I’m leaving Saturday morning and will arrive in Columbus around 7 pm. My sister has been told that she has only a short time remaining and I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t go back and spend some time with her. I made the reservations a week ago, but didn’t want to post anything […]

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The week has been loaded with lots going on–a good portion of which has added unwelcome stress to my life. But that’s okay. Things could be worse. My sister, Jean, certainly has it worse right now. She went back to the hospital on Tuesday because she was having trouble breathing. Her lungs and heart were […]

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I did the deed and went next door today to tell my neighbor he has to clean up his dog shit. Needless to say, it didn’t go well or I wouldn’t be devoting a post to his response. Rather than apologize and say he would get it cleaned up and keep it that way, he […]

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And so I sit and wait for a doctor to decide to see me. I’m having some intenstinal problems–trust me, you don’t want to know all the details–and need to get in to see a gastroenterologist. But the way insurance works today, I first had to see my general practitioner and he had to recommend […]

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How many times does it take telling a neighbor to scoop his dogs’ poop?! Unless I say something, he just lets it build up. Today I was out cleaning up the backyard and watering when I once again noticed that he hasn’t scooped the poop on the side of his house for months! I’m thinking […]

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The night-blooming jasmine in the backyard is filling the air with a wonderful scent! It begins around 7:30-8:00 pm and reaches all the way to the front yard, completely enveloping the house and yard in it’s overwhelming fragrance. I love this time of year! Spent most of last weekend in the bathroom…no, not for that […]

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Just read an article in one of the San Francisco papers saying that most of the people at Burning Man don’t know about Hurricane Katrina. Guess it’s probably just as well that they don’t know. Why give them such dismal news that would only put a damper on the event. There’s nothing they can do […]

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As people die in the streets of New Orleans, it seems our country is not doing nearly enough. How is it that we can have troops and supplies in place within only a day or two after the Tsunami, but four days after a monster hurricane in our own country results in people dying from […]

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