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october weekend

On the drive up, it snowed.    The ground isn’t frozen, so nothing can stick, but still. And then up at the highway where 53 and H cross, there was a terrible crash, ambulances, destroyed cars.  I’m sure the glare contributed, made it hard to judge distance and speed. Saturday afternoon we went for a walk.  […]

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sharing joe

His mother does. She’s generous and wonderful. I never forget whose kid he is. Wherever I am? There’s always a mother on the other side, and his mom was a person I knew and liked as a teenager though we weren’t buddies, in different friend circles, when I heard who Joe’s mother was?  Pssht. Heidi,

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apple orchard

We went out to Stillwater in the afternoon, to the apple orchard.  This is the hay bale maze.  It’s hot in there and smells wonderful.  It was about 80 degrees of bright sunshine, just a perfect day.  When we arrived, Jay said he hasn’t been there before, and what do we do? Well, it’s a very laid

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sad

So we don’t know why he died, although Lydia, aka Kari is doing a lot of research on possible flaws in our care of him. He was delicate and beautiful with transparent little toes and a cute personality. She’s researching deeply, coming up with some ideas regarding nutrients and lighting that she was not informed about

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september week

We bought the house late in October, so we knew nothing about the tree.  All the leaves were long gone by the time we moved in. But it turned out to be one of the best things about the house.  Sunday night everyone came for supper.   Jay picked up Chinese food. $110 worth.  That’s a lot

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just working

That’s all we’ve been doing this week. We’ve been working on painting the house.  We never paint the whole place at once, but all the time, we paint a little, or a portion.  This high wall was more ambitious than some areas.  See that cute fountain my parents gave us?   Anyway, that wall behind it

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