Tag: life
group name: ruthd
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June 01, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, in a former life, I was a library director. As you can imagine, being a librarian isn’t exactly the most exciting job in the world. Interesting, yes. Exciting, no. Add to that being . . . more
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August 15, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
With the big eight-one come and gone, I can't help but think about what's coming next. Hopefully, a few more birthdays, but there can't be many, and with this in mind, I've finally begun . . . more
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August 16, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
My son just called to tell me his father died yesterday. Had I not divorced him, we would have been married 60 years in two weeks. Sonofabitch slipped out on another anniversary!
My son and I discussed . . . more
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September 18, 2006 11:02 PM EDT --
I have a new pet peeve. Well, it's not exactly new. It's just that it was brought back to the surface this weekend.
I was at a memorial service at my church, a stressful enough . . . more
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October 02, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
It suddenly occurred to me that I have been overlooking my primary purpose in joining Gather, which was to share what I have learned in almost a century living to the hilt. So, rather than spend . . . more
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August 20, 2006 07:06 PM EDT --
After fourscore years of deliberate avoidance, I have seen my first corpse. The new dock directly across the canal from me, the one I have been bitching about because it partially blocks my view of the . . . more
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July 30, 2008 04:22 AM EDT --
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is usually the husband.
When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it . . . more
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November 08, 2006 04:56 PM EST --
: "I have an earache,..."
2000 BC - Here, eat this root
1000 AD - That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer
1850 AD - That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion . . . more
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September 12, 2006 11:03 PM EDT --
1. Friends that I would never have met anywhere else.
2. Ideas, views, and thoughts that actually move me.
3. A place to share with others of equal values, education, . . . more
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September 14, 2006 11:42 PM EDT --
I just read a poem. It touched me so. So much I can't write much more. Tears won't let me. It reminded me of my son. A son I haven't seen in over twelve years. . . . more
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October 17, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Folded into a W in the hospital bed, sabers of pain slicing through my middle, I was now a Bone of Contention between Nurse Stoneface and Nurse Fatass, one on each side of the bed, firing . . . more
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October 18, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
Sometime later (pain has a way of distorting time…it could have been minutes or hours) a portable computer was wheeled in by Nurse Robot. Without a glance in my direction, she stood at the . . . more
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October 10, 2006 11:25 PM EDT --
Remember Mr. Rogers? How about the song he sang about who are the people in your neighborhood?
Well, it's been interesting here. We have had our share of screamers and party animals, but for a while . . . more
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October 24, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
An elderly husband and wife noticed that they were beginning to forget many little things around the house. They were afraid that this could be dangerous, as one of them may accidentally forget to turn . . . more
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May 10, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
What Are You Going to Do With Your $600?
Mine came in yesterday. I live 60 miles from town and I had waited until it came in to do my monthly shopping. Since the price of gas went sky-high and rising, . . . more
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July 26, 2008 12:34 PM EDT --
I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.
I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars . . . more
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January 15, 2007 06:06 AM EST --
I live full-time in our "vacation/retirement house"
Why? Because I am older..yes older, and have "retired". He is younger, and not even near retirement. So, while I live . . . more
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September 25, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
[ Many older people suffer from mild to moderate arthritis in their knees. This regimen to treat & control the arthritic knees is just one regimen to control & treatb the pain.]
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November 02, 2006 09:01 AM EST --
Alert: FDA Updates its Nationwide Alert on Counterfeit Blood Glucose Test Strips
On October 13, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted the public to counterfeit blood glucose test strips . . . more
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October 13, 2006 12:46 PM EDT --
I never heard of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) until I was watching Good Morning American and caught the tale end of their report on it. I went to their site to learn more. Wow, and I thought there . . . more
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