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Is it? in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
The actress of long ago, Irene Dunn said that her father taught her this: Happiness is never an accident but a story we choose from the many stories life has to offer. Food for thought. Putting ...
Three Things in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
I miss the easy movement through the pages of Open Diary. I miss the companions from Open Diary. My life at this age spills over the lip of the cup it is contained in.
THREE THINGS in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
I an swooning over my new 17 inch black iron fry pan. My husband has found the gift from the gods he needed to sleep. The landscaper's plan is finished for the side and back garden.
THREE THINGS in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
Restless anxiety makes my husband unable to cope with noise lately. It's into the third week of his odd anxiety that begins to be coupled with depression. The fall of darkness continues to be ...
September 8, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Sleep is a lovely accompaniment to our lives, quite necessary. My husband frightened me when he didn't sleep nightly more than two hours for about two weeks. The brain is a fearsom...
August 26, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS My husband feels better today, still can only eat soft food that has gone through the food processor. I missed a meeting today because he was dizzy from the pain meds. Stayed home...
August 24, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Sure hope Kermit feels better tomorrow than he does today. Got terrible news about my sister's tumors today after her oncologist's appointment on Thursday. I have started a bucke...
August 23, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Today Kermit had a biopsy and the Surgeon took a bit of his tongue tissur as well as the entire white oval on the bottom of his tongue, down one side. Needless to say he is vastly ...
August 22, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Lindsay came to visit this afternoon, and what a wonderful talk we had with her. Leive was going to be here from from 3-6 pm, but once more her mother changed her plans and didn't ...
August 21, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Our little greatsie, Leive, took four steps today. Her first. Her mom has a new job with an auto - auction business--her third this year, I think. Kermit keeps seeing a deer outsi...
August 20, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Our first day attending the university's program for Elders, today: fall semester begins. Ate in a Puerto Rican restaurant for lunch. Excellent food. The second class's professor ...
August 19, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Kermit got a hearing aid today: I spoke very quietly to him several times after he returned home and he had no problem hearing me--then said, "Stop testing me." Our Yard Nanny came...
August 17, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS We saw a pilated woodpecker fly low across a road with two lanes of traffic. It crossed over the first lane, but then at the second lane, middle of the road, it hit the oncoming d...
August 16, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Watching "I'm Going Home": we are fond of films about older people's lives. Posted poems (Pat G. James) on Allpoetry.com yesterday, then to Facebook--why not share my work/critique...
August 15, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS On the fifteenth and the final day of each month a certain sum of money appears in my makeup drawer; it's the magic one. I finally saw The Great Gatsby earlier this week; I do beli...
August 14, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS I watched four movies, two starring Catherine Deneuve and two starring Betty Davis, in my at-home film camp via Turner Broadcasting's August offerings today: I have sore knees, plu...
August 13, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS All of August I have been going to film camp, watching a slew of old movies on TMC--this week is the week I will watch day and night as if I were out of town and at a film festival...
August 12, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS The concept of fighting fire with fire can be so productive when two people bring their power together and apply it positively to solve their problems. The ritual of returning to s...
August 11, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
Three Things We had friends to brunch here--today we gave up our private Sunday morning rule for such good friends as ours. I had a jolt: realized that at 72 I was thinking that I needed an ...
August 10, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Some days are all about cooking in our house: Yesterday it was a slow-cooked pork roast. Today I slow-cooked shredded beef for sandwiches. After dinner I made a Southern breakfas...
August 9, 20013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS My husband is so good to me, washes the sheets and puts them on the bed. Better than diamonds. My husband is so good to me, identifies the frozen TV's problems using his scientifi...
August 8, 2012 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Our home is filled with the scent of pear cake as it bakes right now. A young member of the housekeeping crew, here today, said that she loved our home and wanted me to help her de...
August 7, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Face it: you cannot drink three cups of coffee after 8 p.m. and expect to sleep before 2 a.m. A new thought: at 72 I think it would be wise to throw away all the recipes in my reci...
August 6, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS My husband has seen several deer outside the park fence lately, near the big pond. I found Saigon Cinnamon in the spice section at Walmart, and couldn't resist buying it. New to m...
August 5, 2013 in THE TRIO BOOK OF DAYS
THREE THINGS Watched, heard at a board meeting women squabbling over issues that in a way would require a counselor for each woman involved in order to resolve the overarching issue. Attended a...
