Barbara J. Hamby

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A Bit of This ‘N A Bit of That

I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather today. I think my sinuses are acting up and I heard we had an air inversion problem today, so that could be part of it. I walked to the mailbox this evening and the air was full of wood smoke and other pollutants.

I managed to take a couple of… click here to continue

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November, 16th, 2005

Gardening, Writing and Blogs

We had another lovely day in Portland and there’s a big full moon smiling down on us now. Since I complained about the rain so recently, I feel obligated to acknowledge the better weather we’re having.

Yesterday Al helped me plant the little lavender chrysanthemum I won as a door prize at a recent dinner at the… click here to continue

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November, 15th, 2005

Thanks Giving

This time of year it seems there are so many people we’d like to get together with, and not enough available times to do so. I will probably spend some time sending emails or phoning tomorrow trying to line up dinner dates or other social events.

Thanksgiving is a good time to be grateful for good health--our… click here to continue

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November, 14th, 2005

Grand Dog Sitting

It boggles my mind that I sit down in front of this blank screen every evening, most times without a clue what I’ll write about, and always think of something. Not always something exciting or edifying or useful flows onto the screen, but a few paragraphs always emerge from somewhere.

Sometimes I’ll think of a subject early… click here to continue

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November, 13th, 2005

Pen Pal

For more than ten years, I’ve had a pen pal a few years older than I. When I first began corresponding with John, he lived in Eatonville, New Jersey. He came out to Oregon for a convention in Eugene and I met him and drove him down there. We talked constantly all the way. He is a complex person with… click here to continue

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November, 12th, 2005

Tune-up Time

Once again, I managed to get out of bed early enough to get to the pool for a swim and exercise class this morning. There is one instructor who does Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes and another who does Tuesday and Thursday. Each uses a slightly different set of exercises, which makes the routines less boring.

A fairly large… click here to continue

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November, 11th, 2005

A Whine with No Cheese

Tonight I went to a meeting of the Homeowners Association at the manufactured home park where we live. A representative of the Oregon State Manufactured Home Owners organization spoke to us about the future of parks such as ours. For those of us who are older, the outlook is pretty grim. In the over 55 parks, the younger people… click here to continue

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November, 10th, 2005

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