Barbara J. Hamby

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After driving my youngest sister to the airport in heavy showers on Tuesday morning, I peeked into the ivy pot on my front porch, at the bird’s nest that had contained four eggs that hatched into three tiny birds. To my shock, it was empty. The last time I saw the baby birds, they hadn’t yet opened their eyes.… click here to continue

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April, 30th, 2009

The Party’s Over

Last Wednesday morning my recently widowed sister from California arrived and began to help me get ready for a party on Saturday to celebrate my 80th birthday and my daughter’s retirement. Two other sisters and a brother-in-law arrived Friday evening and a large group of us had dinner together at a local restaurant.

We rented the King City Club… click here to continue

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April, 28th, 2009

The Big 80

At 6:20 a.m. today I became a year older. My 80th birthday finds me a bit more wrinkled, partly due to weight loss this last year. I’m happy to be lighter; I’ll put up with the new creases. I think my hair is grayer and I don’t mind that either. I’ve always liked gray hair. Silver white would be… click here to continue

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April, 20th, 2009

Truth in Advertising

As part of my weight control efforts, I occasionally eat TV “dinners,” especially low calorie, small meals. Today I had one that was labeled “Shrimp with pasta and vegetables.” The package contained about 90-95% elbow macaroni, half a dozen bay shrimp and shreds of broccoli in a sauce of some sort. Is the premise that cutting the broccoli into… click here to continue

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April, 18th, 2009

Every Cloud

Yesterday my cable company came and installed equipment to facilitate conversion of our two television sets to digital broadcasting. After the technician left, I discovered my internet connection had been disabled. It was too late in the day to catch the fellow, so they initiated a work order to get someone out here today to fix it.

The very… click here to continue

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April, 16th, 2009

Second or Third Wind

Fortunately the excitement of looking forward to a special event seems to furnish extra adrenalin and energize me to get the necessary chores done. I hope I haven’t used it all up already, but I feel really exhausted tonight. A good night’s sleep should help a lot.

After moving stuff around yesterday and today because of carpet cleaning,… click here to continue

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April, 14th, 2009

Blustery Easter

The wind and rain this Easter remind me of the Easter in Seattle years ago when my stylish new hat was snowed on. That was before I figured out that Easter Lilies were aggravating my hay fever and quit going to church on Easter. Later, I quit going to church entirely. I won’t elaborate on that controversial subject.

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April, 12th, 2009

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