I am thrilled for my beloved Spouse… as long-term readers of this blog are aware, he has suffered from a long-term illness that messed with his life severely in the form of significant pain — and worse — impact on his brain resulting in periods of “brain fog” and aphasia that were (and still are) quite puzzling and painful to deal with.
He has been to countless doctors and has given more blood for lab work than a 50-gallon blood donor (so it seems). He probably also glows in the dark from all of the imaging he has had done through X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds.
Despite all of this, for the past four years, Spouse has…
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When helping a buddy (a motorcop who also rides a personally-owned Harley) with some boot shopping recently, and having raved for years about the comfort, durability, and quality of 
The most “up” time recently that Spouse and I had was our wonderful, fun, and deliriously happy Thanksgiving Feastival last Thursday. Seems like an eon ago.
Not much time to write a blog today, after feeding the thundering herds… (not really… seniors don’t thunder and they do not eat that much!) But the 20th “Thanksgiving Feastival” was another success, with …
Ahhh… the aroma of fresh turkey roasting in the oven is heavenly… but what’s more pleasing is knowing in my heart that the smiles of my neighbors are genuinely expressed during our 20th…
There is an old expression, “you can’t go back” which is derived from the sense of nostalgia return to “home” in the book by Thomas Wolfe titled, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” The expression means that you cannot really re-live the fun and happiness once felt in a fondly remembered location, but your good times there were long ago.
Spouse and I leathered up this year (it has been unusually cold!) and stepped out to take our annual photo with colorful tree leaves in the background.
Today is Spouse’s birthday! Yay! Another trip around the sun!
The General Elections are over, and ballots were counted, though ongoing counting of absentee ballots continue for another 10 days. But the results of our local elections were clear. And I was recognized in those results by…