Monthly Archives: December 2016

Another year bites the dust

Posted on December 30, 2016 by barbaraehardy

    “2001, A Space Odyssey”?   How about 2017:  real life.  This is the year I’ll turn 75 (Don beat me to it in September);  Noel, 53;  Diana 42; Christina, 40.  The grandchildren will be 21, 18, 12, and 8.   … Continue reading →

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‘Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house…’

Posted on December 26, 2016 by barbaraehardy

What a nice holiday we had this year!   Yes, I miss seeing children, grands, but given the distances away they all are, and the decades since I’ve had them all together, well…one adapts.  And one finds new traditions to celebrate the milestones … Continue reading →

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That party time of year

Posted on December 23, 2016 by barbaraehardy

And our park loves a party!   Last night a small group of us gathered to sing Christmas Carols up and down the street.   We concentrated on the shut-ins, who seemed touched, so that made it especially nice.   First, a few … Continue reading →

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All right..where have my lips gone???

Posted on December 15, 2016 by barbaraehardy

I have lips, yes, but they are not the lips of my youth.  I noticed this the other day when (for a change) I decided to apply lipstick.  My lips were never those fat ones people now try to emulate with … Continue reading →

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Florida flora

Posted on December 11, 2016 by barbaraehardy

Gardening has been my passion for decades, and I’ve dabbled in it a bit down here in Florida.   How different it is living in a semi-tropical zone!   I’m now growing orchids!  Outdoors!   This is very exciting to me.   I had … Continue reading →

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Hospital waiting rooms

Posted on December 8, 2016 by barbaraehardy

Three days ago I wrote, “Every death is every death.”   Today my thought is, ‘Every hospital waiting room is every hospital waiting room.”      I thought that all the long hours I sat at Blake Hospital waiting….for Don to go into … Continue reading →

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Death in the neighborhood

Posted on December 5, 2016 by barbaraehardy

 I see thy soul shake off its earthly load, Spring into life, immortal, half a god….. ~Ophelia, “To the Memory of a deceased Friend,” The Gentleman’s Magazine, June 1751 A neighbor died a couple of days ago;  another a couple … Continue reading →

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