As many of you know, I am an animal lover and advocate. I volunteer with rescue and at the local shelter. The stories of animals left are always heartbreaking but advertising on Craig's list for a new person to take your pet is dangerous. So many animals are given to seemingly nice people who the
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11/29/2013
There has been cold and snow and incredible winds here and yet......I have a blooming rose in my home. It is easy to get caught up in external stuff, but never wise. On this lovely day, I am having not a black, but a rosy Friday. Look around and you can have one too.
11/28/2013
Each of us find ways to be. Today, I will relax and renew in order to meet the challenges ahead of me. It has been a long and hard year and yet I have much to be grateful for: my renewed health, my new friends and home, and the actualization of a lifelong dream. Life is good.
11/27/2013
Tonight is the first night of Chanukah. Chanukah is called the festival of lights and commemorates a time when the Maccabees had just enough oil to burn for one night but by some miracle it lasted for eight nights. Miracles are like that. Jews worldwide light candles to starting tonight and remem
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11/27/2013
Yes, if you guessed "Hump Day" you got it right. It's one of those short weeks that seems like it has already been a month and it's only Wednesday. I have a full day and evening, and Friday and Saturday are chocked full as well. What day is it.....? It is hump day and I'm looking forward to Sunda
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11/26/2013
I have found that the toughest part of life is dealing with the lack of control. Life is wonderful and sometimes difficult but always a challenge. As I write this I have only accomplished half of what I had planned for today. Some days it just goes that way. One way or another things move forward
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11/26/2013
It's early and it is snowing. The serious weather isn't expected until tonight and tomorrow. I have a big day planned. I need new tires and have an appointment for this afternoon. This morning, the two contractors that have been working on my home will be here shortly, and the plumber is expected
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11/25/2013
There are all kinds of problems in the world that matter, but today I am here to talk about the animals who have little choice about where they wind up and how they are treated. Can you imagine being on the streets without anyone or anything to help you live? I can't. Can you imagine being in a s
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11/23/2013
For those of us who are old enough to remember November 22, 1963, the day will never be the same. Few things in my life stand out like this day does. My uncle had died ten days before and this was the first real loss I experienced. That said, the magnitude of the Kennedy assassination was overwhe
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11/21/2013
It has been a long morning at the shelter where I volunteer. There are mostly older dogs there now and some have waited a very long time. It breaks my heart to see them wait and want for more and then be disappointed. Most of the dogs enjoy the walks with volunteers and staff but have a sadness a
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11/20/2013
