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My To Do List Take Clint to body repairer re. long scratch along passenger side Arrange test drive in new Hyundai Bayon Contact roofer re. lost slates at back Dig over vegetable plot Go and see Bert for catch up Get a beer and a slice of pork pie from the fridge Make new hanging bird table to replace old one Read "Middlemarch" by George Eliot Plan holiday to Nova Scotia Make "Welcome to Yorkshire" sign for Ringinglow Road Tidy up this computer desk Sort out photo files on computer + Find portable hard drive I was given as a present Re-string my guitar Replace gate at top of the garden Weigh myself ready for NHS  lung screening call next week Use £400 hotel voucher I was given for my 70th birthday Create a pen and ink picture of Phoebe's cuddly sloth - Monty Plan a Friday photo-walk in the sunshine Write a blogpost titled "Procrastination" with pressing items that are (amusingly) crossed out using the "strike through"ico...

 Some days You go To find A story And you End up Being the story It felt like spring yesterday, and I was determined to enjoy it. Eat outside check. Window shop at my favorite boutiques. Check. The prong on my cane to melt, and not even know it. A driver rolled down their window, and yelled, “your stick”. A friend I was with had to clue me in that it wasn’t the stick, but the prong that melted. My hands were black. I rushed into the next boutique who showed me to the bathroom, and put the prong in a bag. We had a great laugh at that one. It was then off to CVS, where I bought the last prong they had. Luckily it worked. Thirteen dollars for a prong. I was never more grateful for those long receipts with coupons. I had some to lessen the cost. All this to say, I saw the goodness of humanity yesterday.  I can complain and worry, but it does me no good. So I just laughed, and then got treated to an ice cream cone. I don’t know if my heart has been changed, or if God using...