Actually, a couple last things. I'm ready to move on from this exploration of turning 70, but first, in no particular order............ SUGAR IS THE DEVIL - My son used to say "women are the devil", but since he married one and they gave birth to one, I'm assuming he got over that misconception. But …
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. Emily Dickinson One son lives on the east side of the country with his family. Three sons and their families live two hours (give or take) …
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Doug and I wake early every morning. He gets dressed and drives a few miles down the road to his favorite coffee shop, joins a group of farmers and truck drivers and together they solve the world's problems. Or, at least they give them a good talking to. Later he tells me about the guy …
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I think I can talk about this now. I actually googled "how to be 70". Before I could type in the whole question, my words automatically populated the field. I am not the only one who has asked this on the internet! A lengthy list of links appeared. The first was an article from AARP's …
Black Beauty left this week. Somehow, Someway, she made impact with a stationary object. I know NOTHING about that. I do not drive her. Really. The person who does might have more to add, but that's all I'm sayin'. In the meantime we've acquired, supposedly on a "temp basis", an old farm truck that had been put …
A couple of weeks ago I headed south... just a quick trip to check in with my folks and help with tax paperwork. Over the years driving has become my least favorite thing, especially when I'm alone. But staying connected to family is one of my most favorite things, so I get in the car. From the rural …
I pruned back the hydrangeas a couple of weeks ago. It was a little early, maybe. And I’m no expert gardener. Just a reluctant beginner. Several how-to articles were read. My husband did it last year and they survived. So how hard could it be? I was pretty ruthless. Fortunately, this one is doing great. But …
Over the past two years my concept of home has been dismantled one roofing shingle, one 2 by 4, one new window at a time. It's been curious and painful and enlightening all at once. As every load of debris went dump bound, every piece of sheet rock was man-handled to the second floor, every plastic tote …
Mostly I'm a point A to point B person.... as in, we have a long way to go so let's go. Now. I'm not your best choice as a shopping partner. I can fake that I like shopping for a while... a short while. Typically I have a list and that's the reason I'm at the store. …
One of those sideways days… today. It was also my first day of 21 days. No, I’m not going to post something for 21 days like I did for 31 days in October… I’m going to change something in 21 days. And I might post about it occasionally. “They” say if you do something for …
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