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Aug.08.2011
Yesterday I came into town and went straight to see Daddy. He was laying in his nursing home bed all bundled up and dozing when I arrived. It was close to his lunch time so I didn't mind keeping him awake. He actually looks pretty good except for the continuing swelling in his legs but the arm...
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Aug.07.2011
I decided that I needed to escape this weekend. Escape from my life and the stresses that have plagued me lately. So Thursday I told The Hubby that I was heading for the cabin a day early and off I went. It was wonderful. He arrived late Friday so that meant I spent time visiting with Harri,...
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Jul.13.2011
This morning the clouds have arrived. It has been a little bit of drizzle and I'm loving it although the weather crew are saying it will make a sauna later today. I don't care. I'm enjoying the little bit of relief. Yesterday when I left art class and stepped outside, the huge rain drops came...
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Jun.21.2011
Budweiser is running a summer sales promotion in Ireland. You download an app and every time the temperature reaches 20 degrees C, you are entitled to a free pint. The company has obviously done its research – loads of positive publicity, without the slightest risk of having to give away any beer...
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Apr.26.2011
You know those days when you plan to write and everything gets in the way? I had one of those days yesterday. I started out sneezing (my usual morning ritual to open and drain my sinuses) and things went downhill from there. I usually sneeze in the morning and my eyes water, both of which are the...
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Feb.05.2011
Yesterday’s forecast called for a dusting of snow. The pixie flurries began at 11 a.m. They quickly grew bored with dusting and morphed into robust flakes. I watched the unexpected effect of their transformation from the window by my desk. “That’s accumulation,” I accused.
Neither the snow nor RJ...
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Jan.31.2011
Are you aware of the impending storm in the US? If you aren’t, keep reading. If you are, keep reading. The storm and the headlines are threatening. Sure, the headlines I listed attract viewers. Yes, retailers also benefit, but I’m joining the-sky-is-falling team for this one.
Latest Storm to Impact...
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Jan.25.2011
"The impact of words."
When I first read these words I imagined words raining down from the sky. And then I wondered what their ‘impact’ sounds would be...
Drops of multi-syllabic nouns could sound like machine-gun fire
Whereas base verbs might drop like hand grenades
Adverbs might...
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Jan.25.2011
My friend on the other side of the mountain (we're both convinced that the other is on the "wrong" side) says it got down to 22 below zero last night according to her barn thermometer.
This morning, over here where we have real weather, it was thirty-four below at 6:30, though the guy...
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Jan.23.2011
Well - a 'sheen' of ice. (Well, maybe more than a sheen, as I tossed a light rock onto it and it stuck). The ice was at the upper end of the Northwest Arm - though not the upper upper end. Between the yacht still anchored in the water (from an angle it looked as if it was nosed into the...
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