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Not much happening here, besides a vicious storm. And two boys have gone missing: their father was found after having committed suicide. Large groups
of civilians have helped out searching for them.
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That's terrible, how old are the boys? No foul play?
Sunny and hot here. The Whole Earth Festival is today and tonight, culminating musically with Canned Heat and Barry Melton and The Fish tonight on the
quad at the UCD campus. It should be fun and I've always liked Canned Heat. Henry Vestine is playing with them. He's an MOI alumni I haven't seen
before without FZ.
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The boys are Julian (7) and Ruben (9). Still no sign of them.
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Like Kirk said, don't assume anything ... 
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Yeah, the poor lads... their mother must be in a right state.
Spent a lot of time gardening recently, since March was so cold the strawberries have only just got in bloom.
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Am totally worn out today, been walking too much. Dad is on his way to visit my great aunt, who's 94 and in hospital with pneumonia.
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Pneumonia and old age are not a good combination at all. My condolences to you and DED.
My Mum got suddenly very sick on Friday a week ago and ended up in hospital. After suffering badly for two days they finally decided to do a cat scan
and discovered a hernia. It's possible she'd had it undiagnosed for a long time and the problems it's caused with her digestion could be part of the
reason for her previous mental deterioration. Last Sunday she had major surgery which went much better than expected, but her body and brain had taken
quite a pounding and her progress has been quite slow. I've just seen her today and she was quite coherent and significantly improved. The doctors are
very happy with the outcome so far and she may be back in the care home by the end of the week. So it was bad news initially, but it could well turn
into relatively good news, as it explains a few things that were getting her down quite a lot.
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on the mend is good, eh?
make sure to get your questions out as she gains some strength and may not mind talking as time grows short for all of us...
another thing that ended up being fortuitous for us as adult children was a few recordings I made of mom remembering things in her life.
Things that she felt were important only to her, in her life, turns out, influenced her way of seeing things and in turn, affected us whether we knew
it or not. In hind sight her views, almost subconscious thoughts to her, has meant a lot to us, now.
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Cheers Ned. My Mum had been writing down a bunch of biographical stuff for some time before she got sick - it's certainly good to have it now.
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That's great to hear that she's on the mend!
My great aunt of 94, a former nun, has just been released to recover in the same nursing home where her sister lives. She still lives by herself
officially.
Unfortunately, her equally sweet sister has recently been hospitalized with a broken shoulder.
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Two corpses have been found in Cothen, not far from where teams have searched for the lads. It's not certain whether these are the missing boys yet,
but most media are putting two and two together.
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Life sucks and then you die. Do we have anything cheery to say lately?
For example, my Mum's back in her room at the care home. Sounds like good news? No, I'm going to be finding a way to sue the hospital. I'll give the
details later when I've recovered enough from being totally flabbergasted at just how shit some people can be.
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Cheery? I do my best.. it's been very depressing, thousands of volunteers on the lookout for two boys, finding that their father strangled them with
tie down straps and hid them in a drain, but sometimes I really need to focus on those things in life that make me smile and forget about horrible
stuff that I cannot change. I spotted a lapwing, a pheasant, a cuckoo and a peregrine falcon today. And the clematis is in bloom and smells so
lovely.
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I know you do your best Bonny, it's appreciated.
My rant about suing the hospital has finally calmed down. Basically, with very little effort to contact me, they dumped her back in the care home
without letting me know. Firstly, they didn't look after her very well, then they may have caused new health issues that weren't there before and
finally they couldn't get rid of her quick enough.
She seems to be in better spirits now and her outlook is somewhat positive but it will be a very slow process, and it remains to be seen if we did the
right thing allowing the surgery. One thing's for sure, she won't be having any more ever again.
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Let's hope she doesn't need any more then. Don't let her break ankles or other joints!
Side note: Belgian researchers have introduced a class of elderly people to tai-chi. The elderly that did that, fell much less often and improved
walking skills compared to the ones that didn't do tai-chi.
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Exercise is vital, especially when you get old but it's harder to do.
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Oh dear, and it was never even easy for me...
Anyway Dad and I went to the flea market. He bought a small reel-to-reel he's very happy with, bought me a Mozart symphony box and I bought two Mozart
statuettes (I collect those, got 7 of them now and they all look so different!) and some knitting magazines at a snip. We also had icecream, the guy
selling liked me and gave me an extra ball of ice. 
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That's terrible about the boys Bonny and I'm sad to hear how badly your Mom was treated Poly. One thing is sure Bonny's right about Tai-Chi. It really
helps the mind and body's coordination and isn't a stressful exercise at all. Quite the opposite in fact, I find it really relaxing, almost in a
flowing meditative state. Real relaxing for the mind and body. (yes I do other things than smoke pot!) 
Yesterday was the first time I've froze in front of a camera! Now I know what all my friends meant by "you feel like a deer in front of oncoming
headlights, only you can't move or yell". It was only in one scene and the rest went smoothly, but for me I was humiliated! I don't  up! It makes people wait and get agitated, you lose your light and
you don't get your shot. I wasn't quit that bad and made up for it in the end , but jeez, now I know that feeling. It's like a panic attack or
something. I don't know. Everyone on this shoot had something else going on and no one felt right. So it was an off kilter day for all. Well if it
don't look perfect, we'll do it again and I'll nail it the first time! Bet on it!
It's Memorial Day in the states, so today I went over to Dixon where we have a big veterans cemetery and paid my respects. A couple of guys I new at
school are there from the Viet Nam war debacle. I got a lot of strange looks with my freak flag flyin', but I figure that's what they died for. So we
can all be free in our own way. Some of the Iraqi and Afghan soldiers and vets got it but those old farts from WWII still are tuff nuts to crack. But
once they like you, they'll never waiver like fair weather friends do.......
That's all from California for today. Y'all have a great week!
[Edited on 10/10/10 by KAPTKIRK]
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I will! My sister's come to stay over! Yesterday I even got the garden chairs out, but unfortunately it's singin' in the rain weather again here.
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So you almost had a Garden Party with your sis, that sounds real nice. I would have thought you'd like the rain Bonny, or do you like it from an
inside view better?!? LoL It plays havoc on me hair!
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