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we adopted a heeler pup--I believe they are the longest lived breed--3 years ago. I was 66 at the time. Hubby is 8 years older than me. Didn't stop us. But I did tell myself the heeler is going to be my last dog.

I miss him, too.

@dolmansaxlil I saw tons of stuff that looked fabulous on the site. I’m still skipping spicy foods for now, but I was sorely tempted to order something! Let us know what you think of their stuff, if you end up ordering something.

Then there's this story of a journalist, US citizen, and his border crossing experience. Scary as hell. https://archive.is/1V8pk

@Bernard said in Happy World Piano Day!: But I can manage quite well right now without a cello teacher because I know what has to be done, but the climb is slow and steady. That's great! Also, my main focus is on piano right now. Also great! I heard this piece "Les larmes de Jacqueline" by Offenbach last month and went looking for the music. Just listened, what a gorgeous piece!!! Wow! I can see why you would want to play it! The best I could find was a transcription for harmonica and harp written in G clef, but I downloaded it and am in the process of writing it out in F clef and C clef (where necessary) because that's what I'm most comfortable reading for cello. A good exercise in vibrato. "transcription for harmonica" is not something I expected to exist!

This was in yesterday's Telegraph https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-your-money/20250329/281663965814049

@Steve-Miller Sounds like fun! Your post title made me go searching for performances by my favorite pairs couple, the Protopopovs. I know, I know, I'm old. The Protopopovs dominated pairs skating in the 1960s. I found this video of them performing in 2013. Oleg was 81 at the time and Lyudmila was 78. Link to video

Imagine it. 5 year olds in tiny chains scrubbing the floors in the Florida capitol building. The MAGTs rejoiced!

@Piano-Dad I’m on BlueSky, too.

@wtg said in Mr Booker goes to Washington: “My challenge was, was that my strategy was to stop eating, I think I stopped eating on Friday, and then to stop drinking the night before I started on Monday, and that had its benefits and it had its really downsides.” Oh my!! I had no idea! How did he stay standing up that whole time,wow!!!

The town of Jerome was named after the Jerome family, and our own Grotriman is a direct descendant (it's his first name).

@Bernard I had that exact Underwood typewriter. I gave it to a friend when I moved away from NYC. I have two other typewriters still--a Smith Corona 1962 manual with a jeweled escarpment that I wrote my first magazine articles on in the 1980s. And a Smith-Corona electric that my uncle gave me when I graduated from high school. Both are portables. The manual typewriter came to me when I lived in the wilderness and didn't have any electricity. My supervisor brought it up to me by mule. I'll never let go of that one. I once read an essay by the author of "Bel Canto" that finding her old manual typewriter was like finding the axe that she used to build the house she lived in. Very much how I feel about mine.

I would make it at home, but our Costco carries a local restaurant's version that is excellent. https://pitainn.com/products/ Bonus points, too. If you buy a container of the hummus at Costco and bring your Costco receipt into one of their restaurants, you get six of their fabulous falafel at no charge. Pita Inn's hot sauce is delicious, too.

Stavridis talks Greenland. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vance-s-comments-in-signal-chat-deteriorating-relationship-with-europe-stavridis/vi-AA1BWKOj?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=fbe4af05be3943d198fbf4e506bbc562&ei=42

Boston baked beans with Boston brown bread. Beans are scratch made; the bread came out of a can - as the good lord intended! [image: 1743268690099-b15e0cb3-e02d-4905-97c5-38f94310182c-image.jpeg]

Gmail ... https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security

That's even scarier than the people climbing the tower!!

At least Trump(CF) is truly elected. We had Liz Truss and Rich Sunak foisted on us

Well, seeing as searching phones is now a thing, maybe it's just safer all the way around to not carry a phone.

[image: 1743296455834-img_1284.jpeg] Biscuit, just before she joined our family. We bought her an IKEA bed like this one at the shelter. She sat on it just ONCE. [image: 1743296604058-img_1285.jpeg]