GUEST POST from Don – LOCAL Global Warming, II

How to stop “Global Warming” LOCALLY  (Part Two) (See Part One for background.  This is a short list of changes which make sense whether “global warming” is real or not.  If done correctly they can save money or make life easier with fewer risks.  So … why not do them anyway!)  I have a longer list than I include here. …
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GUEST POST from Don: Too Much?

TOO MUCH, TOO OFTEN? How much is TOO much?   How many “too muches” is too many?   (Pardon me for repeating myself.) When I’m calling customer service at a US based company (which I’ve written about before) and, after working through a long menu of choices and entering my customer data, I am left on hold …
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GUEST POST from Don – Saying Good-Bye

SAYING GOOD-BYE(to Annie) She had a very good life, albeit confusing for a one-owner type of dog. It was not that we had not done as much as we could to ease her 17-year life.  We had.  As a younger dog she would jump up onto our bed.  That was a 4-dog jump and she did it easily.  It …
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GUEST POST from Don: How to Speak to Your Doctor

HOW to SPEAK to YOUR DOCTOR After recently reading an article in SELF about “5 Tips for Talking to Your Doctor”(who doesn’t pick up these magazines to mindlessly glance at the articles while sitting forever in the waiting room?) it occurred to me that it is possible that many people do not know how to …
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