To support his family during the
Great Depression, my wife’s grandfather
had to travel to places where there was
work. He built this small “camping
trailer.”
We did everything right…, we thought.
We “bought” a house that we could afford on our budget and never re-financed, though it probably would have been smart in order to get a better interest rate…, [...]
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That would have been the average life expectancy of a person diagnosed with lupus 40 years ago — 5 years.
Twenty years ago, when my wife was diagnosed with it, the life expectancy was — possibly a normal life expectancy.
Karen was in pain, she was weak, she tired out quickly. One doctor dismissed her symtoms as [...]
A recent image with my granddaughter
We had planned to a little shopping today and see The Dark Knight before hooking up with our daughter and getting the grandkids. They got in early…, so the movie was scrapped for this weekend. Unfortunately, it’s too darn hot to really do anything outside on short notice. Spent a bit of time in a [...]
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I am in the process of going through pictures and preposting again. I want to get ahead so that there is consistent publication for those who do drop by and so that this blog will continue to be active.
Full disclosure… I’m cheating. The images that I’m publishing here in August will appear in September in [...]
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Severe thunderstorm warning — flash flood warning — winding and rain — lightning and thunder. That’s what we have right now as I am writing this… with more coming to us from off in the west.
This is getting so old this year.
I guess we should be thankful that we aren’t getting what Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, [...]
Continue reading about Ho Hum — here we go again… And — another Anniversary
This is the road to my great-aunt’s ranch in the Nebraska sand hills. With better than normal rains in 2007,
the prairie grasses were greener and heavier than I ever remember.
August 17, 2007 at 3.33pm CDT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture: f/9.5
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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