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Loss and More Loss
First it was my 63 year old sister, Mary. She died September 3, 2012 after three weeks in the hospital when her comprised lungs from COPD couldn’t fight off pneumonia. Three weeks later, my 95-year old mother died of pneumonia after a week long illness. We returned from Ireland a week early to be at…
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Ireland Again
Dan and I headed to Ireland for the 6th and 5th time respectively. This time we traveled with relatives and their friends for a total of six of us. After our Aer Lingus trip from Chicago to Dublin, we toured the city for two days before meeting up with our van and driver for the…
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Wheels and More Wheels
Charlestown is a big community with over 1700 folks living just in independent living. We have shuttle buses that take us around the campus and to the local stores and doctors offices. At the recent Resident Council meeting, we learned that Charlestown owns 2 ambulances, 8 service trucks, 7 pick-up trucks, 5 vans, 12 sedans/SUVs,…
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Arbutus Library
I missed the Bookmobile on Thursday so we went to check out the Arbutus Library. What a delightful experience. I am a library junkie, I visit libraries when traveling just to see what they offer. Now I have a 25,000 square foot library less than 2 miles away. The new book section had 4 big…
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Around Town in Catonsville
New residents can sign up for the Around Town Bus tour of Catonsville and Arbutus every month. Tuesday was our turn on the two hour tour on a Charlestown shuttle bus. A resident who grew up in Catonsville and who lived for 40 years in Arbutus was our tour guide. Although we lived in the…
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Settling In to Community Living
Where does the time go? Here we are heading to a six week mark on the calendar since we moved in. Life is good. The adjustment has been easy for both of us. It has surprised me how fast I got used to having a nice meal every night. We have sampled all the dining venues.…
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Easy Street
It’s been two weeks since we moved in. We marked our anniversary by paying off the balance of our deposit now that the house in Warner Robins closed. The sales office has moved to a temporary building in from of Charlestown Square but Neale met us in the old offices. The front of the building…
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Easy Grocery Shopping
So I needed a few groceries but I didn’t want to fight for a parking place down at the Wilkens Plaza Giant. So I waited at the front of my building for the Giant shuttle that runs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 – 11:30. I bought my old Winn-Dixie bags and off I…
Adventures in Travel and Life
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