I wrote a blog not so long ago that seemed to touch a nerve with many. I got many many upbeat and wonderful comments and was featured in three different groups. I was touched and appreciated by the attention. If ever I wrote something that was worthy of a full feature it was probably this one but
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01/12/2020
It has been bitterly cold and snowy in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. That is until today. As I write this the temperature is 49 and it is expected to get well into the fifties. Tomorrow we could break another record and be in the 60's. It is a temporary thing but I am going to enjoy it
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01/11/2020
Like most of us I get a lot of unknown numbers calling on my cell phone. By and large I do not answer them. Yesterday I got a call from Russia. I know it was from Russia because the preface matched and the phone said Russia. This blew my mind. I can't figure out why I would get this call. Clearly
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01/10/2020
My youngest pup Chico seems to be adjusting to his new situation. Almost three weeks ago he has surgery at a specialty hospital to remove a growth in his mouth and he lost part of his lower jaw. Chico is resilient and has started to act a lot more like his own self. That said he is really matted
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01/09/2020
Yesterday was a mixed day of errands and tasks. Some things got done: others did not. At the end of the day I had dinner with my hairstylist who is also a teacher. We went to a local place that I had been to a couple of times but never on a Tuesday. Apparently Tuesday is a $10.00 pasta day and it
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01/08/2020
The pattern here in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts seems to be snow over night and windy during the day. It is OK, good actually, because the sun seems to diffuse the snow during the day and it is safe to be out and about. Today I have a lot of stuff to do and will be driving most of the
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01/07/2020
I want to donate to help save the animals injured and in continuing distress in Australia due to the fires. Every site I have found accepts donations but I have yet to find one with a Paypal connection. It is chancy putting credit card information out there on the Internet. I have been burned in
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01/06/2020
A couple of years ago here in the Rain there were "called shots" which essentially was a way readers could indicate to staff and others what they liked. It was simply a button that after reading a post you could hit if you really like or related to a post. I liked this. To me it was a tool that a
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01/06/2020
I have been rolling along for the last several years: doing what I do and being who I am. Things were pretty good and I was content. Last year however I made a couple of subtle changes, mostly in my thinking and as a result of these things have for the most part really been a lot better.I turned
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01/05/2020
So Chico and I are out early to travel to see the surgeon who operated on him two weeks ago. I am anxious and eager. Of all the people involved in this process she is the one person who is thorough, listens carefully and is both honest and kind. It has been a long and difficult ordeal even before
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01/04/2020
