Category: Life Lessons
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Christmas 2022
It’s going to be a Mega White Christmas this year. Crazy weather in Montana. Warmest October on record. Then . . . BAM. The November of Arctic Ice and Snow. When the sun is shining it isn’t so bad. The downside of living in a scenic mountain valley, however, are the inversions. Cold air gets…
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Christmas 2021
Christmas 2021 launched us into 2022. I ended the year with a busy Christmas card and a newsy report of all things 2021.
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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger?
Bull#@%! And I know bull. I live in a place where bull balls are dipped in batter, deep fried, and served as Rocky Mountain Oysters at the annual Testicle Festival. What doesn’t kill you merely makes you a survivor. I have a chronic illness. I’m disabled by migraine. For a long time I denied my…
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Lessons from the 55+ RV Dog Park
As Jeff and I planned our Snowbird Adventure my biggest apprehension was life with our dogs in an RV park. My Facebook friends are privy to Astro’s proclivity for mayhem and Seri can be a barky old b*tch when faced with insubordination from “lesser” dogs. I expected that most of the dogs at the park…
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Five Lessons from the 55+ RV Community
When Jeff and I first seriously considered wintering in a fifth wheel in Arizona at an RV park I giggled about living in a 55+ community. After all, I’m only 54. I imagined communing with a population of blue-haired old ladies, gents with walkers, addled eccentrics, and couples shouting at each other when their hearing…