I had a lovely afternoon and a great meal with a friend today. My morning was unsatisfying as an online buyer didn't show for the second time. I am getting used to it but it is still a bummer. Luckily the day was saved by blowing off the morning and simply being in the moment at a new place I had
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11/13/2019
DD is my new girl. I adopted her on October 26th from Stamford, Connecticut. She is 13 and about 10 and a half pounds. She had a home , a good one for her entire life until one of her owners died, and the other had to go into assisted living. When I read her story online, I knew I had to try and
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11/13/2019
Little did I know that life would take me in this direction. Little did I know that I would find myself in places across the world that were only found in obscure stories. Little did I know that I would spent my final years living in a small storybook town in New England. Little did I know that I
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11/12/2019
It is like Novfebruary here. The temperatures are really frigid, windy and more like February than November. Today there is snow too. I have to get rid of garbage (there is no pickup in my little town, so I will be out just long enough to dump my stuff, get to the post office (we have no mail del
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11/12/2019
My father was a member of the greatest generation. During World War 2 he served in Okinawa. He never really spoke about it until as a young teen I pressed. I wanted to know what he did in service. He told me he was a farmer: grew things. I believed him and told others, until someone elses parents
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11/11/2019
I have always believed that anything I have ever done has prepared me for anything I will ever do. So it is in that context that I am grateful for the myriad of experiences I have had, both good and bad. I wish I had been more gutsy in my youth but alas I wasn't. It was a time that was very diffe
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11/11/2019
I had an appointment today. A man was coming to pick up some lamps I posted online. He contacted me for the last three days to confirm our appointment and make sure the lamps were still here. About an hour and a half before he was to come, he indicated he was called into work because three others
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11/10/2019
Two weeks and a day ago today I adopted DD Beth to honor my Billy the Kid who died in July. DD had lost her owners to death and an assisted living facility that didn't permit pets. DD is 13. While I had three others in my gang, I thought DD and I could help each other heal from the losses we had
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11/10/2019
It is more than a play, in the Berkshires it is really frozen. Frozen from the temperatures, frozen from the snow and staying frozen with the winds. I got a lot accomplished yesterday, mostly on the phone but a lot nonetheless. I ordered meds and food for my gang, paid bills and did a little orga
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11/09/2019
Well the winter has arrived in my neck of the woods. It was as high as 46 yesterday but today with the wind chill factored in, it feels like 12. That is a big drop and there was no easing in. I like seasons and I have said hello to this new one. So it is time to get the shovel out and prepare for
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11/08/2019
