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A Dog's Life
When you turn seventy be certain to shake things up by taking home a dog. That’s what I did recently. You know Jack, the dog who walked me for the last year. One day his urine turned blood r...
Ghoulish
Wind bangs the bird feeder against the house. Rain pelts the windows as if shot from a fire hose! Things go bump in the night. Ghoulish pumpkin faces toddle through my thoughts. Yesterday I sa...
A Gleeful Gathering
I hope many of you have shared in my great happiness of lunching with NorthernTeacher who is visiting long time friend and the person who introduced me to Open Diary, Woman in the Moon. Both hav...
The Chosen One
That’s precisely how I feel as a cool breeze flows through my place. Earlier I was in the nearby town where it rained briefly, leaving the air swamp-like with humidity. We are to have the same....
Who knows
whether I’ll be disciplined enough to stay this time. I do know when Jamez notified me on Facebook that he had posted sad news here, I rushed back. Like other of his friends I have been mournin...
Pelicans, Swans and Buffleheads
Yes, that hallowed migratory time is upon us. Week long warm spells (50’s and 60’s) have teased us outdoors waiting to see our first robin, listening to new bird songs and inhaling country fresh...
Feels like coming home.
Think I’ll hunker right down here for awhile and catch up with you. All that hullabaloo about my lungs was much todo about nothing. Two doctors have concurred that if I don’t have symptoms, I sho...
My Unexpected Disappearance
More apologies. My intention was to write here daily but… on Thursday I had chest pains (brief and not severe) twice so there was no living with Tom until getting checked. Of course many of you...
A Happy, Healthy 2015 to All of You!
Thank you for your notes! I am overwhelmed by the kindness. I think these months would have been easier if I’d stayed with you. I have been muddle-headed. For months I’d start mental PB entri...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing you a good memory filled holiday garnished with tasty food and amiable company! Tom, six cats, ten squirrels, dozens of birds, outside orange cat and crippled buck are spending a sunny, c...
Good News from the Courthouse
Today Penny, my SIL, was told she can visit Jack four hours a day and she can phone him. She cannot take him out of the care center. At this point Penny is fine with this compromise. On Novemb...
Is this man Elderly?
Okay, he IS seventy, but does That make him elderly? He runs six miles a day. He lifts weights. He devours books you’d never find in the “easy reading” section. Last week Tom went to Mayo’s f...
THE GOOD
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://s1230.photobucket.com/user/ticktock65/embed/slideshow/"></iframe> Meet my new buddy, Jack, alias my exercise coach! This will be the thir...
Dancing into our Hearts
Little great-niece Lila did that this week. Before her eyes were fully open on Thursday she asked her Mom, “Is it ballet class today?” Afterwards they stopped by at the nursing home, Lila ado...
The times they are a changing...
THE KITTENS are now one year old plus one month! Who knew Una would end up like a plump baby sausage. Still a small cat, but needs dieting. Orange Tuco grows more beautiful daily and is still ...
Brain on Fire
Anyone like (die for, can't wait for, devour, relish) medical mysteries? I can't get enough of them. When I read - with eyes wide and fear in my heart - the essay by Susannah Cahalan called "My...
Miracles do Happen!
Just when we had given up hope, Penny arose from her fears and took Jack to tour his soon-to-be residence. Both left elated! Jack said, "Let's go tell the Kids!" so they did. Jack liked his lar...
Family Pictures
In May our great-niece Violet graduated from high school. On Monday she leaves for the University of Colorado in Boulder where she'll beginstudies in environmental engineering. After her gradu...
Yes, Pictures!
The last two were at my favorite marsh in northern Iowa, which I'm sure you know. The bird is an egret. Here are a couple more of plants from our yard. This summer we spent alot of time plantin...
TWO MORE PHOTOS!
See Spot! See Spot smile? Can we post TWO? Fingers crossed!
A Picture (at last)!
With the help of my fine husband I will now post a photo on my message.
Summer Mish Mash
Thank you for your concern and advice about Jack. Tom has been home nearly a week. Jack's violent delusions suddenly vanished, replaced by milder, less intrusive ones. So it goes with Lewy Bod...
Message from the Cat Herders
The mischief makers have all passed their phlebotomy tests. Any of them can draw blood sufficient for an annual exam. A couple are giving serious thought to circus performing, flying through th...
Real or Imaginary?
Smile: When we were at Violet's graduation a 3 1/2 year old little boy was playing with some plastic horses. The first one said, "Are we real or imaginary?" The second horse answered, "Well, w...
Life in the Fast Lane
Hello! Everything is fine! Tom returned from his marvelous ("all we did was laugh") trip with his buddies. Since then we've been here, there and everywhere in Iowa and Illinois and it doesn't ...
