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Paolo & Me

Paolo & Me

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After more than forty-two years of marital bliss, you kind of get to know each other……. You know favorite foods……. You know if he’s going to accelerate or slow down at a yellow traffic light…..(FYI…he never slows down)…… You know he’s never going to turn his socks right-side-out. …..you know topics that are safe to talk about……. …..you know the ones to avoid…………………at all cost. …..or sometimes to just launch into for a lark….. …..just because…….and always with dramatic-flair……. …..sometimes…

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World Perspective

World Perspective

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Over the years I’ve become more open-minded while at the same time more intolerant……………………….if that is even possible. As I’ve mentioned before, my husband is a Londoner.  I am from rural Ohio.  We’ve grown, coped, & grappled with a lot of differences over the years.  His upbringing and mine are so totally different.  He even lived in Italy for the first few years of his life and spoke Italian as a toddler for his first language. He can read train…

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Fish & Chips

Fish & Chips

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My Tilapia Project ——— It’s an on-going project.  It’s SLOWLY coming along.  There have been some hiccups and delays along the way.  (Surprised?  Why?  This IS the Swamp-Oasis, isn’t it?)  One primary delay (or should I say multiple) has been my inability to move around prior to much needed titanium joints…………………………….but there’s no excuse now!………………………I’m back. To quote a great movie, “The Shining”———————“Here’s Johnny!” Watch out—–I’m mobile again! I have my fish supplier ready……………this great old man down the road….

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Mason & Becky—-Pining for the Fjords—-Re-Visited

Mason & Becky—-Pining for the Fjords—-Re-Visited

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Weekends are for sleeping in.  Weekends are for relaxing and maybe completing projects around the home.  Hobbies, brunches, picking flowers come to mind as some of the more pleasant activities a person can plan and expect on any given Saturday or Sunday.  Or maybe a sporting event or Bar-B-Que or family get-together. Reality usually smacks us between the eyes.  If we are lucky, then reality waits until a little later in the mornings on the weekend. True to the norm…

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