Monthly Archives: April 2012

My New Friends

Posted on April 26, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

Leaving our home in Lafayette was difficult for one reason more than any others: leaving my animal friends.  The deer and the turkeys are a memory now.  They were both a pain in the rear end, but I still wondered … Continue reading →

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The Wheel

Posted on April 22, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

My favorite Grateful Dead song (written by Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzman ) is playing right now – “The Wheel” –  “The wheel is turnin’ and you can’t slow down, you can’t let go and you can’t hold … Continue reading →

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Back to the Grind

Posted on April 18, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

Well, suddenly real life begins again.  Tomorrow I have my orientation for my new job here in SoCal.  I was hoping that I would still be able to do similar work down here instead of patient care, but it was … Continue reading →

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Full Metal Fun

Posted on April 15, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

Whoa.  Just minding my own business Friday night, relaxing on the couch with Al while Ed the Dog snored loudly and made sleep look like an art form, and I was  flipping channels around the TV.  Come across the quarterfinals … Continue reading →

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Rainbows Rainbows Rainbows

Posted on April 12, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

OK so the wordpress header won’t let me put the whole photos in – it has taken me an hour or so to actually merge these two photos together and then I can’t use the whole thing.  So, I’m putting … Continue reading →

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Easter!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

And now it is Easter.  Resuurection! Renewal!  The new beginning we talked about on Holy Thursday!  (I must interject I went to Good Friday Mass at a different parish and it felt more at home, more reverent.  However, I will … Continue reading →

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“What’s THAT about?” – Reflection on Holy Thursday

Posted on April 5, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

“What’s THAT about?”  Terri would say whenever she somewhat disapproved of something but was willing to entertain explanation of why it was the way it was. One of the challenges facing me is finding a Catholic Church to attend.  After … Continue reading →

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Where am I?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

If you hear of a missing person matching my description on the news it just means I’m wandering around being lost.  We are in Laguna Hills and that is the worst – the roads change names, they twist and turn, … Continue reading →

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The Logic of Hot Rod

Posted on April 4, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

I  put a photo of Hot Rod and Ed the Dog so you get some perspective on how big Hot Rod is.  Ed is a 50 pound boxer.  Hot Rod has a head the size of a playground ball.  He … Continue reading →

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Neurotic Pets

Posted on April 1, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

OK, both Twister and Ed the Dog have had a rough time of it since moving.  For the first couple of weeks the only time we saw Twisty was when the food bin opened.  Then she was gone again. When … Continue reading →

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