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Embarrassing Silence

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 A year has slipped by. 🙀 Update on animals....Two Rhode Island Red hens have survived and they now have a wonderful coop, half in the shed and half in a very secure run. They still have ratty pals.  Pippi finally passed on the 5th of July. Now Abby has turned 14 (maybe) and sleeps a lot. The vet thinks she has breast cancer. She is still wagging her tail and getting into garbage. The very wet spring weather has reduced the visits to dog park. Also she seems to have some sciatica and getting into the car is more difficult. I had two winter trips. One to my favorite house in Mazama (Methow Valley). That was cross-country skiing. Three weeks later a group of 5 gals rented a house in Leavenworth. Oh what fun! We did a day of snow-shoeing but it was a semi-disaster for me. Somehow I kept tripping and falling. I gave up and opted for a little cafe with great coffee and scones! The best thing in the past year was my college gang celebrating our 80th at Vassar, in October. I paired ...