Derby Hats, Horses and Mint Juleps All eyes were on Churchill Downs Racetrack on Saturday including those belonging to most of us living on my continuum care campus. We had a Kentucky Derby hat making contest and picnic followed by a viewing party where we sipped mint juleps. I'm always up for anything artsy-fartsy so I of course I entered the contest, although I must admit that I resented spending money on something I'd only wear
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What's on your Bathroom Vanity and in Your Medicine Cabinet? Have you ever noticed how many creams and lotions come with old age? I just had an appointment with my foot doctor to get---I thought---some custom-made shoe inserts. I've had them many times over my life but not in the last 6-7 years and lately I've felt like I am walking on a bed of marbles. But it turns out custom-made inserts, now, sell for $499 and the doctor said no insurance company will
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The Savannah Bananas and other Sports in my World Is it ever going to warm up enough here West Michigan for me to set aside my bulky winter clothes? I doubt it. Right now, it's raining, and if you can believe the weather report Alex gives out upon request, it's 47 degrees outside. Inside, I'm still in my long flannel nightgown and bathrobe made out of sweatshirt material and I'm still cold. It's almost time to take my morning pills (10 and
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Bad Luck, Magical Places and and More Tariff Shopping <!--[if gte mso 9]>1111<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Accomplishing Projects, Horrific Mistakes, Tariffs and Disappearing Pain It's two-thirty in the afternoon and I sat down at one to write my weekly blog post but these are the first words I've written on the topic. I got distracted working on a project that I started back in 2021 and just now I'm ready to push it over the finish line. It's a soft-cover, self-published (of course) book of twenty poems I've written about growing old and living on a continuum care campus.
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