Musings

I have had a very lazy month, and realize that I can not use my knee replacement surgery as an excuse for not getting on with my life. It was so easy to get up each morning, stay in my pajamas, read the paper and just take it easy. I...
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This column comes after a hiatus of one month during which I had double knee replacement, hospitalization, recovery and therapy. The therapy is still ongoing; as a matter of fact I had a session this morning – the thirtieth at 11:15 a.m. I had surgery on the twenty second of...
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Another Thanksgiving over. It has been ten years since by dear husband, Jack, died on Thanksgiving Eve. Each year gets a little easier to bear, and I have learned the hard way that I can be happy with what family I have left. I used to listen to other people talking about family members...
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I turned in a check for over six hundred dollars today to The Center for the Prevention of Abuse. I was so thrilled to do that, because it represents what I have wanted from our church for a very long time. We are very heady and reason with our minds, but sometimes not as...
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Well, I, along with millions of others watched the debate last night, and I find it so interesting how we each are able to support the views of one because of our own background and involvement. I, of course, strongly support Obama, not just because I’m a Democrat, but I also really truly feel...
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I sometimes wonder if anyone reads my column, and I found out
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I just returned from having dinner at Prairie Grille in Kickapoo. I’ve been hearing good things about it, and found out that everything they said was true. It is a building that looks like a former old corner grocery. I’m not sure what it was originally, but it is unique, rather small, but ...
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Well, I have to report that I had another bout of stomach upset and dehydration and ended up in the emergency room for about six hours last Saturday night. I think between my son and me, we are keeping Methodist Emergency Room operating. I guess I panic quickly, but with diabetes and getting up...
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A few people have asked me this month if I’ve stopped writing my column, and I have to report that my life just got too hectic around deadline time last month. My column was not in the Community Word, because I had a couple bad weeks and just didn’t get it written. I was...
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Each month I start thinking about what to write about, and end up pretty much just relating the things that have happened during the last month. However, I am not doing any traveling right now and do not have anything terribly exciting to write about. But maybe it’s okay to just write about the...
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