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In the moment
As I sit here being bombarded with gifts ideas, decorating tips, etc. for Christmas, I wonder why we cannot just be in this moment....
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Our tax Dollars
I am glad Gertrude is not alive today. Why? Because health care today is insane and there is no common sense among some health care...
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Friday night fish fry
Yesterday I was driving around town and saw many signs for a Friday fish fry. It brought back memories from growing up in Buffalo. My...
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Fall and leaf blowers
I wonder what Gertrude would have to say about leaf blowers. I think she would hate the noise as much as I do. We live in Kansas now and...
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February 1952
I remember watching the coronation of Queen Elizabeth with Gertrude. It was on a small black and white TV in her living room. I will...
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Moving
Fifty years ago, my grandparents moved to Florida. Leaving western New York was a hard transition but the Buffalo winters had finally...
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Christmas Cookies
Gertrude made the best assortment of cookies at Christmas time. I think she started shortly after thanksgiving and baked for days. She...
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Thanksgiving
This year we had a wonderful Thanksgiving but not like the kind Gertrude would prepare. Gertrude would cook for days, filling the...
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If Gertrude had gone to France with us….
She would have said “See, I told you.” Yes, Gertrude was right about health in so many ways the French still practice. First, we saw few...
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You need my weight, why?
Last week I went to see my doctor about a cyst on the palm of my hand. During the check in process the LPN insisted I step on the scale....
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How do you define moderation?
The dictionary says it is the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behavior. I was with a wonderful group of ladies and...
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Bed sheets in the refrigerator!
One summer in Buffalo it was extremely hot and the heat lasted for several days, maybe even weeks. I do not remember the year, I just...
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How times have changed
I am currently reading a book call Hooked.. Food, free will and how the food giants exploit our addictions. It is written by Michael Moss...
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Spring Cleaning
Gertrude made a major ordeal out of the ritual of cleaning the house in the spring. I remember her washing the walls and everything in...
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Peeps for Easter
Just looking at Peeps in the grocery store can make me gag. When I was in grade school, Gertrude talked me into giving up something for...
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Why is easy to gain weight as we age and why is it impossible to lose it?
Several of my followers have commented on the blog about the starvation experiment and have asked me why is it so hard to take off the...
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Gertrude and the cows
When I was in third grade my city dwelling, parents decided to move us to a farm in the middle of nowhere. (At least I thought it was)...
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GERTRUDE NEVER DEEP FRIED ANYTHING EXCEPT, FASNACHTS
Gertrude would bake or broil and did not think frying food was a good idea, except for the Fasnacht, German donuts. I recall her making...
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The aftermath of Covid
The headache and body pain are gone but so is my ability to taste and smell. You do not appreciate the ability to smell until you can’t....
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Gertrude did not approve of any weight loss programs and neither do I!
Gertrude must have read the article in Life magazine in 1950 about Ansel Keys’ study on the biology of human starvation. WWII had ended...
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