What does this say to you? Thousands of times on social media I’ve seen people post the equivalent of those praying hands, as well as “thoughts and prayers”…”prayers coming at ya”…”prayers to you”…or just plain “praying” in response to even the most desperate of needs. I have often wondered what prayer is to the people …
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Let’s Get Political, Part I: Using a Virus
Veterans Day
I’m not so good with words when I comes to Veterans Day. Just saying thank you doesn’t seem like it’s enough. Especially to my beloved Pete, an 11-year USAF veteran who served in Vietnam and suffers from PTSD. But they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is the equivalent of many …
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Phone Call
I have a make a call on which way to go with my phone. (See what I did there?) My phone just updated to Android 10 (Q), and has stuff on it that I don’t want such as tracking my physical activity, and of course contact tracing. Nobody has any right to such information about …
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Laid-back Kinda Monday
Today was one of the last 2 warm days of the season, at 75F and sunny with a light breeze, it was perfect. So I put everything else aside and chose to spend the day out on the patio with Maisie and of course Pete. I did some fall cleanup out there, with Maisie’s help …
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Hard at Work
Today is a work day for Maisie and me. She hasn’t worn her pack in a long time – probably a year – but if I’m going to take her away from home I want her to carry my nitro tabs, chewable aspirin, inhaler, my wallet and phone, etc. We are just beginning work on …
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Saturday Morning Possibilities
I woke up at my usual time today (10:30a +/-) and am enjoying some coffee with the window open and the sun streaming in. It’s supposed to be in the mid-70s today so we (Maisie & I) will be spending much of it outside. I’m hoping that I will be mobile enough to do some …
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My Country ‘Tis of Thee
What About Chuy?
What about Chuy indeed! I post a lot about Maisie, as she and I are joined at the hip, but Chuy is a big part of our family too! So here’s his story and some pictures (of course). Back in 2016 I lost my minpin Pharaoh to heart disease. (I’m still not over it; he …
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A Nissen Blog Revelation
So today I was reading a blog, and there was a link in the upper right corner to a dashboard. Since it was right next to a tiny picture of me I was intrigued and clicked on it. Imagine my surprise when it took me into an old blog that I created during a health …
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