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Back on the Farm
Back on the prairies. I find myself with NOT a lot to say today. I am back from my working holiday in California which was grand. Though the ever present smell of burning trees was unsettling. Lucky we wear masks when we are out of the house because the air is thick with pollutants. My…
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The Beach
For the last couple of days we have been at the beach in Cambria, California. We got a little motel room and in the morning while all the sleepy heads slumbered, I dressed and raced over the road to find the beach. My heart was literally hammering in my chest. I just stopped when I…
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Rescuing Wild Birds with Trees
. Sometimes I can’t even think of a title so I write what I am thinking. Which in itself is probably the most backwards sentence I have ever written. We are down to two cats now. Two old cats. Lulu and one of the Vandals. The other three died naturally in the barn and John…
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The Taste of Home
I was listening to the radio in the car the other day and at the end of the interview the interviewer posed a question. “What is the taste of home for you?” He said Hush Puppies were his taste of home. I thought hush puppies were shoes but it sounded interesting. Then the other presenters…
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Little Hiccups along the Road
The family has been busy these last few weeks minding The Matriarch who had a fall. You know how these things are. But with a very determined and positive attitude she is well on the way to a complete recovery. But the first few weeks she needed tons of care so I was simply too…
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Change coming
‘Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of the old life and into the new! Wind in the Willows. I am sending this book out to my children. I need to read it again too. Looks like we are going back to the masked days…
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