What a day! It all started with a couple of inches of snow outside our window…
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From Bloomington, IL
I was so proud of Tucson! The desk clerk last night was skeptical about having a German Shepherd in the hotel, but Tucson barely made a peep in the room. That’s not to say she didn’t try, but every time she started to growl or acted like she was about to bark, we shushed her and she obeyed!
Continue readingFrom Sturgeon Bay, WI
Most of you may not be aware of what has been going on with us this month. Usually, Mark and I get the RV packed up and leave home sometime during the first week of November, but Mark was trying to make sure everything was working right, and there was a problem with the RV. He ordered a part but it wasn’t going to arrive until last Monday, so we figured we might just be a few days later…
Continue readingA beautiful day in the neighborhood!
Mark is down in the Green Bay area for a BACA meeting today, so I’ve just been enjoying the day at a leisurely pace!
Continue readingHow WWI and the Influenza Pandemic Changed Victorian Mourning Practices
The Noble House, where I work as a docent, puts out a bi-annual newsletter, and my boss has asked me to write articles along the theme of whatever our display is each year. We are doing A House in Mourning: Victorian Funerals this year, so last spring, she asked me to write an article about Lincoln, the Civil War, and embalming. This fall, she asked me what I would like to write about, and I suggested the topic of how WWI and the Influenza outbreak affected Victorian mourning practices. I see parallels between then and now.
Continue readingEar infection
I think I mentioned yesterday that I’ve been dealing with plugged ears and dizziness this week. I finally got in to see a doctor today and she said that I have an ear infection and may be coming down with a sinus infection as well. She gave me some medication for it. She says that weird things like this have been happening to people who have Covid. Please pray for me if you are of that persuasion!
Covid
People have been dropping around me like flies this summer, and I was beginning to think I was invincible. I had my two shots in 2020 and my booster in 2021. I was feeling great!
Continue readingExtending the borders of my tent
[This was originally posted on August 12th, but there was a glitch in the system and no one got it. I’m hoping this works.]
I adopt people as part of my family since my family is all back in Oregon. Here are some of my kids this summer.
Continue readingScarier than a ghost
[This was originally written on August 18th, but no one got it because of a glitch in the system. Hopefully, you are getting this now.]
Today, I was working at the Welcome Center in Ellison Bay. We have a tiny office that isn’t even big enough to have its own bathroom.
Continue readingWhat was that?
[I am hoping that by changing the date on this, it will go out again. The actual date it was written was on August 16th, but no one got it because of a glitch in the system.]
Today I was working at the Noble House. During the 10:00-11:00 hour, I had one couple come in for a tour and then another couple came in as they were leaving. It was during the second tour of the day that something happened that has never happened before…
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