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Another lovely day here in northern Minnesota. Our summers are short but gorgeous. I have been working on a scrap throw-size quilt and it has been tak...

Great that you can get this done! It’s amazing - I could hardly believe how good I felt after my gall bladder was removed.

Oh, my, he was at my sister’s house this afternoon. She lives next door to our mother.  IMG_3782.jpeg

Sunny and cool today, expecting a high of 50 Fahrenheit (my favorite weather). My mother’s garage is on a hill that slants down to the woods. Every sp...

Chelly, I hope you are having a good day today. What an ordeal.I agree, addicts and street sales have really hurt medical care/pain management. I have...

Cloudy today, and might get a little rain. North of where I live three forest fires hae been burning all week, the biggest one caused by an unattended...

Thanks, Laurie, birthdays went well and we’re happy to start another year. The Korean fried sprouts - had a difficult couple of days with them, but th...

@tony-h I just finished a book Autism Out Loud, written by three mothers of children with autism. It was very, very interesting. My goodness, the stre...

@dlkfiretruck Thank you, Linda - have fun on your field trip!

My husband’s and my stoma’s birthdays today. It’s a nice day, sunny out and 46 Fahrenheit. Our daughters and some of their families will be coming ove...

A gorgeous day yesterday, sunshine and a rather nippy breeze. I went to a historic shopping mall (it used to be a beer brewery!) where my niece and he...

Hi Linda, Welcome to VO. I am a Linda, also. My stoma will be seven years old next week. I found VO when I was looking around on the internet for os...

Woke up to an inch and a half of snow on the ground this morning! Right now, late afternoon, it has mostly melted away. This past weekend I found th...

A clear blue sky but cold outside so I turned on the house heat a bit. Will be lunching today at an Italian restaurant with a group of ladies I went t...

Oh, Chelly, goodness - sending good wishes. I hope that retirement can be of help to you in your getting time to rest while you take care. Glad that y...

@tigerlily Well, I am just a regular person but from what I can figure out it comes down to supply and demand as well as economic reciprocity: countri...

@veganostomy Golly. The global market and trade agreements are complicated and I could be wrong, but I believe this is actually a financial advantage ...

It has been sunny here the past few days, above freezing in the afternoons and so much of the snow has melted. Beautiful weather, and I have seen some...

Snowing and blowing - that’s the street in front of the house. The plow came by this morning, don’t know when it will come back as we are on a small s...

Thank you for letting us know this, Eric. What a good man John was; my thoughts are with his Lorraine. We will surely miss his always supportive and h...