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January 22, 2021

Beginning Again With Andy: Oh What a Beautiful Morning With An Inspiring Article From the New Yorker; Read It if You Dare: A Premiere of a Blog to Come; Incisive Defined; Photo of a Head-Saving Screen

During this hibernation period I sleep like a bear. Hours and hours and hours. It works wonders for the immune system, hence one of the best things a person can do for themselves. Type immune…

August 12, 2020

Emerging From My Cocoon; Not Pleased With Biden’s Choice of a Running Mate but Feeling Sanguine About It All; Amazing Statistics Strike Again Complete With World Map; Sanguine and Cocoon Defined

For some strange reason I have the feeling that I am emerging from a cocoon, I guess to be a butterfly, as that is what usually happens So far I have not sprouted wings –…

October 2, 2018

One or Two or Three Responses to my Plea for Connection; DDD to the Rescue; A Mug; My Beautiful Art 

I considered it an interesting experiment – who would respond to the plea for connection found in the  October 1, 2918 blog? Well, there is something to be said for quality and not quantity. Here…

August 7, 2018

In Honor of Gay Pride Weekend Jokes Sent by a Gay Man; A Text About the Weekend; A Fond Trump Memory; Followed by a Video of My New Hairdo 

So here in Vancouver it is Gay Pride Weekend which has been enlarged because it is a Civic Holiday. There are definitely wild and crazy times. How did I celebrate Gay Pride? I sent my…

August 2, 2018

What a Strange Morning (or the Advantages of Not Going to the Gym; Lively and Complementary Emails and Telephone Conversations; A Clean Apartment; Go Away from My Window; A Photo Shoot

What a Strange Morning (or the Advantages of Not Going to the Gym; Lively and Complementary Emails and Telephone Conversations; A Clean Apartment; Go Away from My Window; A Photo Shoot; A Flower Arrangement  I…

June 16, 2018

Unsolicited Advice; Hottie or Sir Richard; Mavis Gallant; T trashes T; Tapioca Pudding; ending with A Competition 

In the midst of a training session at the Equinox I received a test: He: Hello Alexis  Me: At the gym with Hottie  He: Enjoy yourself. You could probably go a step forward with the…

May 14, 2018

A Loser Book; A Wedding Dress; A Hot Dog on Mother’s Day and Some Actual Good Memories of Times Gone By 

So I am at Vancouver Public Library (one of my favorite places on earth) and I pick up a book Best Canadian Sports Writing. I leaf through it and I bloody well cannot believe it –…

April 19, 2018

Sir Richard’s New Career; My First Day as a Chaperone at the VAG; Sore Feet; Drinking Until Drooling and Then Something Serious

Wednesday found me home in Vancouver. Yippee and it actually was not raining. I threw on my 10 pound fur jacket purchased at the car boot sale in London, England and was off to meet…

April 8, 2018

Waking Up Sad, In Spite of Everything 

Sometimes I do not understand my psyche, I have taken to waking up sad – full of dread and emptiness. There is no reason for this. Things are going so well. I learned that I…

March 29, 2018

The Joys of Take Out; A Family Celebration; My Trumpiness; The Fate of the Umbrellas; Canada’s Most Dangerous City; A Text Exchange and Future Topics Including New Wedding Plans

New readers may not be aware of this salient fact BUT I always tell the truth and the things reported actually do happen to me. It is highly unlikely, occasionally improbable, but is reality. Truth…

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