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Advice for the weekend, be nice. It costs nothing and yields huge rewards! We are off adventuring until Monday evening. We may or may not find the internet where we are going. In the meantime, be healthy, happy, and enjoy your own adventures. If you happen to have a free moment, pick up one of…

If you have never had to install these bars, be thankful. It takes five hands, screws and a drill. In addition, you have to know who they are aimed for because each person uses a door approach differently. However if you happen to need assistance with doors and stairs and getting in and out of…

Anyone who has moved into an older home knows that setting the bathroom can be a chore. In this case we needed to remove an old established and broken shower rod, find and put up a curtain that I can enjoy. We naturally settled on two: one for inside the shower and a different for…

One of the great things about moving to a new place is discovering all the treasures. The warm spot to sit, the best tree to watch, and the places where all the birds go. We have yet to set up our feeders or bird baths. Nature, however, has placed two magnificent old trees in our…

If you are an American, please vote today. I really don’t care about your political convictions, but please participate in the process. By using your rights, you protect them. Too many Americans have lived with rights for so long, they have forgotten how fundamentally important all those rights are and when they are threatened some…

Animals are sensitive, I think most people know that. They can get their feelings hurt, experience anxiety over separation and have other issues. My mighty and brave Jethro has a few personality quirks that goes beyond the average. Hysterical blindness! Now before you laugh, know that this is pretty serious stuff, but it has a…

We have reached the point where we need to start filling the truck in order to pack the last of our items. Fortunately this was the day we are scheduled to pick up the truck. My head is spinning with “do not forgets” and “focus on this first” messages, so naturally I sat down to…

By now everyone knows we are packing and moving to the new house. Under normal circumstances I love my collections: pottery, blown glass, carnival glass, ceramics, crystal and even perfume bottles. I have a collection of flowers, vases, all kinds of bells and some really amazing pieces from all over the world. Packing them, I…

As more and more of our things get wrapped and put in boxes, I am getting tired of moving boxes around. But I am fascinated by how many things I have that are shaped not to fit easily into a rectangular box. At some point, as I was stuffing one last thing in a box…