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December 21, 2024
Happy Winter Solstice! The shortest daylight of the year. This makes December to January especially gloomy, except for Christmas festivities. I had the mother of all headaches night before last. I think I am anxious a bout how Christmas at Grand Lake will go. My usual remedy — Excedrin and ice pack took care of…
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January 4, 2025
After my exercises, following a 9 hour night’s sleep, I lay down again for 20 min. and set my phone timer so I didn’t oversleep. My Covid congestion is lessening. I received a text and picture from an acquaintance who worked with my husband in Pittsburgh, the obituary of a colleague who recently died. My…
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January 7, 2025
Sunday was a special day. My son and daughter-in-law took me to my Denver church, the minister had an interesting topic ‘Dogma and Dollars’ about how marketplace thinking has dominated society — capitalism vs. socialism. My daughter-in-law found the music and message depressing. My son felt most people do not know how the economy works…
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January 10, 2025
I sleep well and no longer have headaches. I take Tylenol to keep my arthritis discomfort under control. Wednesday my cleaning people came and did a great job as usual. Thursday I went with my neighbor to Sam’s Club to stock up on things. It would be better if I could look forward to eating…
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January 12, 2025
Yesterday the miracle happened. Out of desperation I had been breathing smelly things (coffee, lemon, onion, vinegar) to wake up my senses and applying Flonase decongestant once a day. When preparing my morning shake, I could suddenly taste it! I knew a couple of people who, a year or more after Covid , could still…
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January 14, 2025
Tuesday. One of my favorite days, since I attend my Pittsburgh group’s meditation by zoom. Except that my alarm goes off at 6:30 and I feel tired all day, even though I take extra time laying down. I plan to do one of my 23 min. Essentrics DVD exercise classes. I did one yesterday, plantar…
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January 16, 2025
Free at last (sort of). At the visit to my surgeon’s office yesterday, his PA said I did not need more appointments and could stop physical therapy. Using my left arm normally would encourage further healing and capability. That did happen with my right shoulder and arm. Now I just have my arthritis discomfort to…
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January 18, 2025
Three inches of snow overnight. People were shoveling our apartment sidewalks at 6 AM, which woke me up. It’s cold (16 degrees). With more snow still falling, the walks were quickly covered again. I invited my neighbor for tea. Neither of us felt OK to walk today. She told me that she thought she had…
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January 21, 2025
Bitter, bitter cold this weekend. Minus temps in the morning and 10 degrees or lower during the day, and snow. Today the temp was 40 degrees, balmy, most welcome! I zoomed 2 churches on Sunday — slept right through my first one in Delaware. History was the theme of my other 2 ministers: Unitarian Universalism…
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January 24, 2025
A new awful experience came my way. When my daughter-in-law and grandson came with dinner, the bowls from Chipotle were very big. No one but me ate everything, followed by kiwi and a cupcake. The next morning I had tremendous bowel pressure, but nothing would come out. I walked around my apartment for an hour…
Winter 2024
