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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: November 2014
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Thursday, November 20, 2014. TODAY I’M 69. Some time around 4:00 this morning, I became 69 years old. The first words I heard today were from my husband, “Happy Birthday” which actually stopped me in my tracks toward the bathroom…I’d forgotten or maybe wasn’t awake enough yet to remember. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Going on what has to be 50 years ago, I read an article for an English class at the University of Washington which had to do with how the elderly didn&...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: DOGS OF OUR LIVES…FANG THE WONDER DOG
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Sunday, January 25, 2015. DOGS OF OUR LIVES…FANG THE WONDER DOG. He was all black and we decided to call him Fang, Fang the Wonder Dog. He had a terrible first night away from his family, so I brought him into bed with us. Of course, he peed at some point and I had to change the entire bed. Bad dog! Up the street. When her owner came looking for her, John had to tell the owner he’d bring her home as soon as the dogs were finished. Apparently Fang got st...Apparently ...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: August 2014
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Thursday, August 28, 2014. THE BANE AND BLESSING OF GARDENING. Throughout winter, I peruse the various seed and bulb catalogs that arrive in the mailbox. I make lists of the various bulbs and plants I would like to have for the garden. Move and transplant, there won’t be room for anything new. Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Of course, at a time like that, you’d think there would be something in the car that would hold a pie’s worth of huckleberries. A sh...Not only did ...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: January 2015
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Thursday, January 29, 2015. DOGS OF OUR LIVES – TUSK THE TERRIBLE. How can you possibly hold out when your son and the neighbors and your friends are all telling you that your dog, Fang, is getting old, that this is probably the only chance to ever have one of his children, that you simply cannot pass up the opportunity to add this small black dog to your family. So, we did. When we’d go camping, huckleberry or blackberry picking, Tusk always went along. Us...When I ...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: May 2014
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Thursday, May 22, 2014. Haven't been here to post in a couple of days, but I have very good reasons.pain and pain medication. Now I don't know how medication affects you, dear reader; but I have a very low tolerance for it and in no time at all, it makes me very stupid. Back in the day, I was an editor for the Textbook of Physiology and Biophysics;. Do you suffer from any kind of chronic health problems that don't show up every day? How do you deal with them? I'm rea...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: June 2014
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Monday, June 30, 2014. My glass isn’t limited to the garden windows, but graces almost all flat surfaces throughout the house. There’s an animal collection, lots of candle holders, a bowl with glass candy, picture frames and a variety of odds and ends that caught my fancy. There’s even a couple boxes of glass PartyLite candleholders in the attic because there’s not enough room. I did manage to turn my glass fascination into a money-making hobby. Friday, June 27, 2014.
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: AFTER ALMOST 70 YEARS, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES???
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Thursday, August 6, 2015. AFTER ALMOST 70 YEARS, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? 8221;, “How long were you together? 8221;, “Did he know you were pregnant? 8221;, “Do I remind you of him? 8221;, etc. At this time I was 37 and research into one’s ancestry was difficult, but once again, I searched for a man with the new name mom provided. According to the information Gretta and Sharon provided, Earl was in Baltimore when my mother was there and he was married at the time. If...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: July 2014
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Back in mid-May, I blogged about planning "Summer Adventures With Haley" and how my granddaughter and I were going to have a variety of adventures during her summer vacation. I was going to start planning and we could start adventuring as soon as school was out. Well, Nana didn't follow through very well at all. Nana feels bad. The following morning, we’ll have breakfast in the Silver Eagle, a restored 1937 art deco stainless steel pri...
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits: October 2014
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Paula's Passionate (or not) Pursuits. Thursday, October 30, 2014. HALLOWEEN THROUGH MY YEARS. Yesterday I read an article about how Halloween has become a huge holiday with spending on costumes, candy, parties, etc., having increased more than 55% since 2005. In fact, approximately 70% of the American public will participate in Halloween, spending about $7.4 BILLION dollars in 2014. This includes $2 BILLION for candy and $350 MILLION on pet costumes. Friday, October 24, 2014. I didn’t discover Grea...
