Monday morning. 8:30am. Just finished breakfast at my mother's house, and was about ready to leave for work (in another town). My sister came in, just off from three 12-hour night-shifts at the hospital, to give Mom her meds. The neighbor's dog began barking frantically, and we went out to see...

Ow! my sister's car, which she had parked at the top of the hill above our mom's house, had rolled down toward the house, but fortunately was stopped by a tree. Well, fortunately for the...

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Curiously, although I was a professional musician, music teacher, and composer for years, I haven't listened to recorded music very much in recent years. Although I find it fascinating that someone (like Messiaen) would or even could transcribe birdsong musically, I, like Martyn Stewart, of Naturesound.org, prefer the natural sounds. - I have many music disks that I haven't touched in years.

I remember one delicious spring day when I stopped to listen to a mockingbird who had just...

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Well some of you may have been aware that I've been having some health concerns, which were squatting like a great toad, right in my path. However, the diagnostics have come back negative - yay! whew! dodged the bullet again

So this is my umpteenth incarnation in this lifetime.. (I've lost count). I'll do something interesting, just as soon as I've shaken off this lousy sore throat..

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Steinie's lovely Memory until Next Year has inspired me to share one of my memory treasures.. hope it brightens the dark but cosy indoor winter days ... ^_^

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Thanksgiving was a hectic, but very enjoyable family time this year at my son's house.. One daughter and her 3 boys, and my son and daughter-in-law and their daughter and new baby boy, and me ... the place was jumpin' I didn't manage to take the traditional family-at-the-table pic (wish I had!)... but enjoyed seeing my son as a father - massively multitasking with ease and grace.

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