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Chapter 80. My Brain.
My brain has always been my favorite organ. I love its quirkiness, its ability to continually ask questions, forcing me to research answers. When I was young, my parents advised me to keep my brain in check. “Men don’t like women who are smarter than they are.” Ah, the ‘60s. The good old days. I didn’t take their…
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Chapter 66. The House is Sold.
We closed on the house yesterday. Prior to the official closing, we met with the new buyers, a couple, both lawyers in their early 30’s. I had prepared a spreadsheet of items, contractors, people who fix broken things, electrical information, swamp cooler, you know, house stuff. I also printed out information on the architect who designed the house…
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Air.
Chapter 1. It wasn’t the house. It was the land. We settled here some 47 years ago. The half-acre property sitting in the middle of an urban area gave us all we needed: space for our two cats and two dogs. And it would ultimately give us the place where we would acquire and say good-bye to more cats, dogs.…
Air. 