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Frozen… page 128
Day 223 – 10/24/2020 Morning, Diary… it’s 6am and apparently time to be awake. Kim was up, I rolled over and saw the glow of the kitchen lights, and that was it. I’m looking out at the hushed cold...
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What she said…
Yesterday marked the culmination of a job well done. My sister Rita has been systematically leveling the mountain that fell from the sky and landed in her path back in May, and she finally has it...
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The Results… page 136
Day 237 – 11/07/2020 After… well, everything, I was prepared for a win to feel anticlimactic, but not so. The screen-capture above flashed onto my monitor and I had chills head to toe and back again,...
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The process… page 140
Day 244 – 11/14/2020 Foggy and gray this morning. Great breakfast, and now I’m drinking iced coffee ’cause my tummy likes it better that way. Farmers Market is set up in the wet chill – I think they...
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An important truth… page 145
Day 251 – 11/21/2020 To all the people who get it and have from the beginning… we’ve been here for each other and that matters. Written by my friend Philip Grecian… Y’know…we’ve all been locked down....
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Sunny Saturday… page 156
Day 265 – 12/05/2020 Some morning in the next year… or the one after that… I’ll wake up and check the news and not cry. That’s going to be a good day. Second story I read today was about Kansas health...
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Round and ’round… page 163
Day 272 – 12/12/2020 In a world-changing pandemic, it’s a bonus to live with someone who likes to see me smile, and he hass hiss vays. Like this morning’s omelet extra-full of beans & cheese… and...
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And SaturYay… page 170
Day 279 – 12/19/2020 Kimmers was out early again this morning for a solitary walk in the semi-dark where he listens for the whispers of Mass Street. And again with the frigid fingers on my neck when...
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The day after… page 176
Day 286 – 12/26/2020 Wild ride today… got up at 7:00, ate part of my breakfast, realized things were wonky, went back to bed at 8:30 and slept for 3 & a half hours. Chills, body aches, nausea, the...
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The weekend… page 185
Day 300 – 01/09/2021 Misty Saturday morning. Saw a runners’ group go down the street earlier and a few stragglers are still loping past on their way back west. Almost inspired me to reach over and...
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Wow, the weekend again… page 197
Photo Credit: Kim Smith 01/23/2021 Day 314 – 01/23/2021 We’re three days into the Biden administration, which was denied transition materials that would have allowed them to be fully up to speed on...
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Oooh, rainy Saturday… page 203
Kitty City at Lawrence Arts Center with Resident Kittehs – Kim Smith 01/30/2021 Day 321 – 01/30/2021 My favorite mornings are the ones when dawn starts to happen but then rain steals the show as dusky...
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Oh, hey, Saturday!… page 210
Day 328 – 02/06/2021 Wot a day, Ethel. After eight hours’ sleep Thursday night and seven during the day yesterday, I went BACK to bed just after dark last night and stayed ’til morning. Got up at 6am...
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The days of wine & roses… page 214
Day 335 – 02/13/2021 Zeroº this morning, with the wind taking it to -17. No walking for now, but Kim got up at 5:30 and had half a day’s work done before I opened my eyes. He’s cooking eggs &...
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Socked in… page 223
Day 349 – 02/27/2021 Saturday breakfast underway, with fog peering in our windows… Kim Smith – 02/27/2021 Picture Guy got out early this morning and walked for an hour, taking fog photos… South Park...
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A Saturday P.S.
Image by Paula Belle Flores You’re not imagining it, nobody seems to want to talk right now. Messages are brief and replies late. Talk of catch-ups on zoom are perpetually put on hold. Group chats are...
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Crawling right along… page 226
Day 355 – -3/06/2021 I’ve been without a hangout buddy since yesterday morning, so it was kind of a quiet, droopy Friday, and today doesn’t look promising either. Kimmers sailed through his first...
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Weekend rain… page 230
Day 362 – 03/13/2021 No downpours so far, but it’s gray and wet outside and only 48º so Miss Spring is playing the tease, as she is wont to do in these parts. We’re mostly tucked in for the weekend,...
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Sunny Saturday…
Flighty spring is giving us temps in the 60s today, with high 80s by Monday, so it stays interesting. Kim’s been playing PickleBall whenever and wherever he can, always a toss-up as to whether it’s...
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Milestones…
We’re celebrating the first 100 days of the Biden administration, and the collective sigh of relief from the watching world is nearly audible. The refuseniks are sighing for their own reasons, but I...
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