July 2015
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I’m not even sure I know who I am anymore. He is in having his colonoscopy and it is too cold in the waiting room so I’m sitting outside on a bench….on the most hot and humid day so far this year in KC. I have never been too cold except one year during an… Read more
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I’ve been all over the board since I was a teenager in my spiritual/religious life. My volley on the right was being a believer in the scriptures as taught by the Grandview Park Baptist Church in Des Moines as a child and as taught by the Rising Sun Church of Christ as a teenager then… Read more
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I started out this ant season just smashing them with my thumb or washing them down the sink…we put a little Taro (or is it Tero) out in the kitchen covered with a corn cob serving dish so the cats couldn’t get to it. Worked like a charm…at first they all gathered but then they… Read more
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Marijuana should be legalized for medical and recreational use You are not taking my gun No more boots on the ground until every other option has failed Tighten security at the borders but make the path to citizenship attainable Failure to follow the path to citizenship, then by all means you are going back home… Read more
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I have been building a friendship with someone I have been acquainted with for several years. This is one of those friendships being built on shared interests and shared experiences. I have felt connected to her for some time after learning of her struggle and recovery from past emotional pain. We chatted PM last night… Read more
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…and today I am finally feeling almost normal. Looking back on the ordeal, I have these little tidbits of wisdom. an organ was cut out, cut yourself a break and rest keep ahead of the pain with the narcotic pain relievers once you get home use a stool softener ice, ice, ice the incision sites… Read more
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and the big boy…ya…not so much. Not that everything has to be a competition…but…looks like the girls are winning in my little tomato patch. Just saying’! It’s been a rainy and cloudy few months. I finally have my sinus headache to a managable pain level…I have been faithfully using my neti pot and used ice on… Read more
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When I was just a young thing I remember grabbing my mother’s Good Housekeeping magazine and reading the short stories AND MOST IMPORTANTLY the various monthly surveys and personality tests. I’m assuming I was trying to find assurance that I was normal. Skip forward a few decades and now I’m totally entertained by Facebook… Read more
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I believe I am a victim of my own circumstances and my own making…there are perhaps some genetics at play in my life because after all – and I quote my mother, “you come from a long line of big women”. Oh = holy mother of God…what a great excuse!!!! Heard it many times…said it… Read more
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As many of you know, I now live in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Years ago, I lived in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. Monday we returned to the Iowa version and camped at Yellow Banks Park.. the county park is situated on the Des Moines River and the river is up…actually there is a lot of flooding in the… Read more
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