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Kurt Hoffman

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Born in Berlin, raised in Russia, educated at Oxford, played in Paris, ruined in Rome; some of this is true. Life, àla Kurt. The Big Woods of MN

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Great look!

11.01.2026 20:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Retired now, but when I worked I loved my early AM workouts. More energy at work; less snack craving at work. AND buff dad types were an added locker room treat! 😈

05.01.2026 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They Came together.

20.12.2025 17:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am addicted to Connections! Wordle escapes my understanding. But Connections! Wheeee! 😜

20.12.2025 16:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ghosts of Christmases Past. #daytons

29.11.2025 22:31 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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De mon fenêtre. Uh-oh. 1330hrs CST. It’s sticking to the ground. And drizzle in the air 😱 #snowmageddon2025

25.11.2025 19:40 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Food is love. Sunday evening meal uses Julia Child’s classic quiche with mushrooms, bacon, & grape tomatoes.

24.11.2025 15:15 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I want the ‘brown’ one. Ripe bananas are FULL of sweet joos! ❤️🔥❤️‍🔥😈👅💦

22.11.2025 19:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s beginning to look… Decorate when the wind don’t bite!

20.11.2025 00:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I love making my own meatballs, because I know exactly what’s in them. But I detest making them, because my CDO nature can’t stand that they all are not the same size or shape!

14.11.2025 21:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

73 yr old here. In my youth, I was afraid to go 'nekked' in the lockerroom. Afraid I would be judged; afraid I'd get hard at the sight of other guys. Then I realized I was alright (thick 7" down there) & while it was fun to scope others, I never got aroused! Still fun to scope out the meat.

05.11.2025 12:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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While we were off cruising, our neighbors, the WhiteTailed Deer, so thoughtfully stripped the leaves from our horseradish stalks. Not pictured here, they also deheaded every chrysanthemum blossom from the plants in our upper garden. I hope they got a gut ache. #pests

04.11.2025 19:20 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Here in the Big Woods, the seasons are changing. Dark when I arise at 5:45AM. We turn on the lights at supper after 6:00PM. No more trou dropping on the deck; high temps are in the 60'sF now. Ah, well. Great memories.

21.09.2025 19:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This autumn red hottie looks so familiar. Got an ID?

12.09.2025 20:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

You know, I have never been a pumpkin spice fan. Keep it in the pies! I like my apple cider!

12.09.2025 20:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When I was in high school, I didn't like Frost's work. Then I heard recordings of his readings. Now I am 73. I read him all the time.

11.09.2025 19:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you. Wilfred Owen is one of my favorite poets; one of my all time favorite poems is his 'Dulce et Decorum est.' I first read it in 1969. I was a high school senior. It was the Viet Nam War era. In the draft lottery, I was 105. They got up to 85 that years. I read it every 11/11.

11.09.2025 19:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Do these stripes make my rod look big? ❤️🔥❤️‍🔥😈👅💦

25.08.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yummmmm!

25.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm hungry...❤️🔥❤️‍🔥😈👅💦

25.08.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I could never tan nude; I need the affirmation of TAN LINES! ❤️🔥❤️‍🔥😈👅💦

21.08.2025 20:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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#tbt Florida Memories July 1982, Woodland Villas, Gainesville, FL Ah, Youth!

21.08.2025 15:51 — 👍 55    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 0

I'm in! Good luck!

20.08.2025 10:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What AI app do you create with? I have tried using ChatGPT, but will not allow me to create 'spicy' images! I use Mac, iPad, iPhone...

05.08.2025 19:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Cherries have been inexpensive this year. And delicious! #cherrycobbler🍒
— at Balsam Hollow.

03.08.2025 22:39 — 👍 30    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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The peony patch is right below the hook that holds our bird feeder in winter. A sunflower seed must have germinated in the protection of the peonies. The stalk is 4-ft tall; more flowers look to be blooming! #crazyplants

01.08.2025 23:48 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can he bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? 🎶🎶🎶

26.07.2025 13:02 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

In another life (1982-1987) we lived in Gainesville. I anchored the local breaks of Morning Edition on WUFT-FM; The Husband worked at Holbrook Travel, for Juan & Giovanna Holbrook. The only time I miss it is February through April. Spring in MN is mud, then mosquitoes!

24.07.2025 23:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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False sunflowers, or Heliopsis helianthoides. Happily, perennials. At Balsam Hollow.

24.07.2025 19:32 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We live in the Big Woods of northern MN. No quiet mornings here! Crows, jays, & this time of year, songbirds, like noisy robins! Then, we NEVER complain about the loons, nesting across the lake from us.

24.07.2025 11:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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