During the past month I’ve done the semi-annual switching of the clothing. It’s all in the same closet. I move clothes from the back to the front, but I need to try the new season’s clothes on even if they … Continue reading
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Random 5 for November 9, 2025 – Fall, social gatherings, sales, cats, time
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Fall has finally sprung – We are just past prime fall color here but it’s still beautiful. We planted a maple tree at the corner of our deck a few years back and it’s just lovely. We can see our … Continue reading
Random 5 for October 19, 2025 – Restaurants, bloggers, guests, gash, thinking
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Not all change is good change – Our local seafood place changed things around for our visit this week. They eliminated the lunch menu. You must order from the dinner menu. You can get soup and a salad but the … Continue reading
Random 5 for August 31, 2025 – Mornings, holiday emergencies, gas prices, flannel, stink
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Let’s start with a smile! It figures – Long time readers know that I whine about holiday weekend medical illnesses. Emergency care for two-legged or four-legged critters is $$$ normally and extra on holiday weekends. This (Labor Day) weekend it’s … Continue reading
Random 5 for August 24, 2025 – Changes, osteoporosis, clipart, care communities, weather
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You know you are old when – you recognize the location of funeral homes outside of your hometown. I’m on the Facebook page of a large company I worked for a long time ago. I worked there for 25 years … Continue reading
Random 5 for July 27, 2025 – Time, death, new phones, housing, aging
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And it happened again! – We are at the end of July and I swear there were seven days in July and only two were decent weatherwise. It’s been toasty hot here but at least we didn’t have severe storms … Continue reading
Worth remembering and worth understanding the differences among us
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I posted this in 2019 after my brother and sister-in-law were in a bad auto accident. They were 89 at the time. My brother fared well but my SIL was touch and go for a while. It brought out a … Continue reading
Revisiting a post on immigration from 2011
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With all that is going on with immigrants, I am including a story I wrote in 2011 about my grandmother. All my grandparents were immigrants. They came to the US for the same reason people are coming here today, for … Continue reading
Random 5 for June 1, 2025 – Time, weather, cleaning, scams, change
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Happy June! – I don’t know how this is happening, but the year is flying by. May was a busy month for us, it went by fast. I’m hoping June will linger. July is the month that seems to only … Continue reading
Random 5 for April 6, 2025 – Changes, benefits, haircuts, cable, letting go
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Changing grocery stores – Since we moved four years ago, we have continued to go to the grocery store near the old house. We know the layout. It’s easy peasy in and out. The negative is that it tends to … Continue reading
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