Long ago and far away, Dune was published in August of 1965. I was a married lady with three children and a husband who loved his job but was not highly compensated. (Walter counseled unemployed teenagers, aged 16 to 22, on what the Pennsylvania Department of Labor called "The World of Work." He got them into training programs and found them jobs ( Read more... )

The weather forecast I heard for today said we'd get rain. That may have happened while I slept from 1:00 a.m until 9:30 in the morning, but not a drop while I've been awake. It has been overcast all day, though.


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1. What is your favorite carnival ride?

The Tilt-a-Whirl.

2. What is your favorite thing to do outside?

Always walking, but in clement weather I like to sit and read, preferably with a little breeze fluffing my hair.

3. What is your favorite household chore?Laundry. You start with nasty, dirty clothes and end up with a closet full of clean, ( Read more... )

It's the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2021, and I've read 38 books which, if I keep up the pace, annualizes to 47 for the year. My goal was 50...such a nice round number!...but I'll be satisfied wherever I end up. I am currently reading Tuchman's two-volume history of WWI and its lead up, and on deck is a third history of that conflict. Those ( Read more... )

Got up this morning to a message saying a package had been delivered to the South Building...all packages are going to the South Building now because the intra-building package delivery room is still recovering from the hurricane Ida flooding...so I scurried over to pick it up. As usual, I had no idea what was in it.


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September has been a quiet but pleasant month, at least so far, and it's already September 24th, so how much can go wrong?

Just typing that is like tempting fate!

I continue to try to walk outdoors every day which, for me, mostly means walking in circles to avoid the worst of the traffic in my area. Happily, these are also pretty walks.

( Maja Park )

Today my get-up-and-go got up and went. Where, I don't know. I did put my foot down...actually both feet, one after the other...and made myself go for a walk to nowhere, around my apartment complex.


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My life is generally just dandy: I have enough income to cover my daily expenses, I have enough savings for an occasional splurge, I love my family and I think they return the sentiment, and I have the support of dear friends although I do wish we could get together more often. But even the best of lives has its little bumps, and I just encountered ( Read more... )

But first...

Yesterday I documented my daily steps for the period July 15 -- July 28 HERE. I'm going to finish off July and post my August steps now, for my own records, but I'll spare your eyes and put them under a cut.

( July 29--August 31 steps. )

In dry weather, walk outside everyday. Try for at least 750 steps. Post steps once a week.Well, I've slipped up on the reporting, but I did mostly put in the work on this goal in July ( Read more... )