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usonian

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2. Hang in there.
Sun Aug 11, 2024, 10:55 PM
Aug 2024

Last edited Sun Aug 11, 2024, 11:57 PM - Edit history (2)

I have been stuck in the house with weeks of hundred degree or more weather. I've taken on a big downsizing project, like 10 years worth, plus whatever tonnage I brought here.

So I can move someday near the ocean (cool) and people and stores and medical facilities and be 200 miles nearer my family. It is a monster job, but must be done. My "Always ready" self geared up for 100 possible lifestyles when I moved here, but only one showed up. It consists of my top hobbies: piano and photography, which I do daily as chores and emergencies allow.

The heat wave seems to have broken. For now. At least, temps below 90 are predicted for a week. I took a walk tonight. Feels good for a change.

It never ends with me. Even if I simplify life by trading the 7 acres of hills for just enough to accommodate my proven needs, well, there will always be photo walks to take. I got great shorebird photos when I visited my daughter by the bay. And expeditions. And pieces I haven't learned to play.

Saint Peter, don't you call me, because I'm never finished.

Moving a piano soon ( not by myself).

Best to you.

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