Beauty

[geezerette]

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@geezerette

So I just found this out shortly before our trip.  Not only was Nagasaki the site of our atomic bombing, but in the 1600's it was the site of Christian persecution to the nth degree.  Martin Scorcese directed the movie "Silence" based on the book by Shusaku Endo about the purging of Christianity in Japan.  So interesting.  But today we are able to enter the country freely without any fear and the same goes for Japanese coming to the USA.  We cannot let our past determine our future.  We cannot be slaves & victims to the past.  We must work & live together in peace.

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@Oshare-girl

History is complicated.  That's what makes it so interesting.  Everyone has done something to somebody at one time or another and it's about time we stopped trying to keep score.

I don't know how we manage to have time for so many grievances and still manage to get the laundry done.  Am I supposed to hold a grudge against the Lombards for something they did in the 6th Century?  I suspect I have Lombard DNA so what am I to do?  Slap myself every morning before I make my tea?

I don't like the trend to rewrite history.  Time to stop editing the past.

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Exactly.  I hate that people seem to be trying to judge yesterday by today’s standards.  Things must be looked at in context, I believe.

What are people 200 years from now going to say about us?  That is, if humans are still around 200 years from now...

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@geezerette

They'll be here.  You know, the hunchback, big-thumbed creatures that evolved from all that texting.

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😂

I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you a couple of months ago.  But my love-hate relationship with all this digital cr*p is leaning more towards love, or at least like.  As long as everything works like it’s supposed to, that is.  Without the ability to text with friends these last few weeks, I would have been lost.  Even coming in here has helped immensely.  I can vent, or I can forget.  That and the television have have been invaluable.

However, I’m not ready for a computer chip implant quite yet.🤭

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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I think when you have a life altering experience of any kind, you rethink your priorities.  Sometimes our daily life rituals seem so silly and meaningless in the larger context.  @just bee, my OG sounds very much like your BH.  If my situation had been reversed, the OG would have grabbed the cash and flown out the door as soon as the ink was dry on my death certificate.  

I’m just the opposite.  But as I look through things and rearrange others, I’m being reminded daily of the original purpose of this thread.  Just how much stuff do we need for everyday life?  And when it comes down to it, what does it mean to us?  I find what I’m saving is not what others think I would.  I’m not overly emotionally attached to the OG’s tractors, for instance, although I will miss seeing him in them out in the fields.  No, what means the most to me are all the little things of his everyday life.  The last book he was reading, his glasses, even his blood sugar monitor and readings sheet. Because to me, that was our life together.  Simple, mundane, boring.  Oh, I’ll remember the big things—the trips, the occasions.  But I’ll miss the little things.

My view was never what the home looked like or what was in it.  It was who was with you and your time with that/those person/people that made your life complete.

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@geezerette

I'm convinced this is the reason BH wants me to address "the stuff" ASAP.  He doesn't want his departure from NM delayed in any way.

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@just bee

Does he have a destination in mind?  The OG would have gone to New Zealand on the first available flight.

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you a couple of months ago.  But my love-hate relationship with all this digital cr*p is leaning more towards love, or at least like.  As long as everything works like it’s supposed to, that is.  Without the ability to text with friends these last few weeks, I would have been lost.  Even coming in here has helped immensely.  I can vent, or I can forget.  That and the television have have been invaluable.

However, I’m not ready for a computer chip implant quite yet.🤭

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@geezerette

Not to worry.  We have at least a year before that happens.

Many of my patients are convinced they already have one.

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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I think when you have a life altering experience of any kind, you rethink your priorities.  Sometimes our daily life rituals seem so silly and meaningless in the larger context.  @just bee, my OG sounds very much like your BH.  If my situation had been reversed, the OG would have grabbed the cash and flown out the door as soon as the ink was dry on my death certificate.  

I’m just the opposite.  But as I look through things and rearrange others, I’m being reminded daily of the original purpose of this thread.  Just how much stuff do we need for everyday life?  And when it comes down to it, what does it mean to us?  I find what I’m saving is not what others think I would.  I’m not overly emotionally attached to the OG’s tractors, for instance, although I will miss seeing him in them out in the fields.  No, what means the most to me are all the little things of his everyday life.  The last book he was reading, his glasses, even his blood sugar monitor and readings sheet. Because to me, that was our life together.  Simple, mundane, boring.  Oh, I’ll remember the big things—the trips, the occasions.  But I’ll miss the little things.

My view was never what the home looked like or what was in it.  It was who was with you and your time with that/those person/people that made your life complete.

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@geezerette

I'm convinced this is the reason BH wants me to address "the stuff" ASAP.  He doesn't want his departure from NM delayed in any way.

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@just bee

Does he have a destination in mind?  The OG would have gone to New Zealand on the first available flight.

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@geezerette

Oh, h_ll, I'd be on that flight, too, but NZ has standards.  I doubt I'd meet their requirements.

Ever see Top of the Lake?

My list of places to visit gets shorter every day, but Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania remain on the list.

And Wyoming.

Yesterday in the conference one of the speakers asked people to envision their perfect place.  Everyone in the room described a beach and sunny skies.  I was the only one who pictured mountains, overcast skies and a cool breeze.

I think it was Wyoming.

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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I think when you have a life altering experience of any kind, you rethink your priorities.  Sometimes our daily life rituals seem so silly and meaningless in the larger context.  @just bee, my OG sounds very much like your BH.  If my situation had been reversed, the OG would have grabbed the cash and flown out the door as soon as the ink was dry on my death certificate.  

I’m just the opposite.  But as I look through things and rearrange others, I’m being reminded daily of the original purpose of this thread.  Just how much stuff do we need for everyday life?  And when it comes down to it, what does it mean to us?  I find what I’m saving is not what others think I would.  I’m not overly emotionally attached to the OG’s tractors, for instance, although I will miss seeing him in them out in the fields.  No, what means the most to me are all the little things of his everyday life.  The last book he was reading, his glasses, even his blood sugar monitor and readings sheet. Because to me, that was our life together.  Simple, mundane, boring.  Oh, I’ll remember the big things—the trips, the occasions.  But I’ll miss the little things.

My view was never what the home looked like or what was in it.  It was who was with you and your time with that/those person/people that made your life complete.

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@geezerette

I'm convinced this is the reason BH wants me to address "the stuff" ASAP.  He doesn't want his departure from NM delayed in any way.

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@just bee

Does he have a destination in mind?  The OG would have gone to New Zealand on the first available flight.

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@geezerette

Oh, h_ll, I'd be on that flight, too, but NZ has standards.  I doubt I'd meet their requirements.

Ever see Top of the Lake?

My list of places to visit gets shorter every day, but Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania remain on the list.

And Wyoming.

Yesterday in the conference one of the speakers asked people to envision their perfect place.  Everyone in the room described a beach and sunny skies.  I was the only one who pictured mountains, overcast skies and a cool breeze.

I think it was Wyoming.

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@just bee

😄

That’s what I always kept telling the OG.

I’m with you.  Forget the beach, too much humidity.  I don’t like it hot—anything over 75 and I start to wilt.  I prefer mountains, but mostly to look at since I can’t take the altitude.  6,000 ft. is about my limit.  I love the snow because the air gets so clean, but I’d need somebody else to shovel now.  

I’m not picky, as long as I get it all my own way.

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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I think when you have a life altering experience of any kind, you rethink your priorities.  Sometimes our daily life rituals seem so silly and meaningless in the larger context.  @just bee, my OG sounds very much like your BH.  If my situation had been reversed, the OG would have grabbed the cash and flown out the door as soon as the ink was dry on my death certificate.  

I’m just the opposite.  But as I look through things and rearrange others, I’m being reminded daily of the original purpose of this thread.  Just how much stuff do we need for everyday life?  And when it comes down to it, what does it mean to us?  I find what I’m saving is not what others think I would.  I’m not overly emotionally attached to the OG’s tractors, for instance, although I will miss seeing him in them out in the fields.  No, what means the most to me are all the little things of his everyday life.  The last book he was reading, his glasses, even his blood sugar monitor and readings sheet. Because to me, that was our life together.  Simple, mundane, boring.  Oh, I’ll remember the big things—the trips, the occasions.  But I’ll miss the little things.

My view was never what the home looked like or what was in it.  It was who was with you and your time with that/those person/people that made your life complete.

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@geezerette

I'm convinced this is the reason BH wants me to address "the stuff" ASAP.  He doesn't want his departure from NM delayed in any way.

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@just bee

Does he have a destination in mind?  The OG would have gone to New Zealand on the first available flight.

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@geezerette

Oh, h_ll, I'd be on that flight, too, but NZ has standards.  I doubt I'd meet their requirements.

Ever see Top of the Lake?

My list of places to visit gets shorter every day, but Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania remain on the list.

And Wyoming.

Yesterday in the conference one of the speakers asked people to envision their perfect place.  Everyone in the room described a beach and sunny skies.  I was the only one who pictured mountains, overcast skies and a cool breeze.

I think it was Wyoming.

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@just bee

😄

That’s what I always kept telling the OG.

I’m with you.  Forget the beach, too much humidity.  I don’t like it hot—anything over 75 and I start to wilt.  I prefer mountains, but mostly to look at since I can’t take the altitude.  6,000 ft. is about my limit.  I love the snow because the air gets so clean, but I’d need somebody else to shovel now.  

I’m not picky, as long as I get it all my own way.

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@geezerette

The older I get the more I think I want a home.  Home on the range. 

Where the deer and the antelope play. 

But I do want some clouds.  My happy temperature is around 66 degrees.

I have to have mountains because of my poor sense of direction.  I need large landmarks to tell me where I am.

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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I think when you have a life altering experience of any kind, you rethink your priorities.  Sometimes our daily life rituals seem so silly and meaningless in the larger context.  @just bee, my OG sounds very much like your BH.  If my situation had been reversed, the OG would have grabbed the cash and flown out the door as soon as the ink was dry on my death certificate.  

I’m just the opposite.  But as I look through things and rearrange others, I’m being reminded daily of the original purpose of this thread.  Just how much stuff do we need for everyday life?  And when it comes down to it, what does it mean to us?  I find what I’m saving is not what others think I would.  I’m not overly emotionally attached to the OG’s tractors, for instance, although I will miss seeing him in them out in the fields.  No, what means the most to me are all the little things of his everyday life.  The last book he was reading, his glasses, even his blood sugar monitor and readings sheet. Because to me, that was our life together.  Simple, mundane, boring.  Oh, I’ll remember the big things—the trips, the occasions.  But I’ll miss the little things.

My view was never what the home looked like or what was in it.  It was who was with you and your time with that/those person/people that made your life complete.

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@geezerette

I'm convinced this is the reason BH wants me to address "the stuff" ASAP.  He doesn't want his departure from NM delayed in any way.

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@just bee

Does he have a destination in mind?  The OG would have gone to New Zealand on the first available flight.

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@geezerette

Oh, h_ll, I'd be on that flight, too, but NZ has standards.  I doubt I'd meet their requirements.

Ever see Top of the Lake?

My list of places to visit gets shorter every day, but Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania remain on the list.

And Wyoming.

Yesterday in the conference one of the speakers asked people to envision their perfect place.  Everyone in the room described a beach and sunny skies.  I was the only one who pictured mountains, overcast skies and a cool breeze.

I think it was Wyoming.

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@just bee

😄

That’s what I always kept telling the OG.

I’m with you.  Forget the beach, too much humidity.  I don’t like it hot—anything over 75 and I start to wilt.  I prefer mountains, but mostly to look at since I can’t take the altitude.  6,000 ft. is about my limit.  I love the snow because the air gets so clean, but I’d need somebody else to shovel now.  

I’m not picky, as long as I get it all my own way.

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@geezerette

The older I get the more I think I want a home.  Home on the range. 

Where the deer and the antelope play. 

But I do want some clouds.  My happy temperature is around 66 degrees.

I have to have mountains because of my poor sense of direction.  I need large landmarks to tell me where I am.

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@just bee

Definitely on the same track.  I always have thought that a place I can wear a sweater and pants year-round was my ideal.  Oh, with no mosquitos, flies or ticks either.  Um, add fleas too.  

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette

The older I get the more I think I want a home.  Home on the range. 

Where the deer and the antelope play. 

But I do want some clouds.  My happy temperature is around 66 degrees.

I have to have mountains because of my poor sense of direction.  I need large landmarks to tell me where I am.

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@just bee

Definitely on the same track.  I always have thought that a place I can wear a sweater and pants year-round was my ideal.  Oh, with no mosquitos, flies or ticks either.  Um, add fleas too.  

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@geezerette

My old college town was near the coast and there was rain and fog and temps in the 60s.  The only problem is that it's in California and I don't see myself ever going back there -- even to visit.

I have to remember the downside: Mildew and flea infestation.  Fleas don't like it dry.  Bonus point for New Mexico.  No flea problem.

I need to get off the stick and take Ichiban and BH on a road trip to Wyoming.  I spent decades fantasizing about life in New England and then I went to New England.  I still have a soft spot for Boston, but was mortified to discover that Maine was weird.  I always thought I'd live there.

I suspect I'll go to Wyoming and discover it's not what I expected.  Or I'll be eaten by a bear.

And now I have to get this dog out before the winds get worse and the Sandias disappear behind a curtain of sand.  I need to get sandblasted every now and then.  Keeps the tartar at bay.

[geezerette]

And I just remembered why I suddenly have all this time to be in here gabbing this morning—I forgot to do my exercises.🤭

But first, I do need to take a moment to gloat a tiny little bit.  Once in a blue moon my timing is perfect.  I bought a new Clarisonic a few weeks ago when it was the TSV.  I thought I only needed the brushes, but the deal was so good I got the machine too.  I have been using it since I received it.  Just last night I brought out the old one just to use it once in a while.  Hah!  The switch was broken.  I pulled out the rubber topping, and underneath, sure enough, the on/off switch was broken off.  

For once, I didn’t have to feel guilty about buying something I thought I didn’t need.😌

Now, off to the Pilates machine...😅

[hellokitty]

I've had my Clarisonic about 10 years now and if something happened to it I would not hesitate to buy a replacement!