The Quiet Car
I commute to my federal job nearly 200 miles one way, once a week for now soon to be twice each week, so I've taken to riding Amtrak and...
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cheryltspeaks
- Jan 1, 2022
- 5 min
A Renewed Perspective
This one is a little longer than usual. On New Year’s Eve I took the final water aerobics class offered for 2021 at my local recreation...
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cheryltspeaks
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Theater of Prayer
For best performance of a recycled prayer that you’ve heard so many times that we all can complete the cobbled together and trite...
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cheryltspeaks
- Dec 26, 2021
- 2 min
Feel the Bloat
Is it just me or does anybody else feel like they blow up like a blimp when they break their exercise routine or go off course and go...
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cheryltspeaks
- Nov 7, 2021
- 4 min
Aqua Fit is Another World
For at least 50 minutes, a few times a week, I make it over to my local Northern Virginia recreation center, where I splash around in the...
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cheryltspeaks
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Dem Bones
Nothing makes you feel old as when one of your limbs isn’t functioning the way it used to. Suddenly the children’s song, Dem Bones, makes...
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cheryltspeaks
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
Same as it Ever Was
You may find yourself out at your local supermarket. You may find yourself among your neighbors and locals, some not wearing mask and...
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cheryltspeaks
- Jun 3, 2021
- 5 min
I'm Reclaiming My Time
A few years back a video clip of Congresswoman Maxine Waters went viral. She was questioning then Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchinin...
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cheryltspeaks
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
Pay Me What You Owe Me
Like many people, I filed my federal and state income taxes a little over a week ago, taking full advantage of the over one month...
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cheryltspeaks
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
Oh the Trauma!
The Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Rochelle Walensky, knows very well that Americans have been...
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cheryltspeaks
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Now Showing
So this is how it happens. This is still the early show. You have lived long enough now that the sum of all of your behaviors, habits,...
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cheryltspeaks
- May 11, 2021
- 5 min
The First 100 Days
You can hardly turn on the television, pick up a newspaper, or listen to even public radio without being on the receiving end of somebody...
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cheryltspeaks
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
She Took Me out to the Ballgame
She was a divorced mom doing all she could, at times working more than one job, to support her three daughters and also care for her...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
Two Shots In...
I waited in line again and now I’m finally two Pfizer shots in, now what? I have been an advocate for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. I...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
On Becoming a Woman of a Certain Age - Episode #2
Young, dumb, and let loose in a new big city, there are so many ways to show just how green you are. I'll tell you my dumb stories if you...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
On Becoming a "Woman of a Certain Age" - Episode #1
My road to becoming “a woman of a certain age” is decorated with all kinds of experiences that have molded me into who I am today. Some...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
The True Cost of Going Plant-Based
I am just four weeks into transitioning to a fully plant-based diet and I feel great. I know, I’m late to the party. People have been...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Bring back the “T” and Maybe You’re not Right, Right?
When did the letter “t” become silent in English? Well known and respected American linguists from Noam Chomsky to James McWhorter have...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
Is Business Booming Again in Northern Virginia?
There's a stir in the world - new dreams and new visions, the hope of the future to come, brush the past away! Those are the words to a...
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cheryltspeaks
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
Bye Bye Pandemic Politeness... if there really ever was any
Yesterday, minding my own business, maybe a little too much, I pulled out from my street and onto the main road, Jefferson Davis Highway...
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