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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

So Here I Am ...Three Days Later

I'm not doing very well at writing on a daily basis, or reading everyone else whenever they write here. I try, but I fall by the wayside without even realizing it.. I try, but what can I say? "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." --Thomas Edison "Success is not final,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Yesterday, Yesterday Was When...

Everything was always happening....yesterday. I was going everywhere, doing everything, enjoying people and places and activities, things that today are only memories. Don't get me wrong...I'm not whining, not complaining, just thankful those things happened and that I can remember the happening of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 11, 2024

OO OO OO OO Staying Inside, Staying Inside, OO OO OO OO Staying Inside...

Even though the sun has been shining all morning, it has been sparkling on places iced over and I am paranoid about slipping on ice and hurting myself badly. I have done that so many times in the past and I am not getting any younger. So I am playing it safe and eating hot soup, drinking hot tea,... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

OKay, I Got The First Snow Day of 2024 Out of My System

From now on, it will be business as usual. I don't know how it began, but lately there has been a steady stream of long ago friends from our old neighborhood where we raised our four boys, that have been seeking me out on FaceBook. And, I do mean long ago....like the children of friends who were my... Sign in to see full entry.

Oh Yes, Oh Yes...

Eighty years ago I would be excitedly running around the house, searching for my boots, begging to go outside, watching people outside digging out their cars, begging to go outside before I'd eaten my nice warm oatmeal, looking for my mittens while I was still in my pajamas. I would leap into the... Sign in to see full entry.

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