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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Hi! It's me, Grace

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

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Riley

Riley

Kevin  took this darling picture of Riley, lying next to my Mooch pillow from Mutts cartoon.   He seems very comfortable with stealing Lester’s  perch.        ...

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Things not so great on this blustery Friday.

Winnie hasn’t eaten anything since yesterday morning, so that has put us on edge. Kevin just talkedto the vet, who says it’s probably  because of the pancreatitis, so they are giving us more drugs...

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Winnie, hanging in there…

we took him to the vet this morning; we found that having him sit on my lap on the the ride to the doc is much better than him being in his cage. the vet visit, not so fun for him.  the good news,...

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winnie

Oh boy. On Friday he threw up, so we took him to the vet because of his diabetes, no food in his system after getting insulin. He was OK all weekend, until today; he ate breakfast, but he has not...

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day two in seagrove beach, FL

day two in seagrove beach, FL

I don't think I mentioned the name of the town where we stayed - I was initially looking at a state park called grayton beach, and I was only looking at that park because my friend nan was going to...

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maybe the computer is working now…

maybe the computer is working now…

wayne found some viruses on this computer.  ugh, I don't even like typing on it, because I feel they're going to come back. a bunch of blah blah technical stuff was done, thank god for wayne,...

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Sunday shenanigans

Computer shenanigans, that is. This morning I went to a fabulous yoga class, and  I also went running. But besides that, I have been staring at my computer. The screen on my computer kept going...

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livin’ the life of…

livin’ the life of…

riley. the cat, that is. we have a new cat!  his name is Riley. we didn't expect to get another cat, after chester's demise in january. but sometimes things just happen... he's seven months old, we...

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something accomplished this morning!

after writing stuff on this site since may of 2004, almost FOURTEEN YEARS, i've finally come up with an "about me!"  yaaaay for me!   so try to take a moment to read it, but only if you feel like...

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