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Friday, June 26, 2015

Stormy Weather

Thousands without power all over Kansas City this morning after a very stormy night and trees down everywhere. They are saying this is the biggest power outage in KC since the great ice storm of the winter of 2002. I have vivid memories of that one. They say this was straight-line winds stronger... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

My Planned Task For Today -- Part II

Well, I found out several things about myself in trying to do the task pictured in the video in my last post. 1. I didn't like doing it at all. 2. After processing 100, I found that I had two or three times that many still stuffed into places. I would have sworn I was not a hoarder of anything. 3. I... Sign in to see full entry.

My Planned Task For Today

I am inundated with plastic bags from grocery/and other shopping trips. I do re-use them for many things, but they collect so fast that I cannot keep up with them. I know that I surely must have 100 of them or more. They jump out at me from the closets. They hang on doorknobs. They spring from lower... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Another Noisy Day

Of a sudden, my favorite tree came down, shockingly and with rending noises. The earth shook. The buildings shook. In my rocking recliner with my feet up, it was as if I was suddenly on a carnival ride. At the moment, I had no idea what it was. It was the evening of Father's Day when everything had... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Hursel

Fathers Day is almost over for this year. I hope every Blogit father had a wonderful day today and felt very, very special. This is mine: He's been gone since 1992 and I still miss him something awful. Tomorrow, even though Fathers Day will be over and gone, I will think about him every day,... Sign in to see full entry.

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