looked kind of…
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Find a Way
My wife had a patient the other day and since I don’t want to violate any privacy issues, that’s my wife Gwendolyn who works as a paramedic in….. ahh…. Pittsburgh. Yeah, that’s good. While making conversation she found out that the patient was divorced and had a new girlfriend but a son in another state.…