Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

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  • Learning this phone

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    I spent some time reading what this phone can do.  I’m beginning to grasp the range.  And the first conclusion I’ve come to is that I can and should get my own domain.  WordPress seems to be the best, but I don’t really know what a domain is.  My soon not be a ‘teenage’ computer…

  • Where you find it

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    I furthered my education today by watching ‘Antiques Roadshow’.  Sort of.  There wasn’t much else on and Netflix is on the blink for two days.  The location and people interest me.  And what they’ve chosen to bring.  Often, it’s an item that a relative gave them or they inherited.  When they get their appraisal, generally,…

  • Rainwater Catchment complete!

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    This is pretty big and great.  Six years ago a member of our large live/work non-profit began the process of applying for and getting a grant to construct a system that catches rainwater in three locations, purifies it in a large cistern and distributes it to our garden and neighbors.  Any overflow runs into the…

  • Miracles do happen

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    Today Paul and Edith showed up with a new keyboard that connects to my new telephone.  It would be impossible to write at length on the mini phone keyboard.  At the same time Nick came.  He is a young computer genius and he connected everything.  Yes, to me it was a miracle. Last night I…

  • Libras

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    The zodiac sign Libra translates to the scales. Not an animal as in other signs. That would indicate that Libras are ‘balanced’. What is balanced? Add a feather and the scale tips to one side. My mother was an early believer in Planned Parenthood. Both my sisters are Virgos. My fetus decided to remain in…

  • PBS Commentators

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    I’m not sure why I find Rick Steves OK and conversely Lucy Worsley irritating? They both cover topics I’m interested in. Steves-travel and Worsley-history. Alright, I wasn’t that interested in Steves’ coverage of Berlin. Usually, he has an amiable, approachable, down-to-earth style. His stylists always have him in lavender or blue shirts which compliment his…

  • Cezanne et moi

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    I’ll make a deal with my iPad. I’ll figure out how to use accents over vowels if the iPad stops messing with my spelling. For example, I just wrote peut (French for first person ‘could’) and my computer turned it into Pete. So, Cezanne doesn’t have an accent over the first ‘e’. You know who…

  • Out of Africa

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    I just watched this 1985 movie since when it was first released. I loved it. For the beautiful photography, Meryl Streep is no acting slouch, Robert Redford is ideal as the free spirited adventurer and the script’s concern for native people. That is 41 years old. The costumes and setting details are perfect. I’m a…

  • Clean everything

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    Big laundry, including the sofa cover, throw pillow cases, new honey, fresh spinach, what’s left? All my socks too. Those are important because they cushion my feet in the one pair of shoes I depend upon. I can’t seem to get rid of all the pretty shoes that no longer work. They were worn with…

  • Doctor hits patient in the eye

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    That’s not true. That is what the ophthalmologist suggested I tell people to explain my black eye. For real. He said that, to be humorous? Whatever, I do have a black eye now that the bandage has been removed. And what a relief. (No Bandage). While waiting in the exam room, there was a small…