Yesterday during my walk, the neigh-bor horse thrust her muzzle over the top of her fence, inviting me in for a muzzle nuzzle. So, of course, I obliged. It felt sooo good to be in touch with a real live horse again. I miss my horse-y years. Last night, I had […]
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On Monday, March 18, Debbie drove Lisa, Helen and me to Auckland to visit the Kelly Tarleton/Auckland/SeaLife Aquarium and the Auckland Museum Both are relatively close to each other, so we decided to make a day of it. Our first stop was the aquarium, which was an awesome experience from the get go.
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Right now, I have a sick nine-year-old goat. I’m addressing his needs and he’s hanging in there. If he doesn’t survive, I will need to re-home the remaining goat — little nine-year-old Tillie — because no goat should ever be alone. And because I need to stop adopting animals at my age, I won’t be
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I took notes of our various doings as the days passed so I wouldn’t forget important facts/moments/anecdotes, but on the day we visited Hobbiton, my note to self was : “Too glorious to put into words right now! Got a Hobbiton mug cozy from Lisa and a Hobbiton Movie Set t-shirt for myself.” So,
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Because AI has put a major crimp in my earning capacity as a professional wordsmith, I’m segueing from copy, content, and features writing and editing to one-to-one virtual-teaching of public speaking to panicky presenters. In the future, I may turn it into a Udemy course so I can teach more than one-on-one, but for now,
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Directly across the street from the Ripple Hotel, where we stayed for two nights, was the Gondola Ride and Luge Slide, so we drove there and went up in the gondola with Helen and Deborah. Helen and Deb went back down in the gondola almost immediately (thinking they could catch us on film coming down
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OK, this is getting ridiculous. As of today, I am NOT listening to my body anymore, because all it has wanted to do is sleep for 10 days. Nearly everybody I know and love is down with something — not all of it COVID, thankfully! — and I have had the absolute fewest, least
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Before I continue on this journal of our time in New Zealand, I want to express how well cared for we were by Helen and Debbie. Helen spent long months deciding where we should go and what we should see during our available 12 days in New Zealand. Plus, for weeks before our arrival,
I don’t want to jinx this, but I’m on pins and needles. I’m on the cusp of landing a seven-month-long dream job: writing campaign ads for Democratic candidates and causes across the country. Yes, a paid job. I can’t imagine a more important position for a layperson to hold until Election Day — other than
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On Sunday, March 10th, Helen, Deborah, Lisa and I visited the Howick Historical Village, where (decades ago) Deb portrayed Maggie, an Irish immigrant to NZ, so she led our tour delightfully. Lisa and I put ourseves in “pillories” for photo ops. Debbie says a female ghost/apparition lives in one of the buildings, and that she
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