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  2021 was not kind to a lot of people around the world. Just when we thought it was safe to go out more with or without our masks first, my father passed away after losing the fight with Leukemia in January. He did not want to be isolated in the hospital with no visitors, like so many patients were during the previous year. Plus, the entire medical community was just barely hanging on themselves, after being driven to the brink of exhaustion and really close to insanity. There just wasn’t enough personnel to help patients find their strength or even their will to live. There were very limited hospice nurses for home visits either. We had to rely on family members to stay with him, keep him clean, and administer his meds to help ease his passage. His wife’s daughters were such as help during this time as they both had a background in the medical fields.  After his passing, there was the inevitable in-fighting about what would happen to his body. His current wife took over all ...

Whether you love or hate the month of October it does tend to bring out strong feelings in most people. Floridians are not enamored with the month because September and October tend to be the busiest months for property destoying hurriances to sweep through. There are generally still mosquitoess, no-see-ums and knats about but also the love bugs are smashing into your windshield and front grill making a mess. To top it off it is generally still pretty warm the entire month. Unless we get some freak Artic blast dipping all the way down and pushing the hot air further into the Carribean we do not get a lot of cooler days or even nights. But there is always Halloween. No, I do not participate anymore with the holiday as my kids are all grown and my grandchildren are also grown as well. I only have two of those and have been told imfactically those will be the only ones I will have. And, at this rate I will probably not get a great-grandchild either. Anyway, I live out in rural Suwannee Co...