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He'd lead the way, through the cemetery ( Read more... )

And the wheel turns, again: He was one of the "cousins", on dad's side. As it happened, he and his sister were on the list of "adored" people in this child's life--they were older, they lived on a lakeshore, they lived "far away" from my location (now, it's just a short shot up the freeway). We saw them on a pretty regular basis. Dad's folks were ( Read more... )

This one is turning, still, and has not ground to a stop, but I hear the rumblings of it, half a continent away. Perhaps I am foolish to take such things so personally. Perhaps it’s because I am an only child. The existence of family has always been important to me, even if by default ( Read more... )

B's last sib, and his favorite sister ( Read more... )

got a phone call from may remaining sister I law--Britt's next oldest sister. she's been in the hospital, with congestive heart failure and pneumonia. because of the Covid business, and the length of her stay, coupled with another new case at the facility she came from, she will not be able to return there. there was another facility in town that ( Read more... )

of course the big thing right now is "the virus". despite my best efforts to become the perfect hermit, my life has been changed by this infernal bug. or potential bug. it is, after all, classified as a "viron", like a "prion'-- so, not a true virus, but a potential death threat, nonetheless ( Read more... )

The wheel has turned, again--this time, old friend, Jerry. He was the hubster's first roommate, when he arrived in MN. in fact, they were both new to the state--himself, from NY, Jerry, from OK. it was serendipity that tossed them together. Hubby was working at a gas station, and Jerry stopped to get gas for his car, often. they struck up a ( Read more... )

just found out the Britt's oldest living sister quit that job, and has moved on, this morning. I suspect that she and her little brother are having a great reunion, now, along with so many there that they have found, again. one of those is her son, Dana, who was victim of a hit and run, shortly after he and his girlfriend had had their first baby ( Read more... )

yeah. another one. this time, a brother in law ( Read more... )