My great-grandmother, Minnie Eliza, died long before I was born, way back in 1954. She was born on the 4th of July in 1864, a year before Lincoln's assassination and more than 100 years before my time. I can only try to imagine what her life must have been like. When we visit towns like …
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Two interesting things happened this week. One, I got a new phone with a much better camera than I expected. I've been snapping pictures here, there and everywhere. It doesn't do so well in low light with squirming pups... ...but it takes pretty detailed shots of the moon, which of course made me happy. I …
Wouldn't that be nice? Of course it's unrealistic since there's plenty of work to be done around here every single day and especially this time of year. We always have to work around the weather which, for some reason, seems to get worse every single weekend! It will be perfectly sunny and warm all week …
It's a strange reality I find myself living in, knowing that I am just one or two doses of medicine or a bee sting away from severe, potentially fatal anaphylaxis at all times. Imagine being murdered by this cute little guy! Like most people living with mast cell disease, I'm keenly aware of how precarious …
I'm sure by now you know the story of Gabby Petito, whose body was found in my "backyard" and whose fiancee is still on the run. While that story is interesting, there's another body they found that I find even more intriguing. Well, actually there are two other bodies they found around the same time. …
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