54\u00a0 bar falls 30.06\u00a0 1mph NE\u00a0 dew-point 51\u00a0 Beltane, cloudy and drizzly<\/p>\n
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A change has begun to creep over the Woolly Mammoths.\u00a0 It is at least late fall for us.\u00a0\u00a0One of us had an episode of Bell’s Palsy over the weekend.\u00a0 He first thought, as I would have, stroke.\u00a0 The effects lingered into this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Late last night came\u00a0news of a Woolly spouse.\u00a0 Cancer of the utereus.\u00a0 Adenocarcinoma.\u00a0 A hopeful prognosis if tests next week find it in an early stage.\u00a0 Even so.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Frank’s heart attack before he came to the Woolly’s and his bypass surgery after have kept medical issues in front of us, yes, but these are new.\u00a0 Fresh.\u00a0 Signals that we have begun to age.\u00a0 The fact is that such matters are no longer unusual in our period of life.\u00a0 While still not common, they will begin to pop with increasing incidence until, one by one, this herd of Woolly Mammoths and their spouses follow those of the Ice Age on that most ancient trail of all.<\/p>\n
On a cloudy, cool day with a light rain falling this news could be depressing, but I find it just so.\u00a0 These matters are as key to our developmental age as were graduations in our\u00a020’s and weddings in our late 20’s and early 30’s.\u00a0 Like those earlier rites of passage, the action is not in the event itself, but in our reaction to it over time. (to paraphrase Saul Alinsky)<\/p>\n
I spent an hour and half outside today, planting and transplanting.\u00a0 Cloudy, cool, drizzly.\u00a0 Perfect for that work.\u00a0 Blue fescue, Maiden Grass, cucumbers, watermelon, squash and morning glories will each enjoy the rain on their first day in their new locations.\u00a0 The daylily transplant project was part of this and continues, in dribs and drabs, as it will until we finish it, probably some time in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We go out to see RJ Devick, our financial planner\/money manager, today.\u00a0 These situations become more and more pertinent as Kate nears retirment age and I\u00a0 enter that time when eligibility for both pension and social security are upon me.\u00a0 Considering these matters thoughtfully are also part of our development period.\u00a0 We are at the cusp of a major change in our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
54\u00a0 bar falls 30.06\u00a0 1mph NE\u00a0 dew-point 51\u00a0 Beltane, cloudy and drizzly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Last Quarter of the Hare Moon A change has begun to creep over the Woolly Mammoths.\u00a0 It is at least late fall for us.\u00a0\u00a0One of us had an episode of Bell’s Palsy over the weekend.\u00a0 He first thought, as I would have, … Continue reading The Most Ancient Trail of All<\/span>