Category: My Story

One Hammock Fan

We lay stacked like hotdogs on a roller grill – there was one tiny window in the Rutkowski bungalow on Bridge Street, and at the back another over looking the backyard. Not a breeze blowing. The girls’ room faced the West and it had been warming up all day. Between the rooms was a floor …

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The Future is What You Make It ….

By the ‘Goode Grace of God’ I’ve had almost 6 good days. Many of you know what I mean if you have FTD. Here’s what my prior good days before the symptoms looked like: got new accounts, and we celebrated rekindled relationships with customers did a presentation that brought Catholics back taught great people to …

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50 or 12 things about aging, with just a hint of FTD

I posted # 20 as my Face Book status and got my children in an uproar, I promise not to do that again. But here, if #20 were real, I would post it, so when you have an accident, you’ll know you weren’t the first, nor will you be the last, ok? After years of …

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Backyard in May

Hunkering down behind the Mock Orange bush, almost overcome by the heady scent of the blossoms, laying flat like dad taught me, I hold my breath. All that can be heard in the still evening air are crickets and some lazy birdsong. About 30 yards away is “Fury”, the ugliest Schwinn ever made, my trusty …

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The Importance of Walking

(shared by Rose Pacatte, Diane De Ava, April 20, 2010) Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7,000 per month. My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he’s 97 years old …

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