I started talking to myself about retirement last year. I started talking to my family and a few friends last year. Then Marie Kondo with her ‘what sparks your joy’ revolution hit January 1, 2019 and although she is talking about one’s closets and stuff, I felt it about my business. I wasn’t feeling the…
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Springtime every year we have ducks that come into the neighborhood. They sit on top of roofs and make use of all the neighbors’ water features in their yards. Our next-door neighbor has had seemingly the same pair of ducks visit them for several years. They named them Fred and Ginger. Somehow Ginger was found…
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I don’t believe in Karma. There I said it! If Karma really worked, good people would live healthy long productive lives and those not, would not. Unfortunately it doesn’t work that way! Don’t we all know some despicable humans that are either clueless of their personality or don’t care and live healthy and secure lives while…
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All the trees and flowers blooming this time of year make for a beautiful colorscape and landscape. The smells of spring are just wonderful. I am lucky to say that because I do not have allergies. I feel for those who suffer during this pretty and aromatic time of year! Along with the god smells come…
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You know when you have a really good dream where you meet up with people; famous, from your past, even dead people and they are really glad to see you? No?? What about the dream where colors are so bright and smells so wonderful that you think you must be inside a fantasy snow globe?…
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I ask the question about the lowly dishtowel. Who doesn’t like a new dishtowel? Not me that’s for sure! I love to put out a new dishtowel. I have quite a collection including seasonal dishtowels. Dishtowels make a nice present I think too although I have come across some people who do not use them.…
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Last year while checking out at the supermarket the checker said to me she loved my “Fairy” Hair. I believe my response was, “Um, thank-you?” Since then I of course goggled ‘Fairy Hair ‘ and found out most fairy hair consists of add ons with tinsel. My tinsel is not bought but white/gray/blonde streaks from too…
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It has been very cold and very unspring like here in Portland, Oregon. Still I headed downtown, braving the cold and wind on public transportation. It was sunny, so on the metro away from the doors, it was quite comfortable. A fact of life here is ‘riding the rails’ for the homeless is a great…
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Marijuana is legal in Oregon. Medical marijuana has been legal for years but recreational marijuana has only been legal for about a year. Marijuana dispensaries have cropped up everywhere. In a 2-mile radius of my home there are 6, about the same as the number of Starbucks. A visiting friend from out of state…
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When you get married, if you marry young, sickness seems like only for old age, a long way off. The wedding vow of ‘In Sickness and in Health’ seems sweet. When you are young you think ‘sickness and in health’ will never be tested or something that will be easy to do. As we age…
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