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I am currently shopping for a cane. But not just any cane. No, no! I’m looking for something more along the lines of, let’s say, a multi-purpose investment. And I think I may have found it. My dream cane. Besides … Continue reading →

With the little persons at home during the pandemic, I am filled with wonder at the efforts of our schools to continue to indoctrinate the little urchins in the joys of Readin’, Writin’ ‘n Rithmetic, even if only from a … Continue reading →

Once again, I have to apologize for the name of this blob: Going on 80. Now that I’m 89, some folks think it should be called Going on 90, but I can’t figure out how to change it on WordPress, … Continue reading →

One of the facts of life is that the second-born child will always be outranked by his/her/their elder sibling –  the first-born. Especially when it comes to birthday parties. In the 1930s when I was growing up, birthday parties were … Continue reading →

Hello. Remember me?  I’m still here, more or less. I know it’s been 10 years since I last posted a message. In those days I was going on 80 years old. Are you as confused as I am about the … Continue reading →

Good morning.  It’s me again.  Because my going-on-80 blob didn’t start celebrating birthdays till late October of last year, I’m trying to catch up. Today’s birthday is featuring my daughter Lisa Marie Ford – the third oldest of our seven … Continue reading →

This is another post from grandson Bryce. It’s been nice to have my grandma back the last bit instead of being consumed by the blog. Now grama, Matt and I are able to catch up and watch (grama has the … Continue reading →

Today is my great niece Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Bush’s birthday but I got mixed up and blobbed about it yesterday on Blob 367.  Now that I’m 80, they say it’s okay to be confused (in my case,however, confusion was a congenital … Continue reading →

Are you still there?  I hope, I hope. Octo-woman is still basking in the glow of her big Eight-O birthday.  Thanks to folks like you, it was a monumental day (even though I spent much of it at doctor visits … Continue reading →

So here it is at last.  The last blob to mark my big day when I’m not going-on-80 any more.  I’ve graduated at last.  With 80 birthdays behind me, I am finally going to have to sit down and figure … Continue reading →