Well, the day started with a trip to the vet (Marilyn) with three urine samples from Cedar. It was a terrible night. Cedar was denied water(for the urine test) and she was locked in the mud room, where she barked all night. I took her out at least four times. At one point, I lay […]
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The Feast of the Epiphany arrived yesterday. We could use three Wise Men in these parts. Tradition holds that Christmas decorations come down on the Epiphany, so that was done. It was a good day for indoor chores, because it was bitterly cold. And today, the Holiday season is officially over and the year begins
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Marianne was here today, and she thought the cat I saw last night might have been one we saw at the neighbors’ house last year. I was relieved, and I didn’t see it today, or at night check. Unfortunately, as I write this, it is eating dinner on the porch, having shown up at the
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There are days when things progress smoothly, but today was not one of them. To start, I missed Harlan’s visit, which got the day off on the wrong foot, though he emptied the dumpster and placed it well, even without my advice. Jane commented to him that he was early, and he told her it
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It was very cold last night, but we are fortunate to have the wherewithal to cope with cold. I remember suffering terribly on frigid days, when I was younger. In 1987, I was introduced to coveralls up in northern Galena, Illinois, where it gets almost arctic. I was astonished at what a difference a “green
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