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July 7, 2023July 7, 2023 Cynthia Voelkl Food and Cooking, The Animals

Frozen broccoli and OMD

More places to write about on our recent official Mark Gerking Wander but I think I'm too tired today. In some ways that trip took it out of us. I guess because it was emotional as well as a tad tiring. Ernie's not feeling great today and that's not as common as it once was. … Continue reading Frozen broccoli and OMD

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March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Cynthia Voelkl Food and Cooking, The Animals, The House

Hattie, Buddhas, shelves and sauces

Oh good god, I just wrestled a wrapped up Hattie trying to clean her up and get her anal glands emptied, one of which has burst. I think this was the most disgusting episode yet. I actually gagged, right in poor Ernie's face as he was the one trying to hold her. I know she … Continue reading Hattie, Buddhas, shelves and sauces

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February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Cynthia Voelkl Cancer, General Life, My Sisters, The Animals, Wandering

February 2023

Think of this as a triptych entitled, "Mornings with Hattie." Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of my sister Judi's death. February. Oh, February. Groundhog Day would have been my parents' something or other wedding anniversary. Judi died on the 7th in 2009, my mother passed on the 17th in 2010. She was buried on the … Continue reading February 2023

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