Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40049)
Laguna Woods, California
Joined myLot 9 years ago
I love the beach, horses, yoga, & grandkids. I write the retirement blog, baby-boomer-retirement.com, and have an Etsy store: DeborahDianGifts.etsy.com.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr
Who among my friends here is old enough to remember Sister Janet Mead and her inspirational singing of the ‘Our Father’?
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Sister Mead (1937-2022) joined the Sisters of Mercy Catholic order of...
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Deborah-Diane @JudyEv - Surprised to hear from me? It has been months since I was active here. My husband became very sick, and it was very time-consuming to take care of him. Then, he died on March 20, and I've been busy with all the legal things that needed to be done....
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (155843)
• United States
13 Apr
My husband was walking yesterday and twisted his foot. He said his hip hurt after that; so they took some X-rays. Everything is still OK and in place.
I spoke with the Social Worker yesterday to tell her to fax the Referral...
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Anna
@LadyDuck (457818)
• Switzerland
21 Dec 22
Today is the Winter Solstice, the day when earth's poles reach their maximum axial tilt away from the Sun and today winter starts.
According to an ancient middle oriental superstition the "Dark Spirits" walk the earth during "the...
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Deborah-Diane @LadyDuck - I'm starting to get back on MyLot, again. I just put a revised edition of Wyatt's obituary here. I will start popping in more, now. All my old notifications were wiped out. I guess I was gone too long. There is certainly a lot of world news we...
13 Apr
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205554)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Apr
Yeppers, it's raining again in California. This is a good thing.
I went to the grocery store had scored some eggs, bacon and other essentials. I had eggs and bacon for breakfast. Kitty had dry food. But I did get her some wet...
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Deborah-Diane @TheHorse - It is raining here in Southern California, too. I hope that when they review the Trump Bible with the Constitution included, that the First Amendment to the Constitution says, ""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."...
13 Apr
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205554)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Apr
American politics are pretty funny. Funny gaga, not funny haha.
I remember seeing some black lady hug Trump at one of his "appearances" among the unwashed masses.
Now the Lefties are alleging that the whole thing was staged,...
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Deborah-Diane @TheHorse - You would think that today, with all the ways we can track people and report on them, we would be able to learn the truth. Instead, with so many ways that people can lie and conceal the truth, I find that I don't believe anything I see or read...
13 Apr
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec
A myLot member suggested we share photos of our favourite Christmas ornaments.
The pair of ornaments in the photo were both given to me when I was helping with data entry in the archive department of a school. They are examples...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jul
Recently, I wrote about our experience of ‘fine dining’ in France. I thought I’d share this photo with you all which was taken in the same restaurant. We were served these different breads including one that was black. I might...
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (28385)
12 Jul
Many people have a bucket list, things they hope to experience or do in their lifetime. I do, I know. But I never thought about it in reverse before. There are things I wouldn't mind never having to experience again, for sure....
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Deborah-Diane @MarieCoyle - I NEVER want to go skydiving! I'm not even sure I would be comfortable in a hot-air balloon. I have heard about some terrible accidents. I went zip-lining once, and that was scary enough. I guess I like having my feet firmly on the ground,...
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
23 Apr 23
What if I have chosen the career I was truly interested in when I was younger? Would I have been able to write books and become a published author?
What if I have decided to pursue my first love, would I have been happier or...
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marguicha
@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
1 Apr 23
For me, most of the times, music and memories go together.
And although I must have danced many times to the beautiful songs of The Platters, I close my eyes and I remember "Smoke gets in your eyes" in a much older setting, when...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Feb 23
My wife, Anne, is an art quilter and I have shared some of her creations in previous posts. The art quilt organization that she belongs to (SAQA) generates challenges for the members to work on, then judges their efforts in shows,...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb 23
Last night, our son in Ireland was telling us about ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer). I guess it’s a kind of artificial intelligence programme. There is much controversy concerning its use with passionate...
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Deborah-Diane @JudyEv - Wow! I have to say that I am impressed with the ability of ChatGPT to create that Haiku. My daughter showed me how to use the program to write an 800 word post on stroke symptoms for my blog, and she requested that it include citations. It did it...
20 Feb 23
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb 23
I wrote about attending a play last night. Our son in Ireland often rings on a Saturday and he rang while we were in the theatre, thankfully before the play started. Vince didn’t answer it, but in the interval, he sent him a...
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Deborah-Diane @JudyEv - I know you are looking forward to going back to Ireland. I would love to visit someday. The only person I track is my husband. Sometime his medical aide, or a friend, will take him somewhere, and I like being able to know where he is! His memory...
19 Feb 23
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Feb 23
FourWalls (@FourWalls) wrote recently about seeing a manatee recently on her trip to Florida. I wondered if manatees and dugongs were one and the same so off I went agoogling.
It seems manatees (genus Trichechus) can live in...
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Deborah-Diane @JudyEv - We don't have manatees here in Southern California, but we have lots and lots of sea lions. Sometimes, so many of them have been known to climb onto local boats in the harbors, that they have sunk a few expensive yachts! I see them all the time...
7 Feb 23
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Feb 23
I have a favorite site for new recipes, called "Mediterranean Kitchen." One recipe I saw was for baked eggs. You bake them in a ramekin (2 once for one egg, 4 ounce tor 2) at 375 degrees for a few minutes then garnish with herbs...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
7 Feb 23
One of the places we went to on our Paducah trip was to Grand Rivers, Kentucky which is about a half an hour from Paducah, and a very interesting and quaint little town—sort of a resort area with a marina and cabins and I think...
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vanny
@vandana7 (98778)
• India
7 Feb 23
Real life blonds. No hair dye...Caucasians. I have known other "whites"...but never seen real life blonds till today. Ok..as a child I did see one..
So if you are in India, and looking for job, ..there is a possibility ...to act...
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Deborah-Diane @vandana7 - I never thought about the variety of hair colors we have, just in my family. My husband was a red head when he was young. I am a brunette. Two of our daughters are brunette and two are natural blondes. None of them got the red hair gene. We...
7 Feb 23
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Jan 23
But I'm still alive and well. Anne and I avoided Covid 19 (got all the shots offered) and she survived a year of treatment for an aggressive breast cancer in 2021. I am still in good health, but seem to be getting older all the...
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Deborah-Diane @JamesHxstatic - So good to hear that Anne's cancer treatment was a success. Breast cancer, and other forms of cancer, are so scary! It is good to know you are still around, too. Like you and Anne, my husband and I have managed to avoid Covid ... thanks to...
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