As Ned Stark would say"Winter is coming":

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Had to go in for a 6 month follow-up mammogram (with possible follow-up ultrasound) today - or should that be a half-mammogram since it was only one side ( Read more... )

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Every so often, I would see the remains of a bird in the grass or driveway that looked like it had exploded and figured that a hawk had gotten it. Tonight I looked out my window and there was a hawk on the lawn, tearing apart a bird. I tried to take a picture but when I opened the window to get a better shot, the bird flew away ( Read more... )

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I find it very amusing that my 15 year old nephew has the same pompadour hair-style in his Facebook pic in 2014 that his great-grandpa had in his wedding picture back in 1926. The exact same hair..... : )

Have to love Madison - we have a primary coming up that includes one for the state assembly-person for the district where I live and our choice is between 2 progressive liberals -no Repubs on the ballot. : ) Both candidates have been at my door and it will be hard to decide ( Read more... )

This past week one of the email booklists had a cheap Andre Norton megapack ebook on sale so I picked it up. I have since been rereading a bunch of books from that and some others that I have in ebook and real book format. She was one of my favorite authors when I was a kid and I can still remember checking out the books from the little old library ( Read more... )

Back in the 1970s, my Grandpa Pruski used to tell us about how his father came to this country on a stolen passport with a false name to avoid being drafted into Bismarck's army back in Prussia. Although he was Polish (which country didn't actually exist back then), the last place that he knew his father had lived before emigrating was Berlin where ( Read more... )

Finally woke up early enough on a Saturday to go to the farmers' market - got lots of good stuff including strawberries ( Read more... )