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Apr 2Liked by The Word Herder

Rightio! Check your email.... I want some cartoon books please!

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Comin' right up! I'll go to the bibioteca manana and send 'em. ^_^

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Apr 2Liked by The Word Herder

Great idea!! Good luck Jaan!! You'll be very good at proofreading ❤️

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Fangks! I like doing it.

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I hope you are finding some peace. There's no sense beating your head against a brick wall. A person can only do so much. I think getting the hell outta that town sounds like not a bad idea. I hope you can somehow build up some money reserve. Say goodbye while you can, if you can before it's too late? Killing yourself trying to do the impossible is no help to anybody.

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Sorry I can't help.. Due to the incompetence of my mail delivery along with the soul-dead nature of Mass Health employees, I've been cut off from Mass Health and received a notice t will (have) received a check from Social Security this month close to $400 less than I'm supposed to get. Did you know that health care is free in Russia? No insurance necessary. No wonder our gov't hates them - they're a bad influence! I love Masson too. I believe I read Beasts a long time ago - maybe I should re-read. My favorite book of his - of those I've read - is When Elephants Weep - truly beautiful!. I'm reading Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know by Gregory Wrightstone. It's basically Climate Change 101, meaning it's totally on my level of comprehension. Fascinating, interesting and hard to put down. I've been getting into discussions with my niece whose totally bought into the story, my older age and putative wisdom led me to believe otherwise. You know my words to live by are "If Uncle Sam's mouth is moving it means he's lying." I love the editing idea for you though. I imagine there's a real need for that. What I've been thinking (but not doing) about is the audible stuff, don't they need readers for that? Where would one apply? That's something that's also "up your alley". What helps me de-stress sometimes is talking to tree fairies. I bet you didn't know that fairies live in trees did you? Well, where did you think they live.? Sometimes when you see a face or a shape in the bark of a tree it means a fairy, sometimes a troll lives there. I talk to Her (that's the inclusive her I'm using) , tell her my problems, ask for her thoughts, compassion, help, thank her and move on. Of course, since I don't have a house with a yard or even a a large plant (I used to have one but my cat thought it was his second litter box) I talk to them in my head and assume they can hear my thoughts. I hope I'm not wrong. I could, alternatively, take out my cell phone and people will just think I'm having a conversation with someone named Tree Fairy. My other suggestion is that you light one purple and one gold candle next Thursday, April 11 (there's your 11). Write a note to the universe thanking her for her generosity in bringing to you (whatever you ask for. Thursday is Jupiter's day and on the 11th the Moon will be in Taurus, the sign of abundance. What could be a better time to let the Universe know what to manifest for you. Put the note under the candles (they can be votive candles), light them and give your thanks. And don't dismiss it! The candle spell has worked amazingly for me on more than one occasion. You shouldn't use it to wish for bad for anyone But I wonder....a wish for the members of the WEF and their supporters - including the pols they've bought to find a way to emigrate and settle on Mars where they should be much happier. With the lack of plant life, they won't have to spend anymore sleepless nights worrying about carbon. Mars probably doesn't have any. Then they can be happy and we can be happy that they're there and not here. A double win!

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P.S: Sorry. I didn't realize I had gone on so long.

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No problem!!! It's not even PAPER, so you can go on and on til you're tired.

LOVE YOU!!! Maybe today I can get on the horn at the right time...

I will try. Gotta run do my errands soon...

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I love this. ^

I'll be looking for tree fairies now. I do have two trees that I hug and give/take love to/from them, they're my Tree Pals. Heh, heh, yep, I'm a tree hugger, lol. I like the candle idea, and will have a little ceremony on the 11th. Why not, right? I love candles anyway.

I've long thought about reading for the blind... I'd forgotten, so maybe I'll start looking into that.

I wonder how these EVIL slimebags can just cut your Soc Sec... it's YOUR MONEY, but then my wages are MY MONEY, and the IRS is cutting my refund almost in half-- after STEALING IT out of my paychecks, since we have NEVER HAD ANY INCOME TAX RATIFIED!!!!!!!! I'm so fed up with this shit I could scream. Maybe I will scream. maybe once I've received whatever tiny little amount they send me, I'll call them up and SCREAM into the phone. Fuckers.

Ah, well, I missed our time for chat today, I had to run errands and then took a long walk down on the waterfront, which was very good.

S'funny but I fee strangely happy, and yesterday, too. If I could just have a doggie, I think I could be just fine, plus maybe a place to live where I can't be evicted, and maybe a bit of chocolate here and there, and once in a while, waffles... ;)

Love you Dubblette, I will try for tomorrow, or sometime this week, but PLEASE, always feel free to call me... If I donut answer I am still sawing dog logs... ha ha. Arf! xo xo

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Perhaps the "yolk" has been lifted.

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uuhhh?

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Apr 3Liked by The Word Herder

You're free

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Ahhhh. lol I think you mean "yoke." LOL I love it.

Thanks, DH xo

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Apr 3Liked by The Word Herder

Yes. I need an edit.

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I LOVE typos. Truly. And so now I love you, too. ^_^

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You did notice my PROOFREADING service? LOLOL xo xo

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Oh, I just made a connection! Thanks for the bucks, D. ^_^

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Right after I read that, a deer friend went bouncing across my yard... ^_^

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