Quiet and Peaceful

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Things at the ol’ BHD ranch are quiet and peaceful these days. The spouse and I have mostly recovered from the bad colds that we had. My doc was amazed that I got over it in 3 days, because his experience with this strain of the cold virus has been that it has caused cold symptoms to last much longer.

I am not 1000%, but with rest, home-made chicken soup, fluids, and more rest, I am over the worst of it and will return to work tomorrow.

It is darn cold, so our activities have been…
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Airport Boot Sightings

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Recently, I flew from Washington, DC, through Charlotte, North Carolina, to a city on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While in the airports waiting for my flights, of course I did a lot of people watching — or in my case — looking for the occasional boot sighting.

I am pleased, at least during winter, there were more boots on men’s feet than anticipated. Of course there were a few dodo birds who…
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We Have a Code

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Yep, my spouse got it first… a cold. Then despite as careful as I was with hand-washing and decontaminating doorknobs, I came down with it, too, on my recent business trip. Bleccch… traveling with a cold is no fun.

When we speak, it comes out…
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Travel Break

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As you read this, I am on a brief business trip to a state on the southeastern Atlantic Coast. I am really busy, and do not have time to write and submit posts while I am traveling.

Check back again by Thursday. Thank you for your patience.

Life is short: working hard is fun!

Organizing Boots for the New Year

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My spouse is the good kind of neatnick. He detests clutter, and has helped me mend my former ways of “file by pile” as well as “boot storage = where you took them off last.” (giggle.)

After all, I developed my website because my best half was complaining of tripping over boots and that I did not know how many I had, or whether I liked them or not.

For about a half-day yesterday, the boot storage issue in our house…
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Resuming Routine, in Boots

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Now that my Christmas vacation is over, I have returned to the usual routine: awaken at 0400, bathe, dress, do quiet stuff, then pull on my boots and leave for work by 0515. Man, that was hard yesterday (Friday), my first day back at work for the year.

During my time off, my twin brother and I …
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A Brother’s Observations

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Hey there, this is J. I am BHD’s twin brother. My wife and I are visiting him again this Christmas. It has been a much better visit than last year, when I came after the holiday to spend a month helping to care for my brother-in-law during about the worst of the downside of a relapse of his ongoing infections.

This year, once again, I am watching the most expert organizer and a man of exceptional patience “do his thing.” What’s up?
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Post-Christmas Ride

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My spouse had a long list of chores to do on the day after Christmas. Fortunately, we got the chores done rather quickly.

My brother and his wife wanted visit some of our family, my mother-in-law had that hungry look in her eye. So I tossed my brother the keys to my truck and said, “it’s yours for the rest of the day.”

I got busy feeding the bottomless pit … I mean my mother-in-law. But after lunch, the sun was brilliant and it was unusually warm for this time of year. My spouse graciously suggested,
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