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Friday, September 11, 2026

Labor Day Weekend 2026's Yin and Yangs

What should I title this post? I want to reflect on this magical time. Summer at its peak- produce, flora, my golf game....this place of preparation turning to fruition....and not just farmer's market or professional status.  I spend work time reaching out, introducing myself, welcoming, connecting...and then they arrive! Then they come for football and soccer, and move-ins....and they're settling in...and then the seniors...four years of hellos and shared time, now we'll savor and make extra special plans.
That was evident this weekend at our fair college on the hill and I loved it!  There is a balance- new and old, ending and begining all at once...so Yin Yang?

Grateful for the Inn as a backdrop, the stadiums, the golf course, the village...the walk home to watch more golf. It is addictive, like scrolling....one more set of golfers making their way up 2...I could have stayed all day.

And then the in-between- the peace- the walk home, the morning coffee at apple valley, the typing with the window open on a holiday morning, pausing before launching a special day, taking a vacation day to golf with Joe on a course I've always wanted to try!

There are not hours in the days, days in the week...the best things are always planned on the same day. I hated missing Seafood Fest at LSCC but loved the pics and shares...I loved trying something new and seeing artistry in action and sharing dear friends' birthdays.  I missed the farmer's market but loved being at the golf course seeing the visiting players and families...what a gem this course is not just for Denison but the community. I reflect on Peter's time as an alternate and playing every day- a true gift I'm not sure I appreciated enough.  Joe did great work selecting food for a special dinner with family/friends at Apple Valley- a magical night of simplicity...years of relationship cultivation, comfort and connection. Each evening was this way on our Labor Day Weekend, 2026 and Virtues/Longenberger Golf Course did not disappoint.

Summer days shortening, falls signs she is here....gratitude for it all.


what would we do without our beloved Tessa!



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