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COVID-19 second wave

Back to life in March as we wait out the second wave of COVID-19. It was a pretty pleasant time actually. We didn't go anywhere and I did get some work done. One was perhaps not mentally prepared for...

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Church today and the lost society

 Church today and a quick visit to the drug store today reminded me of just how lost some people are in our society. I was waiting in line for prescriptions for my husband and the person at the wicket...

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Cleaning today

This was a cleaning day and looking forward to the leaves being raked up and out of the way! They do double the housework this time of year. Out for a walk up and down the street (my husband and I) and...

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Yard Cleanup

 Today was a yard cleanup day as I raked the front lawn with its thick carpet of leaves and stems. Then we dismantled the cages around plants and temporary fences here and there for various plants. We...

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What to accomplish today?

Unless it pours with rain, today will be another outside day. We need to clean up for winter. It is very cyclical this gardening business. I have resisted becoming too deeply entrenched in the process...

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And the wind rushed by

Somewhere in the back of my mind is a poem that talked about dying and death and the only words that come to me are "and the wind rushed by." My second oldest brother has gone home to our Lord. He will...

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Killer frost last night

 Last night was the first of the killer frosts to come. Pepper plants succumbed which was good as I wanted to get them out into the recycling. Tomato plants still producing so they will be covered a...

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Matches continue to come in and Doug

Worked on the Ancestry matches this morning for a half hour or so. Compared to my husband over the same time period we get about 10% of the matches that he gets. With his early American Colonial...

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Are all middle children loners?

With the loss of two older brothers I am no longer that middle child I always was; I have only my older sister and then a younger sister and two younger brothers. But I will always be a loner for the...

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Thanksgiving Day Service at Church

 Sunday was such a beautiful day. The weather was a perfect Fall day. The Church Service was well planned and I brought my Hymn Book to this online service and so sang "We Plough the Fields and...

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28 days in modified Stage 2

 Back to the spring but somewhat modified; we return to Stage 2 somewhat modified. We started this new regimen the 11th of October and will be finished (if we bring our numbers down) on the 7th of...

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Downsizing Day

Another day of downsizing with 8 boxes and three large briefcases going to a new home. Five of the boxes are for a book sale and include two boxes of children's books which tend to sell well. But that...

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Downsizing continues

Another big downsizing day and we continue moving forward with the idea of downsizing. The task would be made easier if we could still have pickups from the various groups that collect material that...

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New mtDNA match at FT DNA

 Although the email that both Doug and I had a new mtDNA at FT DNA does not usually prove to be a very close one, it was a very pleasant memory to receive that notice today. Doug is often in my...

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Smallpox and how it was defeated - it too was a killer

I have given a lot of thought to our present predicament namely the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19). It is such a long time since the world has been in the midst of a life-threatening disease. Thinking...

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What can one do at 75?

To be honest, if I could work setting my own hours and days, it would be possible for me to continue working but I knew that when I retired I needed to do so. I needed to retire as I had injured my...

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Hallowe'en not happening - continuing with the return to modified Stage 2

Hallowe'en is not happening in our city but it was a good decision. Unfortunately for the children of course but the two main needs are really people working and children going to school. Everything...

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October has twelve more days

Time does march relentlessly onward carrying us with it. For the first time in my life we have to obey the march of nature. Everytime we veer away from the path that she has designed we pay for it. Our...

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Leaves are falling

I can almost feel the end of the season these days. The leaves are falling. I can hardly wait for them to be all down on the ground. We have too many to just leave there as it would be a soggy mess in...

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Will of Robert Pincombe, Bishops Nympton, Devon, Probated 27 Oct 1827

The will of Robert Pincombe was dated 19 Apr 1827. Robert was my 3x great grandfather and I did grow up hearing a few stories about him. Not a great deal as he died whilst his children were all still...

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