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1. Love walking around downtown areas where you see simple sights like the one pictured.
2. Grateful that my passion for picturing making is starting to come to the front of my consciousness after a long stretch of situational depression that is finally receding.
3. Learned that my nearly year long intermittent dizziness is not from vertigo but rather from Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. OTC allergy med and non steroid nose spray to the rescue.
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1. The smell of honeysuckle when we drive up the road just past our house.
2. Love reading other people’s #ThreeGoodThings lists each day. It’s a great way to remain positive and to be grateful in these stressful times (of my life).
3. Finished organizing my crafting area so that things are easier to find.

Bonus - my sweet heart cat. Where every day is Caturday around here. ❤️

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1. Met with an RN at a new gastroenterology office. Love that they are familiar with celiac disease (gluten allergy). Amazingly, not all GI docs are, hence why I am at a new office.
2. Glad the rains held off so that I could walk to and from the parking structure to the medical building (I missed the shuttle both ways this morning).
3. Little Lending Libraries are wonderful! The one in the photo is in Sault Ste Marie Michigan a couple years ago.

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1. A short video with the sounds of waves and a view of the Mackinac Bridge.
2. Daily photo memory feed.
3. Sunrises on the Great Lakes.

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Can’t seem to imbed the alt text to the video, so here it is:
Alt text: A video with the sound of waves and a view of the Mackinac Bridge at sunrise. The sky is clear and a muted purple blue with a tinge of orange at the horizon. An empty beach and clumps of grass are in the foreground.

1. Mostly succeeding in not letting someone else’s extremely bad behavior ruin my mental wellbeing.
2. Got into the house before a strong thunderstorm hit the Blue Ridge.
3. Blue sunsets on Lake Superior.

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Sad night tonight. But I can still be grateful.

1. Grateful that my brother is now at peace (he passed this evening after a month long illness)
2. My uncle and aunt were coming to town tomorrow, so doubly thankful for the timing.
3. So thankful for kind and considerate people who have helped us over the last couple weeks. Many had no idea what we were coping with which makes their kindness even more special.

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1. Got my mom to her doctor's appointment.

2. Made some iced green tea with citrus and honey.

3. It's the end of the month.

1. Halloween and seeing the kids at the door in their costumes!
2. Strawberry Dragonfruit Refresher at Dunkin Donuts.
3. No line at the pharmacy to refill Dad’s meds.

Bonus - the photo is from inside the Marquette County Courthouse in Michigan. Some scenes from Anatomy of a Murder (1959 starring Jimmy Stewart and Lee Remick) were filmed here.

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1. No cavities (a big deal in my world. I am the self proclaimed dental queen. No matter how well I take care of my teeth, I have so many issues, always have).
2. Good visit with the new orthopedic doc for my arthritic knees.
3. Fat Boy following me to put the trash out, wanting to take a walk (our cat who has many dog-like traits). If you look closely, you can see his sister through the glass of the front door.

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1. My daily frames in the filmstrip that I run through my head throughout the day has been a healing diversion for turbulent thoughts and emotions.
2. Autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
3. A trip to the candy store and finding my favorite jelly beans (pear!)

Bonus, though related to numbers 1 and 2 - this striking autumn scene at the Peaks of Otter Lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. The view is Sharp Top mountain and Abbott Lake. The light was fantabulous!

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Top 3 things today - my Dad. He turns 92 today! He’s lived longer than any of his ancestors in several generations. He’s having more trouble getting around and each day is a challenge, but we are thankful for each day.

I took this photo on this day in 2007. He’d come down to visit us in Wisconsin and he and I went out to make photographs at sunrise.

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1. The Blue Ridge Parkway gate near us has reopened after a year long paving project was finished.
2. Beautiful autumn day today with a temp of 60F/15.5C.
3. An immediate sense of peace as soon as I got out of the car and felt the wind on my face and the smell of autumn out here on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

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1. The colors in the UP were at their best — a gift I didn’t expect.
2. The woods in the Hiawatha Forest felt grounding and steady. It was home in my childhood and young adulthood.
3. On a trip shaped by loss, it helped to find a moment of quiet beauty.

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1. Thankful for my dad and husband.
2. Thankful for my health.
3. Thankful for the dog-like cat that insists on walking next to me whenever I go up the driveway towards the curb for any reason (mailbox, trash bins, etc)

Bonus in every sense of the word: thankful for all of you.

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Leftovers

Wine

Friends

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1) There was a talk at my local library about the history of transgender medicine in the USA. Given by a doctor who has a practice here.

2) My mom went. She said it was packed, standing room only.

3) Mom signed up to provide free temporary housing for trans people who travel from far away to get treatment at the clinic.

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P.S. If you want more details about the town, the library, or the clinic, feel free to DM me.

I'm heartbroken as my dad passed away late last night. But, after some thought, I can still find #3goodthings

1. Dad is at peace now and for that I am grateful.

2. I got to spend these last years with him under my roof, creating memories I’ll hold onto forever.

3. Love doesn’t end here—the love he gave continues to shape me, even in the hardest moments.

Bonus: I’m holding close the memory of our last real vacation together at what used to be my grandparent's cabin on Lake Superior — and this photo reminds me that even in grief, there is still beauty to look toward.

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1. I felt the weight today of realizing that when I lost my dad, I didn’t just lose a parent — I lost the one person in this family who always stood quietly but firmly in my corner.
2. Grief has a way of stripping things down to the truth. It shows you who reaches out, who disappears, and who your heart can no longer lean on. That clarity hurts… but it’s also strangely grounding.
3. In the middle of all this heartbreak, I’m discovering that the people who show up — the ones who check in, who simply see me — are the ones keeping me upright. Chosen support is turning out to be a lifeline.
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Turning the calendar page today was harder than I expected. That last month held the final days of my dad’s life, and letting it go felt like I was moving farther away from him.

This photo, Solitude at Sunset, helps. That’s my dad in the silhouette. I took this years ago, after Mom had already been gone for a while, and gave it to him for Father’s Day. Somehow it feels like it’s come back to me now — a quiet reminder that love doesn’t disappear just because time keeps moving.

And the third thing is that I did it anyway. I turned the page, even though it hurt, choosing to carry him with me instead of leaving him behind.

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1. The photo shows my boon companion and a welcome shadow as I begin to navigate life without Dad.

2. She really is the sweetest cat in the world — despite the slightly grumpy look she’s giving here.

3. Girlie gives me something tender to focus on, a small anchor to steady me as I move through my days.

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Je me lance dans le positivisme pour lutter contre la sinistrose...
hier :

J'ai passé du temps avec ma femme et on a meme pris le temps de faire un jeu de société.
Le chien a réussi à vaincre ses peurs et arrive à monter sur le canapé tout seul (oui, je sais que la plupart des personnes ayant un chien cherche désespérément à l'empêcher d'aller SUR le canapé...)
Il me reste plus que 4 domaines sur Gandi, j'ai bon espoir d'avoir fini avant la fin du mois !

1. It’s snowing here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and there’s still snow on the ground.

2. Thankful for an all-wheel drive to get through the snow to the closed gate to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

3. Though I couldn’t go further up the Parkway with the camera, I was happy with the view of the sign and the snow falling.

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on continue avec le positivisme !!

1) on a eu de la neige et ça a tenu l'après midi... j'aime voir la neige tomber et le monde du silence s'installer (j'aime moins quand il faut sortir ou que tout fond...).
Ça et des après-midi canapé, ça fait du bien 🙂
2) J'ai trouvé un moyen de débloquer la compta de l'asso en sortant toutes les factures de 2025 (toutes ? non, certaines font de la résistance, mais qu'est-ce que c'est que 320 sur 6700...)
3) j'ai monté rapidement un WordPress, et la seule difficulté était sur l'architecture avec reverse proxy : il fallait dire à WordPress que son URL est en HTTP pour qu'il ne renvoie pas toutes les requêtes qu'il voit arriver en clair vers le HTTPS.
Par contre, j'ai échoué avec DotClear : l'installation fonctionne correctement, mais pas moyen d'avoir le champ contenu pour créer une page ou un billet...

Bref un bon week-end (presque productif) 🙂

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1. Finally, my fifth attempt at a fully functional teapot was a success!! It pours beautifully and looks super cute. (photo attached)

2. Hosted my cousins from Pittsburgh overnight while they were on their way to Chicago. My daughter came in from Detroit for the mini family reunion. Everybody ate VERY well!

3. My dog was very charming throughout the visit and loved meeting new people (the cousins). They were smitten with her.

1. Managed to change the ink on our Brother laser printer despite being bamboozled by the wordless IKEA-style instructions. Who knew the drum was connected to each color cartridge? HP never prepared me for this madness.
2. Ventured out to a local garden and was greeted by the koi in the pond. They’re obviously used to being fed when a human appears. I had nothing to offer. I felt bad about because this little guy swam over quickly.
3. Again found a beautiful sunset photo from our vacation last year on Lake Superior. We were staying at a cabin once owned by my grandparents and it was the first time dad and I stayed overnight there in nearly 50 years.

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