isn't it funny how certain smells can have a strong effect in evoking distant memories?.
i was reminded of this when i just opened my desk drawer.
a little earlier today i bought a local newspaper (which is unusual for me) and didn't have time to read it so i stuck it in the drawer.
Freshly mown grass and wood burning in a pot belly stove....... Waking up to the smell of bacon cooking and coffee perking... and then later in the day we'd pick blueberries, and mom would bake a pie... the smells of summers in Vermont on the top of a mountain in a two hundred year old farmhouse... heaven.
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i graduated from high school in 1984!
class of 84 rocked!
1984 graduate.
1969
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it really struck me last night that my dad is pretty much gone.
he has advanced alzheimers, and is slowly dying of kidney failure from 40 years of diabetes.
the family stepped in and said no to dialysis, because it would be 5 hours per day 3 days per week - minimum, for limited return on quality of life.
(((((((Brenda)))))))))
I'm sooooo sorry.... I know exactly how you feel...My dad died of kidney failure. Like your dad, I lost him long before he actually died... The drs. said that there was so much poison in his system that it was destroying brain cells. He had been an architect and engineer...a briliant man, but was reduced to a shadow of what he had been. He died believing he would wake up in paradise... Near the end he started refusing treatments...and it wasn't long....less than a week. Wish there was something that could be done....
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i am somewhat taken back.
after 10 years of my sister refusing to tell me where she lived, i got a message on my answering machine from my brother ( who i haven't talked to in years ) saying that ma has moved in with my sister and gave me the adress.
wow, i am honored!
So sorry to hear that. Go see her...not for your siblings...but for yourself...and your mom.
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I read it about a year ago. It's a fun read, but mostly fiction. The History channel (or it could have been Discovery channel...it's been about a month since it aired) did a story on it. They followed up on of the groups listed...pretty much debunked the Priory of Sion... They did a good job of coverning both sides...so it was a pretty balanced presentation.
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thought it might be interesting to list some names from our jw association.... maybe someone on the forum knows or knew them... maybe catch up... i've been out since the early 90s... and have no idea where these people are now.
i'll start with a few.. i've been in congregations in new england, california and florida... so here goes.... hyde park ma.... earl durst... harkins family... dekofski family... mills family...lennox family.... evenson family (from the early 60s) al rubin, john gonzales.
sharon ma baltazar family... colmanaro family... .
I see Mabel Luscombe once in a while. She doesn't shun me.... My best friend is married to her son Brad. (one of the twins)
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thought it might be interesting to list some names from our jw association.... maybe someone on the forum knows or knew them... maybe catch up... i've been out since the early 90s... and have no idea where these people are now.
i'll start with a few.. i've been in congregations in new england, california and florida... so here goes.... hyde park ma.... earl durst... harkins family... dekofski family... mills family...lennox family.... evenson family (from the early 60s) al rubin, john gonzales.
sharon ma baltazar family... colmanaro family... .
Hi stopthepain,
I live the south shore now... Did you know the Luscombes from Weymouth? Or Brighams, Corcums, Bob Carter... Cushmans?
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nothing quite like a really strong cup of coffee, eh?.
can probably recycle the grounds...twice.. .
Ummm...yes..... Did someone call my name?!!!!
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thought it might be interesting to list some names from our jw association.... maybe someone on the forum knows or knew them... maybe catch up... i've been out since the early 90s... and have no idea where these people are now.
i'll start with a few.. i've been in congregations in new england, california and florida... so here goes.... hyde park ma.... earl durst... harkins family... dekofski family... mills family...lennox family.... evenson family (from the early 60s) al rubin, john gonzales.
sharon ma baltazar family... colmanaro family... .
Buster, you were thinking about Steve Wambolt. He married Karen Baltazar... divorced long ago. Steve is related by marriage to Karen Luscombe, my best friend (formerly Erlandson)
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just found out...details sketchy...happened last night..will tell you more as i find out...shes home alone
((((((Crumpet))))))) So sorry.... hope it heals really fast!!!!
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