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the Lord is the strength of my life»

The Lord is the strength of my life. Psalm 27:1 This was on a card that fell out of a book at the library today. It was a calendar on one side dated 2001. I guess no one had checked out this book for some time. I stood in the aisle mesmorized as 2001 is [...]

the old me just new?»

My feeble mind just can’t process everything any more. The jet lag or emotions or school, something kicked my back side yesterday. I could not move! Alex said today she is really tired, too and we will all be ready for the weekend. They both are doing great, much better than I could have hoped for [...]

Tues Aug 17th First Day of School»

MiMi was waiting at the airport in STL as we drug our luggage for the last time last night. We hit Atlanta with a snag, having an orange in the backpack we forget about. It is now midnight our clock and this Beagle keeps sniffing me. I had dumped the rest of my lotion in my [...]

Monday Aug 16th»

8 a.m. we are all repacked (for the ump-teenth time) and really ready to roll. Unbelievable. It is over. Everybody pulling a bag, we headed for Marco Polo Airport about 1 ½ by slow water boat or 30 minutes and many Euro by speed boat…our flight was at 10:50 so we opted for the safe, stress free [...]

Sunday Aug 15th our last day»

Mark and I wake early as the plan is to venture Venice without tourists. We head to St. Mark’s Square enjoying only locals and pigeons. It is a peaceful to stroll as the crowds are fierce by the middle of the day with cruise ships and American, Asian, Canadian, European and every other country’s holiday [...]