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August 24th-31st: Angels in my house

The final days of August have been hectic, and I’ve been scrambling to keep up.  It’s been tougher than usual because the bug I’ve been fighting is the Rocky of sick bugs:  He WON’T GIVE UP!!!  Just when I think I’ve beaten him down he rallies  and hits me with cough spasms to the chest, [...]

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August 23rd: Old Women Laughing

The door from the garage to the entry has been moved over about five inches to make room for the chair lift that’s coming next week.  My mother-in-law arrived this afternoon for what we hope will be an extended stay.  Both our mothers are under one roof and tonight they sat together and laughed at [...]

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August 17th-August 22nd: In and Out

This week I didn’t write daily blogs about my Mission To Be Happy because I was “in and out” all week long.  By that I mean I wasn’t exactly coherent that much of the week…just enough to fill some obligations and then it was back in the sack with remedies galore.  The few M2B:) moments [...]

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August 16th: Woozy

Today I am woozy.  This bug is a tough little guy.  Kept me in bed til 2pm.  I tried coughing him out, but he’s still there.   All the therapies I’m taking may be helping, but I don’t see much improvement.  It’s sort of like the claim of the stimulus package…things aren’t better but OH, IT [...]

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August 15th: I fought the bug and the bug won

I am sick.  In bed all day long, sick as a dog (though I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a really sick dog.  If I did, and the dog could speak, I believe the dog would say, “I’m sick as a songwriter”)   During my moments of waking, and between coughs and sneezes, I’ve found myself [...]

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August 14th: Beauty

This was a day of beauty.  It began early at the wedding of my nephew and his beautiful bride.  Strikingly beautiful, really.  Fairytale like loveliness.  And a beautiful ceremony.  Although I didn’t really know David’s bride very well, it became clear this morning that her beauty runs deep.
And speaking of beauty running deep, I got [...]

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August 13th: Video

I saw a video of Bucky dancing that my son-in-law sent me.
To see the video, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?video%2Fvideo.php&v=418844759901&mid=2d006e2G5af31649da49Gaee2d1G1d&n_m=mcleanmusic%40mac.com
Sure made me smile.   What do you think?

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August 12th: Petroglyphs

This was unexpected.  Our friends from Washington State, the Jacksons, kidnapped us and took us to Nine Mine Canyon to look at the Freemont Indians rock art (the petroglyphs), carved on the sides of rocks about 800 years ago…or maybe even longer.  To get down to Nine Mile Canyon we took a very scenic route [...]

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August 11th: The duet

My friend Micah Gogan got married today and Lynne and I were invited to attend the ceremony and the reception.   Between the marriage and the party Lynne and I ran a few errands in the city and got a call from Micah’s dad, asking if Lynne and I would be willing to sing a song [...]

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August 10th: Cool Cousins

I got a call from my cousin Kathleen Judd from Kanab.  She’s my dad’s brother’s oldest daughter and I’ve always loved her and her sisters, but even more so as we get older.  Her dad, my Uncle Gilbert, is ninety.  She’s coming up to see him next week, possibly for the last time, and wanted [...]

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