I am currently reading the book, The Last Talk With Lola Faye by Thomas H. Cook. On p.42 he has a line that in this place and time in my life resonates with me, it reads, "the way her thoughts rushed around like rabbits in a field,"

And on P.75, "Fitzgerald said that you lose yourself in pieces."...going to have to look up the context of that one.

*first thing to do is change font size, heh, heh, heh*

The most important recent personal news is that just 10 minutes ago today (1/14/11) is that Bud, my 81 year old 'hubby' returned safely off of our roof, having cleaned the chimney that is used by our wood burning stove which lives in the basement.

We lasted barely 2 months after Auggie died and started looking for another 'fur kid'. A delightful Border Collie/Corgie named Timmy came into our life early April,'09,...

Our dear, precious Auggie, who has been such a large part of and the light of our life for so long, passed peacefully with the kind help of her veterinarian, Dr.Dale, this past Thursday (15th) evening at home.

Auggie had been living with hepatocellular carcinoma for 26months, Cushing's for a year, the loss of one eye due to glaucoma this past Oct., and lately an inoperable, invasive, aggressive mast cell tumor. In the end the mast cell tumor had compromised her heart and lungs; lasix...

It's official, I am now a card carrying Senior - Medicare card, that is. Somehow I can't even imagine being 65 and yet I am...

I was about to start a thread - because I think it deserves a thread of it's own - about pet loss in the pet section but I know that this morning I cannot do it justice because of time constrains. So frustrating.... I may have to wait for a "Chatty Kathy" moment.

Why is it that I really have to be in the mood to write? I must be sort of "in the mood" or I would not be playing here in the journal, but just can't do a thread justice right now.

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