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All Packed up and Nowhere to Go

I was supposed to be on my way to Chicago right now to visit Mom for a few days.  The weather forecast for Chicago did not bode well.  I knew that my flight would certainly be delayed if not cancelled. … Continue reading

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Has Anyone Heard from Mary?

She was last seen walking into a room with a bunch of boxes and packing tape and black magic markers in her hand.  An occasional sigh is heard from that general direction…. Well, actually the men (I just can’t call … Continue reading

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The Purple Heels

Ok, I know you’re dying to hear about this.  So here goes. First, here are the shoes. Now the story.  When I was in Illinois Al asked me to come down to SoCal the end of the week to go … Continue reading

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And So This Is Christmas…

Two days after Thanksgiving Al and I took an entire pickup truck full of stuff to a donation center.  What a feeling of accomplishment.  Included in that was the Christmas tree stand, because the day after Thanksgiving I bought an … Continue reading

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The Process

This is beyond daunting.  I can’t believe how much stuff I have to go through.  This weekend it was my office/retreat room.  The books are easy – this was a recently established room so the books were already everything I … Continue reading

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Break Time

Sorry I haven’t written in so long.  Moving and all that.  Spent three glorious weeks in Illinois, Mom and I tooling around shopping and getting errands done. Managed to visit many friends, some long lost.  Took off for a few … Continue reading

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Please Support my Legal Fund

I am starting a legal fund for myself just in case I’m incarcerated in the future.  I want to warn you all, friends and family, that should I be stuck on a plane on a tarmac for over three hours, … Continue reading

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Ozymandias

From the AP: “SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.” Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant Libyans had … Continue reading

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Working on My Blog on my Computer: A Word About Steve Jobs

I was shocked to hear one of my sons disparage Steve Jobs.  I don’t know much about the man – he was an intensely private person as all the news stories reiterate.  I didn’t know that he was not much … Continue reading

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Here we go….

Major storm in the Bay Area tonight.  I am laughing at myself because all of a sudden I’ve turned into a southern California girl and am worried about the wind that is due in.  I am never afraid of the … Continue reading

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