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Well into September

On September 14, 2025September 14, 2025 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized1 Comment

The husband and I took a short trip to see a friend. We spent half of one day and half of the next day, walking around the town square, visiting shops, stopping for coffee and ice cream. As much as I dislike being in crowds, I do enjoy a downtown space where people are walking …

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Weeknotes: Talking to Spirits

On May 11, 2025May 12, 2025 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Picture taken at an Austin Seance event last October at the Haunt Happy Bookstore in Lockhart, Texas. I don't believe in ghosts, but I love them anyway. Doesn't make sense, I suppose, yet it's true. Humans believe a lot of things that make no sense, and I'm no different. In any event, it's Mother's Day …

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Weeknotes and Nurses Everywhere

On February 21, 2025 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized2 Comments

Mom died suddenly. She was there, and then she wasn't. An aortic aneurysm killed her at 45. Now Dad is 89. He's not sick and bedridden, but currently, because of a fall, he's in a skilled nursing center, and there are many things he loves to do that he is not doing. Perhaps Mom would've …

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