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Friendship

There’s a word whose meaning has changed greatly in the past few years. It used to be that someone was your friend because you liked that person, you had things in common, you did stuff together, you made each other … Continue reading

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Fall blues

It’s already dark and it’s not even 8:00.   Soon the cold will come, and the dark, and my body will hurt all the time instead of just part of the time.   Soon the snow will blanket the field. … Continue reading

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It’s not fun anymore

We’ve done our last therapy event.  I’ve said it before, but this time I mean it. We went to an event today and spent almost two hours trying to get Max to settle down, relax, just stop for 5 minutes. … Continue reading

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Wearing your ignorance as a badge of honor

It just astonishes me.   I was raised by parents who valued education, who took delight in reading books and learning new things, who tried very hard to appear intelligent and had no patience with people who “acted stupid.” Mother corrected … Continue reading

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Missing in action

A few months ago, a “friend” posted a goodbye message and disappeared.    He didn’t answer emails, or posts on a facebook account, or twitter questions.    Nothing.   After 10 years, or maybe more, he was just gone. We … Continue reading

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Am I the only one?

So there’s this whole huge thing about donating to ASL or dumping ice water on your head and people are going nuts doing it.    Am I the only one who sees this as a very subtle way of bullying … Continue reading

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Stressing

I think there’s a switch somewhere that I don’t know about, one that tells Max exactly when is the worst time to start barking. I’m recording narration for slides for a class.   Last slide, almost done, he starts barking. … Continue reading

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This and That

Everything takes three times as long as you expect it to take I think it’s a rule   Even bad dogs break your heart when they go to the Bridge.  Lily-bad-dog chased Max, and jumped on Max and didn’t like … Continue reading

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It seems I have a new address

And it’s called pain I’ve been living in pain for a week I don’t like this place I don’t like it one bit I somehow managed to bring on an attack of sciatica.   The sciatic nerve is apparently the … Continue reading

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Biting my tongue better get me into Heaven

My grandchildren are on facebook.   Only one is old enough, that’s another story.    I have a degree in English I hate misspelled words I hate bad grammar It about gives me a migraine to not correct the stuff … Continue reading

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