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Let’s travel back in time! It’s September 12th and the day of the Alzheimer’s Walk at Switchyard Park I stroll around for a bit before deciding to stand to the right of the stage as the music plays & hear the occasional announcement get made. Several minutes later, I see Krystal from Owen State Bank, […]

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Dave Filoni writes and directs The Jedi, episode five in season two of the Mandalorian. We got a view of Ahsoka Tano in The Heiress and here the viewer gets to see her as a bad-ass Jedi fighter. I am familiar with Ahsoka Tano from two Youtubers I watch John Campea and Key Issues with […]

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The charger for my hybrid car is driving me batty.   For the last couple months I have not been able to charge my car at home.  My car is a hybrid meaning it can run on a full electric charge with the battery or run on gasoline.    I had an electrician put in a separate circuit […]

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Former Argentine tennis player Guillermo Vilas has an impressive career. He has a lengthy record including 951 wins and 297 loses, won 62 titles including four Grand Prix and a Masters. Yet through out his career one goal Vilas sought more than all the others: to have the number one rank in the world of...

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Adjusting and adapting I seem to be doing a new round of it. Now that my Mom has been in long term care for a while, our Dad has chosen to move into a smaller apartment. He has been going through the things he and my Mom have and has been sorting, donating, and giving...

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In the mid 2000s my late maternal grandfather gave me a necklace full of style. It has a Sterling silver chain necklace with large faceted rock crystals. At the time I did research online and found out the style or type of necklace it is but the answer did not stay with me. A couple...

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While checking for Just Added videos on the PBS app I found the POV documentary Radical Monarchs. In 2014, Marilyn Hollinquest and Anayvette Martinez began a socially driven organization in Oakland, California known as the Radical Monarchs.   It is an alternative group to the Girl Scouts.  Instead of focusing on earning badges in leadership or theater, this group go in...

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The last two days have been both good and weird. How did it get here …. for the last 7 years my Mom has progressed from a mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. And over this same time period, a rotation of caregivers have helped her and my Dad out. Until April and the shut...

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I am doing The Walk to End Alzheimer’s again this year because of three people in my family. My late maternal grandmother and great-aunt died of the disease, and currently my Mom has it. It changes an individual’s personality and erases many parts of who they were. In the past, my Mom would strive to […]

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The Rise of Skywalker film made me smile in several areas and the coolest scenes I think are Kylo Ren fighting his way in a forest and later a scene with his father, as a Force ghost. I do agree with some of the issues people have with the film. These include: 1. The stadium...

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Connections closes the Disney Gallery look at the development and creation of the Mandalorian series. From the first episode everyone who is part of the show has mentioned how important it is for them to honor the past history of Star Wars while building a new franchise with the Mandalorian. This remains consistent all the...

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The Score is the focus of episode seven of Disney Gallery. The viewer meets Ludwig Göransson who has composed music for Black Panther (2018), Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018). To begin his work Göransson made an order for various recorders. He would play them along with guitars, and piano to piece together music for...

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