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IAN: August 27, 2023 - School starts here on Tuesday [1]

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Date: 2023-08-26

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The most lavish public restroom in the world.

Apparently, the movie Barbie is prompting women to think about the men in their lives.

The newest pictures of the Ring Nebula.

Fifty years of hip-hop.

Thalassotherapy.

A Dutch schooner is retracing the voyage of the Beagle. The passengers are mostly 18 to 25 years old and studying assorted sciences related to ecology. The article mentions that the current voyage will last two years, not five.

A 4000 year old step pyramid is being excavated on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

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Well, we didn’t get Mom moved. There turned out to be even more problems than it originally seemed with the closest place. A better place, not too much farther away has accepted her, and moving day is tomorrow. No, she is not happy about it; but she will get to keep her cat and have time to herself where she is going.

My daughter and I had to come home, since she had appointments to keep on Monday and I had a couple on Tuesday. I couldn’t cancel — it’s been three years since the last time. My visual acuity is as good as it was last time, and everything else seems up to snuff as well.

I went back Wednesday morning. I can’t do much about the heavy lifting of the move, but I do know how to pack. Mom taught us all how to do that. What I actually ended up doing was sorting through a wicker chest with all kinds of things from when Mom was a kid, and I was, and all times in between. The contents are in better array, even though I didn’t find all that much to throw out. My sister isn’t going to be happy that I didn’t talk Mom into getting rid of some of her clothes. I don’t think pissing my mother off unnecessarily is a good idea, myself.

My sister was being bad tempered. My sister is exhausted. So is her daughter.

I left Friday morning before my mother woke up from her after-breakfast nap. She doesn’t always take one, but she did Friday. What’s been going on has been getting to her, too.

The older of my two sisters-in-law died last week. I don’t know from what. I liked her. And, yes, she was still my sister-in-law — according to what I learned when I was going through one, California divorce law dissolves the marriage, not the in-law relationships. For the benefit of any children, I assumed.

Saturday the grandkids came over and helped with some cleaning and a minor repair. They were both much more cheerful about it than I was. I have some really good grandkids.

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Love you guys!

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