David

My brother David died yesterday. We was 64. On May 14th he'd been hit by a car while riding his little motorcycle and broke his leg. They put in two rods and some pins and told him to rest up for two weeks. He did the opposite of that, doing many many things; I think he thought he would be OK and he didn't need to rest. He had always been active, swimming three times a week, riding his bike all over the place, and doing lots of manual labor. He was thin and active and healthy. He was desperate to keep working because he was self-employed, working for power wheelchair companies that sent him...

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I’m Grace Hughes, from Springfield, IL. Welcome to my world of fun, mostly involving cats and sometimes travel.

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A Run in May

A Run in May

There are many other things I want so say about this month of May which is shortly coming to an end, but this run (slow jog) in particular is what I want to write about tonight. I'm going on a brief...

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Continuing on with May…

Continuing on with May…

Hmm, as usual the month seems to be slipping away. While I was trying to clean up the hot tub room at the beginning of the month, Les felt that the mos comfortable place to lie down was on top of...

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Writing about May in May

Writing about May in May

Gee, that makes me feel incredibly efficient. Here's me, enjoying a mock mojito at the delicious restaurant Loukenin's on the first of May. We went there because the restaurant was shutting down on...

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Wrapping up April

Wrapping up April

Kevin dedicates a good portion of his time to keeping the cats in their respective outside areas. He finally thwarted Lester from escaping the fenced yard (but probably only temporarily), and...

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April, mostly cats plus a minor explosion

April, mostly cats plus a minor explosion

Gee, I'm really on a roll with getting stuff up here for a change. Or course that can and probably will come screeching to a halt again because that's how I roll. Rolling, but only occasionally and...

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March!

March!

Sometimes Kevin and I go to Mom's house to watch TV, but mostly to hang out with Pumpkin who loves Kevin best of all. We celebrated Mom's birthday in March and she got these two mugs, among many...

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Lester running amuck while I was away

Lester running amuck while I was away

But first, MAY!!! How have I not had any free time, as usual? Anyway, here's the short tale of Les Paul while Mom and I were in Florida way, way back in February. We left on Feb. 24th and arrived in...

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Running and Flying

Running and Flying

I got up even earlier to go for one last run on Saturday March 1st. I was out the door at the crack of 9 a.m. Pelicans were lined up along the seawall while across the way workers worked on...

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Another sunset in paradise…

Another sunset in paradise…

Friday evening, Feb. 28th, we'd left the beach for a bit to cruise the shopping in Venice one more time, and afterwards drove down to the end of our beach for a different vantage point. Plenty of...

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