Shelley (jessibud2) reads off her own shelves this year - third chapter

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I guess that's it. Welcome!

For the Jeopardy fans, on my last thread, I posted some links to a couple of interviews Canada's champ, Mattea Roach, did with Ian Hanomansing, of the CBC, both on his Sunday afternoon call-in radio program, as well as on the National News, on tv. Yesterday, he did a follow-up interview with her on the radio, now that her run is over, and she was finally able to answer questions that she couldn't address while still playing. I am still so impressed at how articulate and well-spoken she is, how composed and just plain adorable. Among the questions posed to her that she answered, was one about the money. She did not say which law school she will attending, though. Maybe because no one asked?

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-13-cross-country-checkup/clip/15911247-as...

This took me way longer than it should have:
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I had a similar result too, Shelley.

Happy new thread, dear lady.

Happy New Thread, Shelley. Anything exciting happening at the feeders? I had my first hummingbird.

Happy new thread, Shelley!

>7 jessibud2: I found it in five.
After missing out yesterday and Thursday, I was relieved I got the word this time.

HAppy new thread!

Happy new thread!

Happy new thread.

>6 jessibud2: I thought Mattea said she had a decision to make about which law school she would attend, but maybe that was in another interview.

Happy new thread, Shelley!

happy new thread!

Happy New Thread Shelley my dear, i will try to make a better effort to visit your thread more often, dear friend.

>7 jessibud2: It was a 3 day for me, but mainly because of great good luck.

Eventful, if slightly unpleasant, day for me.

I poked the monster somehow or other and, well, it's nice to know I'm prepared better now. I've got a new review up, if hours later than usual!

*smooch* for new-thread thrills!

Thanks, Paul, Mark, Anita, Anita, Jim, Beth, Linda, Stasia, Rhonda, John, Richard.
Ha, AWOL on my own thread and I never did download photos (tons of them!) from my phone to the computer in order to upload here. It will happen. Soon, I hope. I have been spending much time outside, tending my little gardens as we are having spectacular weather. I wanted to get as much done out there now before it gets too hot and before the humidity arrives by the weekend. I love this weather right now.

Haven't been reading much but I am hoping to finish my current read tonight or tomorrow so I can then get back to the library one that's due back next week. My current read is called The Beatle Bandit and is a true crime story, so very NOT my usual fare but I have to say, I find it hard to put down. Not much blood and gore at all but very much an anatomy and psychology of the people involved in the crimes committed here in Toronto back in 1964. I will say that the title is what caught my eye, though the only real reference to The Beatles is that the robber wore a Beatle wig as part of his disguise during his heists. Also, although I only moved to this city in 1980, the areas and landmarks, street names, etc, are very familiar to me and I find that fascinating as I can picture the places. The book is very well researched and well-written and I am enjoying it more than I expected to. Because I can get a bit obsessive about local stories, I may hop in the car once I'm done and just drive by some of the locales, just to *see* them, though I know most have changed, if not disappeared, in the time since 1964.

The library book I will get back to soon is a bio of the great baseball player, Roberto Clemente.

>9 msf59: - I have been sporadically putting the feeder out and keeping it in, to try to psych out the pigeons, Mark. LOL! Meantime, today, while working in the front garden, I was delighted to be visited by a pair of chipping sparrows. Those chippies are so cute and have such a sweet song. I did take a bunch of pics but the sun factor was not in my favour so they aren't the best quality pics. Once I get them out of the phone, I will try to post a couple here.

>14 laytonwoman3rd: - I can't remember now, Linda, but you could well be right. I just wasn't paying that close attention. I will be eager to see if today's winner (well, Friday's winner, actually) becomes the next big thing or is a one-hit wonder.

Happy new thread, Shelley. Send some of that spectacular weather this way. It has been unseasonably cold here (for here) for over a month now!

>20 Familyhistorian: - Yeah, we have heard about the weather out there. Snow, in some places?! We are set to hit 20C today and 28C by the weekend!! Wish I could share!

I feel I am slipping here:
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I have redeemed myself. First time in a long time I got it in 3!
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Well done!! I managed it in 4:
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>19 jessibud2: The Beatle Bandit sounds like one I might enjoy. Thanks for the mention, Shelley!

Hi, Shelley. I'm glad to get in on your new thread here. I've also been trying to get gardening in, but the heat has been too high this week and the ground was too wet last week!

Sweet Thursday, Shelley. Hooray for the chipping sparrows. I love these guys too but we don't see them often.

I squeaked by with a 6. Fooey.

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My current guess distribution is:
1 - 0
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6 - 12

Me too--another Phew!-y:
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Here's mine:
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It's not all of them because some days I play on my tablet. But it's about the same.

Better than yesterday:
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I have already done my outdoor watering and some pruning this morning. I went a bit overboard at the garden centre yesterday (yes, again), so today I have to plant and pot what I bought. But I am feeling wiped out already so will wait for the afternoon, when the sun will be in the front of the house and I will do the work in the back. It's going to be hot and humid here today. I don't mind the heat nearly as much as I mind the humidity. I have not yet turned on the a/c, and am hoping to leave that as long as possible. But if we are having this kind of weather in mid-May, I am in dread of what the rest of the summer will be like. Pessimist that I am, I think it's way too late to reverse the damage we have done to our planet. and I am filled with guilt every time I use the a/c. But it's at the point where I honestly don't know if I can live without it. I am trying. I use ceiling fans, and other fans in the house as much as possible until I have to turn on the a/c, I close the shutters against the sun and if there is any breeze at all outside, I try to leave windows open. But it is getting harder and harder, isn't it? :-(

>29 jessibud2: Yes, it is. We've been putting off turning on the AC too, got all the fans going. but it is so hard to sleep at night because it's not cooling off. Days are 90s (F) and last night was 80. I think that's 32 C and 26 for you. Been this way all week, but supposed to drop a little over the weekend and back to normal temps next week.

Happy Friday, Shelley!

>29 jessibud2: The same here, Shelley, I can't sleep when it is hot in my bedroom.
And we have an unusual dry spring, so I shower less to feel not too much guilt about using water for the plants outside.

>29 jessibud2: Hot and humid is a nasty combination. It has been cool here, but the whole of Europe is warming up fast, and I’m afraid we will get our share of heatwaves.
I’m not optimistic about climate change either. Good for you to at least try and reduce your impact.

>30 kac522:, >31 alcottacre:, >32 FAMeulstee:, >33 EllaTim: - I guess we have to just get used to things. Not easy. This is what they call *the new normal*.

4 today:
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Could have done it in 5 but I messed up by not paying attention and choosing letters that had already been rejected in one of the previous attempts. My brain is already too hot!

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It's mid-may and it's already so hot out. We were supposed to get rain today and tomorrow, so the forecast said yesterday. Meantime, the sun is beating down and there is barely a cloud in the sky. What the heck is the rest of the summer going to be like, if it's like this already!? We are going to FRY!!

In other news, I voted in an advanced poll yesterday. Better to get that out of the way and avoid crowds. I was in and out in under 5 minutes, as I was the only one there when I went. Thank goodness. For all the good it's going to do. My worry (apparently, justified) is that our premier, whom I call baby trump, will be re-elected. Heaven help us all. The official election is June 2.

>36 jessibud2: The scum continue rising towards the top, don't they. Ick ptui.

I hope you're not utterly fried before July.

>36 jessibud2: We certainly are experiencing hot and humid weather! To think that I was complaining earlier that spring was delayed and cold! We finally received some rain. A lot of thunder and lightening but the rain only lasted 10 minutes.

Good idea to vote in an advanced poll. I have to go and vote as well. I just don't like any of the choices ;) Ah well

>37 richardderus: - True, Richard, true.
And I hope not, either.

>38 figsfromthistle: - Lucky you, Anita, for the rain, even if it was short-lived. We barely had any clouds here today and certainly not a drop of rain. Maybe tomorrow. I actually planted a few black-eyed Susan plants and a couple of other full sun plants this morning. In fresh triple mix soil mixed with manure. It was shady when I did the planting, early, I watered and by evening, they looked very wilted. Who knows if they will survive. I guess I will just have to wait and see. My raspberry bush looks healthy, though, and the 3 little tomato plants I put into the ground seem ok so far.

Yeah, as far as voting, I am not crazy about any of the candidates either. I just voted for the lesser of the evils, as it were.

Just dropping by to wish you well, Shelley. How is your mum doing by the way?

Woo hoo!
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>40 PaulCranswick: - Hi, Paul. Thanks for asking. She is doing as well as can be expected. I spoke to her oncologist last week and she is as astounded as anyone at my mum's ability to still be hanging in. Her bloodwork continues to be normal, which is remarkable (this, from the hematologist/oncologist). None of us ever expected her to still be with us, almost 4 years after her lymphoma diagnosis. Along with the dementia, she has also survived breast cancer and covid (omicron) within the last 6 months or so. I will be going for a visit in early June, first time since I moved her in March.

We never got yesterday's promised rain but this morning, though it's still dry, the sky is darkening and the temperature is MUCH cooler than yesterday. I did water already and the air is wonderful!

I started The Patience Stone yesterday (for Paul's Asian challenge) and will finish it today as it's a short book. I noticed there was also a film of it so I borrowed both from the library. I will watch the film after I finish the book. Then I will get back to the Roberto Clemente bio. it's a longer book and I will have to renew it, which shouldn't be a problem as I doubt there are people waiting for it.

Another good luck day:
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And now, thanks to seeing it on Richard's thread, the foodie version: https://www.phoodle.net/:

In my first attempt at it yesterday, I got it in 2. Beginner's luck, no question. Today, I am totally stuck. I have made 4 tries and can't seem to get past that. Nothing is working. Stuck.

Last night, I finished reading The Patience Stone and immediately, watched the dvd film of it. An interesting premise, that of a woman whose husband lies comatose with a bullet lodged in his neck. As she tends him, she talks to him, speaking of her deepest secrets and feelings, something she has never done in their 10 years of marriage. The story is ostensibly in war-torn Afghanistan (or somewhere unnamed) where snipers are shooting all around them as the story unfolds. They are devout Muslim, and as a woman, her *voice* is never really heard. Folklore has it that the *patience stone* listens and absorbs all one's secrets until it can absorb no more, then it explodes. The breathing but not really alive husband is her patience stone (they are both unnamed throughout the story).

I will admit that the ending was bizarre and for me, anyhow, not really satisfying at all. It was a quick read, though.

>45 jessibud2: That doesn't sound like a very exciting read, though in the proper mood I can see that it'd be fascinating.

Phoodle is like that...some days I just close it and move on with my life.

Shelley, don't despair over phoodle. Your first hint is that the word is French Here is how I got to it peach, minty, sours,bouef. I figured it out by using the first three words and the process of elimination letter wise and just the luck of grade 12 French. Best of luck! :-)

Hi Shelley, and happy new thread.

>29 jessibud2: I am filled with guilt every time I use the a/c. But it's at the point where I honestly don't know if I can live without it. I am trying. I use ceiling fans, and other fans in the house as much as possible until I have to turn on the a/c, I close the shutters against the sun and if there is any breeze at all outside, I try to leave windows open. But it is getting harder and harder, isn't it? :-( Guilt is so draining. I personally cannot stand ‘air on me’ – being in the air distribution of a ceiling fan – and the humidity here in central NC is awful, compared to the dry heat of Southern California, where I grew up. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I’m married to a man who puts the AC on in late April and turns it off in October and I reap the benefit. We do other things to help the environment and I feel okay about the AC when it’s offset by fuel-efficient vehicles and household appliances, recycling, and etc. Perhaps if you can think of the good things you're doing to help the environment as an offset?

>42 jessibud2: Thanks for the update on your mum. Amazing indeed, and she reminds me of Paul’s mum in her determination to live. Glad you’re going to see her in early June.

>44 jessibud2: I saw the foodie version of Wordle on RD’s thread and thought nope, not another time suck. I have enough of them on my cell phone and here on the computer already.

>45 jessibud2: Interesting premise, but I’m in a light-and-frothy historical romance phase right now and don’t have the wherewithal to read anything serious.

Looking forward to new pics of The Boys when you get a chance.

>46 richardderus: - It was a story that built tension but the ending - I don't think this is a spoiler - is a tad unreal, or maybe it's what's called magical realism, a concept I've never been drawn to. Anyhow, I spent a grand total of 2 days with the book and film, which is good, for me, as my reading is so slow and most books have been taking me way longer, so I am happy to have done this without it turning into a DNF.

>47 vancouverdeb: - DEB! So good to see you here! And you know, the thing you said behind your first spoiler (I don't know how to do that), never occurred to me. Makes perfect sense, though. I did just do what Richard said, just gave up today and decided to move on. I will try again tomorrow.

>48 karenmarie: - Hi Karen. I do a lot of other things such as the recycling, driving as little as possible. And while my 13 year old car is small, and not a gas-guzzler, I'm not ready for a new one yet. Not sure I can afford an electric or even a hybrid but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. With the cost of gas what it is (and will continue to be), I think my road trip days are over. I do take the train when I travel to Montreal (and would, regardless. I am so very NOT a highway driver). I am also trying to plant native plants in my garden and am beginning to grow my own veggies and fruit (slowly! So far, I have 3 tomato plants and a raspberry bush. ). So yeah, the guilt is there but hopefully offset a bit by other acts of environmental conscientiousness (sp?)... And the good news, for the moment anyhow, is that yesterday, we got a day of rain and the temps dropped almost 10 to 15 degrees from the previous week. This morning, in fact, it feels like a lovely fall day. I am well aware that this is only a very short reprieve but all my windows are open and I am savouring the very cool breeze.

I may attempt to download photos from the phone today. We shall see. I agree that my thread looks naked without my boys! But if I succeed, I will also share garden pics! :-) It's very tiny but it's my oasis.

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I gave up on phoodle yesterday thanks to a one hour dental appointment and a migraine that knocked me flat. I may or may not bother today. Meantime, a *phew* is still better than a kick in the pants, I guess:

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I never really paid attention but are the words always nouns?

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Happy Friday, Shelley. Not playing Wordle, so nothing to add there. My feeders have really thinned out. Sparrows & house finch mostly, with an occasional robin or dove. Looking for a dash of color. I hope yours have been more interesting.

>53 msf59: - Same old regulars, Mark: goldfinches, house finches, cardinals, the relatively new chippies, the occasional downy woodpecker, the nuthatches, sparrows. And of course, the relentless pigeons. Same old war. No airhorn... ;-) But my aim (with the hose) is getting better...

>52 jessibud2: I don't think so. I don't recall a plural ending in "s", though. But I might have missed them.

>55 kac522: There has never been a plural ending in "s" as long as I've been playing it, which is a while now (well before it was taken over by NYT). I'm sure there have been adjectives.

>54 jessibud2: Ignoring the voice of Yankee experience is what "gifted" y'all with that oaf of a premier, y'know...airhorn!

>52 jessibud2: Yep.

>49 jessibud2: Coolio! Not DNFing something is, in my book (oof), a desirable outcome.

>57 richardderus: - At least they stay in the front of the house, Richard. If they dare to break into my oasis in the back, I will need more than an airhorn. I sat outside this afternoon with my book, my water from the fridge, and inhaled the intoxicating lilacs. By tomorrow, it may be too hot. Or not. depends on what the weather decided to do.

Nope, nope, nope Baby trump did not get elected thanks to me. I never voted for him, and would rather lie down in the middle of the highway and have a nap than vote Conservative. And if it happens again this time that he gets re-elected, it won't be because of me, either. Feh.

I think I hurt my brain, doing this one. I had 3 letters from my second turn but it seemed to take forever to get even one in the right spot. Still, I squeaked in there:
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>59 jessibud2: So, a verb!, at least some of the time.

Still thinking about your AC guilt. You know, heat can be just as uncomfortable and even deadly as cold. So when you need AC to cool your house, it's just as necessary as heating. But of course, if you can find ways to cool without using electricity it's better.
I read a whole post here on LT about cooling methods in hot countries. Like keep the sun out, and off your walls. If you can help it. People used to plant shade trees.
I keep windows closed while it's hot outside, and open when it's cooling down.

>52 jessibud2: I have started keeping my guess strings on my thread, and I looked back and found a verb not far back (“delve”). That would be interesting, to do a further analysis.

Karen O

>60 laytonwoman3rd: Yep, that’s the thing with English (other languages?)—many words can be nouns OR verbs.

Karen O

>60 laytonwoman3rd:, >62 klobrien2: - And, for the piece de resistance: I can't even remember what today's word was! DUH! You'd think I'd have noticed if it was a verb. That is, if I was paying attention. At 9:40 am, when I posted, I had just come in from an hour of gardening and was trying to cool down a bit before hitting the shower.

It seems to be a bit like Scrabble that I play online with friends: I love to play, enjoy the challenge, but am not competitive and usually never remember my score 10 minutes after finishing a game. Good thing I'm not in it for the money... ;-)

>64 jessibud2: I do that too...it just doesn't matter what the word was after you've solved it! (But if you go back before the next puzzle comes up, you can still see what it was for today.)

>65 laytonwoman3rd: - Ah! I did not know I could do that! Thanks, Linda, and now I see that the word today can, as you mentioned, also be a noun, so I am going to pretend that's why I didn't notice it as a verb. One of *those* dual-purpose words English is famous for, as Karen mentioned.

>61 EllaTim: - That is exactly what I have been doing, Ella. Closing the shutters on the side of the house when the sun is on that side, keeping the windows open to let the cool air and breezes in when the weather is cooler. Shutting the windows when the air is hot and humid. In fact, I only turned on the a/c this afternoon for the first time and will turn it off when I go to bed.

We had a wild storm blow through this afternoon. It didn't last long but in some parts of the city (and province) it did damage. There may even have been a tornado touch down in some areas. I was out getting my hair cut when it hit and on my drive home, I counted 5 trees down. I know there were many more. Thankfully, I did not have any damage at my home other than a ton of sweeping up to do of leaves and twigs and such.

>54 jessibud2: Well, you are getting a better variety than I am. Sorry about the continuing battle with the pigeons. How frustrating.

Sorry to hear about the storm. They blew through here late Friday night thru Sat morning.

Hi Mark. That storm was a deadly one. The news reports that 10 people died after being hit by falling trees and some areas had a lot of damage while other areas, none. Some pockets of the city are still without power. I was really lucky,

There may be more today. The temp is sure much lower today, thank goodness, but it's really dark out there right now and rain is on the way

A bit better today:
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Edited to update the number of people who have lost their lives after yesterday's deadly storm that ran through my province and Quebec. Up to 8 now. Mother Nature is so arbitrary. My street was practically unscathed - I personally had the bird feeder blow off its hook and only one planter knocked over. That's it - but other areas lost trees, homes, power, lives. The only good thing the storm did apparently was knock out the heat and humidity. Today was chilly enough to need a jacket. Small comfort for the thousands who had real damage.

I hope this weather isn't a harbinger of things to come.....

I decided to try phoodle again after giving up and I got it in 3.
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You're on phire with phoodle! Not half bad on Wordle, either.

Hoping for a cheery, well-read week ahead.

Seems I am back to my default on wordle:
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As for phoodle:
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https://phoodle.net
I like how phoodle gives you a little fun fact after you are done.

It also somewhat amuses me that in wordle, you have the entire English language to work with. It is crazy how my mind seems to freeze when restricted to only words connected with food. I do know them, just can't seem to think of them when needed. This is probably a good brain exercise for me.

Dropping in to say hello.

Did you end up getting any storm damage? We had lots here and just got hydro back today.

>73 figsfromthistle: - On my street, almost nothing except lots of leaves blowing around. But there were pockets of the city - some even close to me - that had no power. I never lost power at all and only had my bird feeder blow off the hook and one planter fell over. But watching the news, some areas of the province and Quebec were really hit very hard with tons of damage. I did see quite a few trees down as I drove home on Saturday afternoon. I was getting my hair cut when it hit and by the time I left the salon, it was pretty much over. Did you lose any of your trees? The Home Depot near my hairdresser had to close its garden centre temporarily in order to clean up the damage there. I had stopped in to look for some plants and that's when I saw a lot of their display racks inside had been totally blown over toppling everything on them.

I think being without power is bad enough, especially in summer heat. But I think structural damage to homes has to be worse, though. Except, of course, for loss of life. There have been 10 deaths reported so far, according to when I last listened to the news earlier today.

>74 jessibud2: Luckily no damage on my property but plenty of damage on neighbouring roads. It is awful that there were 10 deaths.

Glad that it was minimal impact in your area.

Well, that was fun! 4th time for a 2!
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On the other hand, I bombed today in phoodle. No spoiler intended, but there is no way on earth I would have guessed this one. It's a stretch, if you ask me. Though no one did, I know.
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As many of you probably know, I am not a Margaret Atwood fan. But the woman is smart and has guts and can never be accused of being afraid to make a statement or try something new.

I saw this ad on tv tonight (it is appearing for the first time as of today) and I thought it was quite clever. Her response to book banning:

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/margaret-atwood-uses-flamethrower-unburnable-18...

The Guardian goes into much more detail than yahoo news (no kidding) but didn't show the actual commercial so I am posting both links:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/24/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-unb...

>77 jessibud2: Thanks for those links--I had seen the news item, but didn't know there was a commercial!

I am mixed about Atwood--I loved her early books before The Handmaid's Tale, but later books are hit or miss for me. One recent book I enjoyed was Hag-Seed, which is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and is set in current day Canada.

Not an Atwood fan here either, Shelley. I did like the unburnable book though. Thanks for posting the link. I hope it cools down a bit for you. Too bad I couldn't send some of our weather your way. We're hoping for a gradual warm up because the snow pack on the mountains is about 128% of normal. We don't need any more flooding, we had enough of that last year.

Just catching up here. Way behind! I am an Atwood fan, and a Wordle doer most days. Glad you survived the storm unscathed. Rough weather! Wishing you happy reading. : )

>78 kac522: - Hi Kathy. Yes, I was watching tv when it came on and I thought it was rather clever. At first I didn't pay much attention because, as a default, I always mute the tv for commercials, lol, but I did a little homework online to find out more.

>79 Familyhistorian: - Hi Meg. We have actually had lovely cool weather since the weekend, enough to need a jacket. Today we hit 20C for the first time since the weekend storm knocked out the heat and humidity but apparently, it will be back tomorrow, with a humidex of near 30C. Ick. not my thing.

>80 Berly: - Hi Kim. See my responses above, lol

Well, it's been a busy day and I am only getting to wordle now. Close call:
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As for phoodle, I am still working on it. I got 2 letters in the right spot right from the first guess but can't seem to catch a break in the next 2 turns. Part of me wants to say, forget it. Part of me wants to pursue. I'll give it a bit more time...

>82 jessibud2: Yay for keeping your streak alive!

>77 jessibud2: LOLOL

That was *priceless* and kudos to her for doing it!

Ok, I am bailing on phoodle. Don't want to waste more time on this. Maybe I should stick to trying in the morning when I am not tired. I do miss the fun fact at the end, though.

>81 jessibud2: Good luck dealing with the heat, Shelley. I was out without a jacket for about 10 minutes today but that's about as far as I'd take it.

>77 jessibud2: Great advert. Thanks for sharing Shelley. Will catch up with the article soon. She is an impressive woman.

4 today. I notice that since yesterday, when I click on the wordle link, it now takes me to the NYT page where it redirects. It used to take me directly to the game. Whatever.

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>87 jessibud2: Just the Times telling you that the days of free Wordle-ing end on 9 June, Shelley.

Thursday orisons!

>88 richardderus: - After that?? I already subscribe to NYT games. Will it be included in that? Not sure I want to pay even more. It may be a cold turkey end to this addiction for me...!

>89 jessibud2: No, you're golden. You'll just need a new link to access the games site after the 9th.

I hadn't realized my current streak was 27. Could be better but could be worse, for sure:
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Happy Friday, Shelley. Once again, I am sorry about the deadly tornados. Honestly, you did not think of Canada getting tornados but they seem to be popping up everywhere.

I am unabashedly an Atwood fan. ❤️

Hi Mark. I knew we get them but even I was surprised to hear how frequent they are. I just hope to never experience one myself. This was close enough for me! And as with most, some areas were hit very hard (there are parts of the province that still don't have power, 6 days on!) and some parts, like my street, that had nothing. I had one pot plant fall over and my bird feeder blew off its hook. But otherwise, nada. Thank goodness.

And it's not a noun!
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Even with your hint, this was tough for me:

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>94 jessibud2: *chuckle*

Weekend good-reading orisons, Shelley.

Hi, Shelley. I’m glad you’re covered for continuing Wordle. Debbi and both kids love it, too. So far I’ve managed to resist.

Hi Joe. Do they know about phoodle? ;-)

At first, I thought today's wordle would be impossible. But I put my thinking cap on, knowing there was a shallow pool of possibilities and voila!
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And I guess it helped me today in phoodle that my go-to starting word gave me most of the answer:
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>98 jessibud2: "knowing there was a shallow pool of possibilities" HA! I see what you did there.

>99 laytonwoman3rd: - :D)

>98 jessibud2: Wow, impressive, Shelley! Took me 5 today.

If you really want to feel like conquering the impossible, try nerdle:

https://www.nerdlegame.com/

On the rare occasion I finally figure it out, I feel like a genius. And there are multiple versions for additional frustration.

>98 jessibud2: Wow, in three! I used four, thanks to your hint. A word I do know, but would never use myself. Wordle gives us a good workout doesn’t it?

>101 kac522: - Good grief, Kathy! You trying to kill me?

>102 EllaTim: - I did not intentionally drop that as hint, Ella but whatever works for you! I am continually impressed beyond words that you can do this in a language not your own! I can sometimes barely do it and this language IS my own! :-) I can't say I ever actually used that word, either, truth be known. We don't have them as far as I know, up here in Canada.

>103 jessibud2: I know. Leave it to my sister the accountant to recommend that one.

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>105 jessibud2: A 3 day for me: AEONS, ABORT, ATOLL

>106 richardderus: - My second word was the same as yours. It just took me one extra step to reach the same end result. Richard, how do I use the spoiler thingies you use there? Someone recently told me but I just tried it and it didn't work. I should know this but I don't.

{spoiler}SPOILER HERE{/spoiler} but instead of "{" use "<" and you're golden!

>6 jessibud2: I LOVED Mattea Roach!! I'm also a huge fan of Amy Schneider. I know there were people ragging on Mattea, those who found her annoying. I found her to be charming. And for pete's sake, she is only 23 years old, people. I just adored her.

Hi Shelley. I am chuckling at your wordle and phoodle adventures. I have not tried wordle (nor any of its spinoffs) even once.

I'm having a quiet but good visit with my sister and her wife. The weather was beautiful today so I got in a good walk.

I am an Atwood fan and I love the story about the unburnable editions of The Handmaid's Tale.

Hi Ellen. If you already have the subscription to the NYT puzzles, then just add wordle to your retirement list of things to do - it's fun!

Can't wait for the tournament of campions in the fall. I like the current champ, Ryan, too. Very understated, but funny in his own way and of course, smart!

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Shelley, I'm also enjoying current champ Ryan. I agree: humble and understated. And so clearly surprised by his success! I'm also not watching while in NC; we record it and Prudence and I will watch together this weekend once I'm home again. So, no spoilers. :-)

Oh, I love the idea of getting caught up in Wordle after I retire. For some reason, I thought it wasn't possible to go back and do "past" puzzles.

I'm looking forward to the tournament of champions this year too, Shelley. There are so many contestants who have done so well this year.

I didn't know that we will only have Wordle until June 9. Oh well, I'll just have to do something else after that - maybe read.

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I am still struggling with phoodle. I have the first 2 letters but I am on my 4th try and I can't figure out where to go from there...

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I bailed on phoodle yesterday and am about to do the same today.

I will cheer for several of the contestants in the Tournament of Champions but Amy and Mattea will likely be my top two.

>118 EBT1002: - I will definitely be cheering for Mattea. I think it's in the fall or something; closer to the end of the year.

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I am off to Montreal again on Monday and the boys were so good together and really seemed to have missed each other last time I went away, in March that I thought perhaps I would keep Theo home with Owen this time and save myself some money by not boarding him. But he has sealed his own fate. He is just not to be trusted. Aside from still stalking and occasionally attacking Owen (which is, in truth, harmless, just stressful for Owen), the other day I had my handyman, Glen here working on a few things around the house. Theo adores Glen and usually doesn't leave his side, always overseeing whatever job Glen is busy with. At some point the other day, though, I realized I didn't see Theo anywhere. We looked everywhere. I wasn't worried that he had got outside but we checked there anyhow. I checked all his usual hiding places. Nada. Absolutely nowhere. We were standing in the living room, facing each other, trying to think when suddenly Glen said, I found him. I turned around to see what he was looking at, behind me. I had to look twice because at first, I was confused and didn't see anything. But there, curled into a cozy ball, was Theo, BEHIND the tv. I don't even know how he got there because the last time he did that, he knocked the tv to the floor (thankfully, it did not break) and Glen had since secured the tv to the back of the wall unit. Such a bad boy. He immediately went to sleep in one of his caves. And this is one of many reasons I board him when I go away because I just can't trust him.

Meanwhile, Owen watched the whole thing unfold and didn't say a word.

In Owen news, he is way overdue for his annual rabies shot and checkup. You may remember that I cannot yet pick him up and last year - the only time I managed to get him to the vet - I made and had to cancel 2 appointments before it happened. This year, I made and had to cancel one, so far. I am going to try again today. I considered a home-visit vet, but have decided against it because they are a lot more expensive and there is no guarantee that Owen would let anyone else - a stranger - near him. To pay so much and in the end, not have success is not something I am willing to do. A vet's office it is small space with nowhere to hide. Here in my house, he is fast and knows a lot of places we probably wouldn't be able to reach him. The only flat surface on which to examine or hold him would be my bed or the dining room table or the floor and if he is so traumatized that perhaps his bowels or bladder let go, well, let's just say I'd rather that happen on a vet's exam table.

I love my boys, but these 2 are a lot more than I bargained for. I'm getting too old for this.

In other, worse news, our premier won a second term in yesterday's election. A landslide. Another 4 years of him is almost more than I can face. I refuse to turn on the radio today because that is the only thing that I will be hearing about. I don't know whether to barf or cry. It makes me wonder what sort of people we have in this province, to believe his garbage enough to give him such a mandate. He sure didn't win with my vote, I can promise you that. It seems the whole world is tilting right these days. Pretty soon, it's going to keel right over... :-(

>120 jessibud2: Have you considered something like this? I can't vouch for it, but it does appear to be a possible solution to getting Owen rounded up.

>121 jessibud2: Sorry about the Owen troubles, but I guess that's his personality. I am truly sad about the win of your premier. I thought things here in the US were bad, but I guess other countries have their issues as well. I am so disheartened by what I see everywhere in the political world all over this globe. I have, over the past couple of years, started to just read headlines and not the news because it makes me too depressed and anxious.

I thought about you when I saw Ford had won, Shelley. I knew you wouldn't be happy about that. Your two furry friends are such a challenge. I hope that you are able to get Owen in to the vet and that you have a smooth trip to Montreal.

Probably luck:
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>122 laytonwoman3rd: - Hi Linda. I have not seen anything like that before but my knee-jerk reaction is to not go there. It's taken me so long to win his trust, I would just hate to blow it by using or doing anything that might look like I am trying to trap him. This device looks good, safe and reasonable, in extreme circumstances (which I may well have) but I just can't bring myself to try it. At least not at this point. I have been trying to get him to sit on my lap (I know it may very well never happen) as he sometimes stands up on his hind legs and puts his front paws on my lap. I keep telling him that I know he wants to and it's ok, but, as with everything else with this boy, it will have to be on his terms or not at all. I accept that.

>123 SqueakyChu: - Thanks, Madeleine. I try to keep reminding myself that in the overall scheme of things, as countries go, a Doug Ford is certainly not as bad as it could get. For one thing, he is only a provincial leader, not a federal one. Thank goodness for small mercies. And, in the larger world picture, while Canada is far far from perfect, it's still the country I prefer to live in, especially when I see what else is out there. At least for now. My only hope is that if the world truly implodes or goes straight to hell, it won't happen until I am long gone.

>124 Familyhistorian: - Hi Meg. Well, no, yesterday's 5 o'clock appointment had to be cancelled as well. I may try again when I get back from Mtl. Maybe he will be so happy to see me, that he will be more cooperative. I know I am probably delusional....;-)

>127 jessibud2: What does your Vet suggest for Owen's annual -
maybe a visit by him and a burly assistant while you leave the room
so you don't get blamed...?

>125 jessibud2: I got this one in 3, too! I am revolted by your election results because I fear we'll see the same awfulness here in the midterms.

I hope Montreal is a good trip.

*smooch*

>127 jessibud2: It's taken me so long to win his trust, I would just hate to blow it by using or doing anything that might look like I am trying to trap him.

I concur with your instinct. One of our feral cats, Lord Bravery, who grew to let me pet her whenever *she* felt like it, absolutely refused to ever let me put my hand under her stomach after the one time I tried to pick her up. We had her for about 16 years, too. She never forgot my attempt! :D

>128 m.belljackson: - I did consider a house call vet, Marianne, but they are way more expensive and in truth, there is no guarantee that they will succeed. I would rather wait it out. As long as this isn't an emergency, just a vaccine shot, I think that is the best approach.

>129 richardderus: - I got it in 4 today, Richard.
Montreal will be interesting for sure. It will be the first time I will be staying with my mother in the new place. That will be a challenge as she is in one room, not a separate bedroom as she had in the last place. There, she had her bedroom and I slept on the couch in the living room. Here, it is a studio apartment (or, if I am brutally honest, a large hospital type room). Yes, there is the pull-out couch but still. Anyhow, it's only 3 nights so we shall see. She does go to bed early though I intend to try to keep her up a bit longer than her usual. I will have my tablet and my books so fingers crossed that it all works out...!

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>131 jessibud2: That tablet will save you, I'm willing to bet. Have a lovely visit!

Safe travels to Montreal. Have a nice visit with your mum.

Good luck on your trip, your mother, your cat. Heyyyyy. I know. You could read a book. It works for me (sometimes). :-)

Safe travels to Montreal, Shelley! And have a good visit with your mother.

Thanks, Richard, Madeline, Bill, Ella. I'm taking 4 books. One to read in the train, a second in case I finish the first, and 2 spares in case I don't like the other 2. ;-)
Not sure I will have time to go to my favourite little bookshop but if I can, I will. With only 2 full days to visit, and 2 appointments in those days, it's probably not gonna happen but you never know...

>121 jessibud2: I honestly don't think that any of the candidates were the right fit. I am curious to see who will be elected leader of the NDP and Liberal party.

Hopefully the trip to Montreal goes well.

》137- Me too, Anita, it will be interesting to see. I don't even know of anyone in the running.

So, today after my appointment, I started walking, figuring I 'd hop on the first bus that came by. No bus came so I kept walking and before I knew it, I was at Queen Mary Road. I was happy because that is where one of my 2 favourite bookstores is located. And guess what? I came out with 3 books. 😊

Heading home tomorrow morning. It has been a good visit and it only rained at night, not during the day. The sofa is extremely comfy as a couch, but sadly, not so much when opened and pulled out as a bed. Mattress is way too soft. Yikes. But it's only 3 nights and I can survive. My mum is as charming as ever but her memory is declining. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes disorienting, sometimes worrisome. Sigh...

Anyhow, homeward bound tomorrow... back to my boys

>138 jessibud2: Well that sounds like a good trip Shelley. Shame about the sofa bed, but as you say, 3 days is manageable. What books did you succumb to?

Morning, Shelley. Sweet Thursday. Thanks for keeping my thread warm and cozy. It was a great family reunion, minus a few members. The setting and the weather were perfect, so we just enjoyed visiting with one another, mostly avoiding the touristy stuff. My sister and her family did much more of that.

I hope all is well with you.

>138 jessibud2: what >139 Caroline_McElwee: said

This train is doing a lot of rocking back and forth making it tricky to type without typos. I will fill in the blanks when I get home later. I got wordle in 4 and phoodle in 3 today but don't know how to do a copy and past3 from the tablet.

Later..,

Books acquired yesterday:

Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson, an actress I have long admired. I believe this book came out shortly before she passed away at age 96.

House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon, historical fiction, based in Amsterdam.

Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky. NF

I did force myself to stop at 3.

I also read and finished another book but I did not like it. I felt it was poorly written, almost cringe-worthy in the way things sometimes were so far-fetched and made no sense. It is called All the Flowers in Paris and while the premise sounded like it had promise, I really forced myself to finish this one, something I rarely do. I would not recommend it.

On the train today, I also started a book for the Asian challenge, India, called The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. I have had this one of my shelf for ages. But it starts with that squalor of the place she lives and her life and somehow, I am just not feeling up to it. I need something lighter, especially after that last one. So I am bailing on it. And so it goes...

>143 jessibud2: Glad you had a good visit to Montreal.

Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky. NF

Great book! I read that book a while back. I was so impressed with Lansky's work that I sent a donation to his charity after I read it.
Here's my review of it. :D

>144 SqueakyChu: - Good to know, Madeline, thanks. I do love books about books, like this.

I just now clicked on the title of the book I did not like and was stunned to see how many 4 and 5 stars it got! I found it lame, predictable (I guessed the ending long before I got there) and how much was just too *pat* and *coincidental* to be believable. I would add my 2 cents to those reviews except that I don't want to add it to my library.

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I had the same score in Wordle today that I have every day. Heh heh. It's another swell day here, and I am going to enjoy it. Hope your day is like mine will be, Shelley.

>143 jessibud2:, >144 SqueakyChu: I really enjoyed Outwitting History, too. For a non-fiction book, it was a real page-turner for me. He is so passionate about his work that it's infectious. My own "quibble", if you can call it that, is that he's a bit of a name-dropper in the book, and that got annoying to me after awhile.

Outwitting History is terrific. The author, Aaron Lansky spoke in Toronto many years ago. I am on the mailing list for the Yiddish Book Centre ( that Lansky established I believe) in Amherst, Mass-they are doing some interesting online events.

>146 jessibud2: 3 for me...very happy not to have played the guessing game with you!

>143 jessibud2: All your purchases sound intriguing, but setting Thrity Umgar's book aside rang me like a bell. I did that as well.

>143 jessibud2: Will be watching for your comments on House on Endless Waters, love me a book set in Amsterdam.

Bombed. Shame on me. As a Canuck, you'd think I'd have got this sooner

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>147 weird_O: - I slept a lot yesterday, Bill, I guess to catch up on not sleeping well at my mother's place. I stepped out for a mere half hour to get some groceries and missed a call from the doctor who did her scan on Tuesday. I called back and rescheduled a telephone appointment for next week.

>148 kac522:, >149 torontoc: - Thanks for that, Kathy and Cyrel. I have a couple of books to finish up before I get to it but it's good to hear such good endorsements. I am sure I will enjoy it.

>150 richardderus: - I have to be in a certain frame of mind to read books like hers, Richard, and I haven't been, in quite some time. I am also trying very hard to let go of books that don't appeal to me and not hang onto to them *in case* I might want to read them some day. If I do, there is always the library, right?

>151 Caroline_McElwee: - It sounds like a good one, Caroline. Hope to get to it soon.

>152 jessibud2: Sorry you didn't get the Wordle today, Shelley.
I was lucky on my sixth guess, and feared I would not get it today.

Barely squeaked through. And the streak begins anew, after yesterday's bomb:

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Hi Shelley. Long time no visit. I’m so far behind on threads…

>77 jessibud2: I have mixed feelings about Atwood and will never read A Handmaid’s Tale or its sequel. I loved the link and her statement.

>120 jessibud2: Theo just couldn’t stay good a bit longer, could he? I like the story of him behind the TV.

>138 jessibud2: A book store and 3 books is a good thing. I’m glad the trip, if not the bed, was good.

In Wordle, I see that you use my first word too. And congrats on getting the hang of spoiler html.

>155 jessibud2: I say it often, but again: 6 > X.

Deaccessioning the books I've read is second nature but I do still keep Pearl-Ruled reads that I didn't just loathe. The libraries are under attack and I grow more and more concerned at the cheap bastards shutting them down entirely.`

Improvement! Yay!
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Harder and I knew what I was doing in guess #3, having already eliminated one of the letters but in the end, I got it, which is more than I can say for some days!

Phoodle #36 5/6 pesto, beans, melts, lewis, leeks

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>158 jessibud2: I took 4 but it was because I got fancy. RONDO before DONOR, for goodness sake!

>158 jessibud2: - yeah, sometimes fancy can fool ya! ;-)

Looks like your visit to your Mum went well especially with the reward for your walk at the bookstore.

I was knocked flat yesterday by one of the worst migraines in ages. Thank goodness for drugs but even those took a long while to do their job. I felt like a wet rag after. Still moving slowly and the heat and humidity arrive today and tomorrow. Ick.

I finished the bio of baseball legend Roberto Clemente yesterday and will return it to the library today. I took long breaks while reading it which is why it took so long. I did skim the parts where the author went into almost play by play of several games. I love baseball but either I watch the game or not but don't particularly want or need to *read* the game. Anyhow, it was overall a good read. The chapter at the end that went into detail about the background of airplane and the tangle of mistakes and incompetence of those behind that fateful flight that took Clemente's life, was terrifying and heartbreaking. So many things were wrong and had they been caught and dealt with, it all could have been prevented. What a mess. It reminded me of an excellent book by Atul Gawande that I read years ago called The Checklist Manifesto. That book scared the daylights out of me, to realize how much can go wrong and how easy things could be to prevent disasters if only people were diligent. Not great things for flying phobics like me to read....

I did attempt wordle last night and got it in 3. Didn't bother with phoodle. maybe today...

*edited to add a note about Clemente. Roberto Clemente was an outstanding baseball player, one of the first black Puerto Ricans in the game. He was a complex man, and in his private life, very philanthropic. After a devastating earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua in December 1972 , just before Christmas, he began to fund-raise to collect aid and medical supplies to send there to help victims. The corrupt Somoza government had been stealing and stockpiling much of the emergency aid coming in from other countries and when Clemente discovered this, he decided to charter a plane and accompany what he had collected, to make sure himself that they got to where they were needed. Sadly, that is where it all fell apart. He never made it; the plane went down just moments after takeoff. Though parts of the plane were eventually recovered, his body never was. Such a tragedy. A preventable tragedy.

He was only the second man inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame without having to wait the regulatory 5 years after the end of his career; Lou Gehrig being the other.

There is a cardinal's nest in my lilac tree. I have been hearing and seeing the parents a lot lately and noticed the nest just the other day. I have only seen the mama sitting once but I try not to go too close so as not to stress them. Haven't heard any baby chirps yet. There is a big piece of plastic in the nest, maybe intended as camouflage.

While sitting outside reading yesterday, I also had the delight of watching a little red squirrel and her baby on my fence and the wall of my house. I knew the reds were small (compared to the black squirrels!) but baby is just so teeny and adorable. He ran up the wall and froze and she had to go get him, to show him how to turn around and come down. A few times, on the fence, he dove under her, maybe to nurse for a moment, maybe to just hide and feel safe. Don't know but it was precious. I did snap a bunch of photos, only a few of which came out good. Who knows, maybe today is the day I will FINALLY attempt to download them to my computer so I can share.

Migraines! Ugh!!

I hope your computer-vs-Shelley bout over the photos goes your way.

As you say, Richard, 6>x

Wordle 361 6/6 adieu, bring, grift, pricy, prior, primo

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>162 jessibud2: Sorry to hear about the migraine Shelley. I am lucky mine stopped some years ago, no idea why. Hope it has fully passed.

Ooo, red squirrels, rare here now. Crossing everything for photos.

Wordle 362 4/6 adieu, among, annoy, apron

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>164 richardderus:, >166 Caroline_McElwee: - I have had migraines since high school. It seems they have increased a lot over the last year or so. Neurologist has sent me for xrays, 2 MRIs and the good news is that there is no tumour or anything else going on. The bad news is that the disc degeneration that I have had for years (apparently not uncommon in most people as we age) is somewhat worse so it seems likely that the pain that radiates from the neck is what is causing such pain. I have to give my physiotherapist a call and the neurologist suggested botox. I have always been leery of that as a *fix* but I am going to call a former colleague of mine who has used that for her migraines. I do believe she found it gave her relief.

On the photo front, nada yet. I have been lazy. My latest project is to clear out my garage. It is not a big garage but it is stuffed to the gills. This will likely be a full summer project. I did fill one garbage bag yesterday and only got about one half of one wall cleared from stuff piled up against it. No rush and I know I will feel better once it's done but it's a filthy job, lots of dust and grime and today was just too darn hot and humid to be outside, even in the garage out of the sun. It is on and under the shelves in the back of the garage that will give me the most work, I know. I thought about starting there and working my way out to get the worst over with first, but that really makes no sense. Better to do it this way, from the front and work my way in. I expect I will find things I didn't know I had. That always happens when I clear out an area (like a closet, for example) after a long time of not doing it.

Strength and fortitude...!

Good luck with the garage clean-out. In the past decade I have completely cleaned out two houses (my aunt & uncle's complete with attic and basement/garage, and my mother's smaller one) and one two-bedroom apartment (MIL's). Trying to minimize what came into MY house from all of those has been a challenge, and it's meant pretty constant "curating" of stuff to keep the rafters and floorboards from collapsing. Now I really want to do our own attic, because there are parts of it I haven't looked at in 30 years. Hot and dirty work it certainly is, but it can be very enlightening as well!

Sorry your migraines are getting worse. My daughter suffers with them, and it's a been a long challenge--just when one treatment seems to be working fairly well, they change in character or frequency, and a whole new regimen has to be figured out.

>169 laytonwoman3rd: - I know that feeling, Linda, that need to downsize. Having moved my mother out of the large spacious condo she shared with her husband, and into the small one-bedroom apartment in her assisted living in 2018, then from that place to the current long-term care place she is in now, a studio apartment, all done in very short time frames, I came home each time with that *urge to purge* feeling about my own space. I don't have kids or family who will do that for me after I am gone and have been having somewhat frantic binges of trying to unload stuff myself. There is that old saying that we spend the first half of our lives accumulating stuff, and the last half trying to get rid of it all. That's me. I have always had a hard time letting go of things that have sentimental value, and books, too. But I am trying hard to overcome that. It isn't easy and it's a lot of work.

Yes, migraines are a real pain, on so many levels. That everyone experiences them differently and that they can change so much over time sure doesn't help. There is a very good online community called the Migraine World Summit (https://migraineworldsummit.com/) and each year, they bring together experts from many fields to discuss the latest inroads into research, treatments, advocacy and much more about migraines. The summit itself lasts about a week, with 4 speakers per day and it's free online. It's free to join and I signed up for their newsletters so I get regular articles from them to read. I have learned a lot over the few years I have been part of this. In case your daughter might be interested, I'd recommend it.

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So good to take advantage of the urge to purge when it hits, Shelley. Besides the books my problem is paper. When I moved into this place I was going to school part time as well as working full time. School increases paper to no end and, of course, it feels like you should hang onto it since you spent so much time and energy on it. But I haven't looked at it since I finished that bout of schooling in 2015. Maybe it's time to follow your lead.

I did something I haven't yet done on wordle: I bailed. I just could not figure out anything that worked after the 4th turn and just couldn't expend any more energy on it. adieu, poach, canto, cargo

My last 2 tries had first, second and last letters correct but nothing I could think of worked. Oh well. The sun still comes up and the cats still need to be fed, and the world still turns. C'est la vie.

I bailed on phoodle, too. Not my day to think, apparently. Perhaps tomorrow....

It's a crummy thing to feel like bailing, isn't it...means energy needs to be conserved. I hope it turns around later.

Anyway, it's just a game and no one's at risk of anything, still less anything dire, if one declines to participate one day.

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>173 jessibud2: Yeah, I need breakfast first or I'm doomed. I did manage to squeak through:

Wordle 364 5/6

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Hi Shelley. I am sorry about those migraines you have been experiencing. Yuck!
Will you please be careful about cleaning out that garage in the heat? Dirt and heat are not a good combination.
Your worldling is going lots better than mine, and phoodle, no, lets just eat it.

>173 jessibud2: I nearly bailed on Wordle today too. I got to a point where I could not see how the letters left to me could possibly combine with what I had on the board (I had 3 in the right place) to make any word. But I did get it eventually. It's made me kind of grumpy all day. That and hauling things out of the attic in that ongoing purge...

>176 EllaTim: - Thanks, Ella. I only spent about an hour or so in the garage today. And, despite it being around 32C just 2 days ago, I am not sure we made it to 20C today. I needed a jacket! I love it like this, no humidity, blue skies. It was even a tad too windy and cool so sit out in the back and read for long!

>177 laytonwoman3rd: - I did throw out some stuff in my garage time today, Linda but I also uncovered a treasure I had forgotten I had: the rotary dial phone from my growing up years! Covered in dust and the dial itself may need a bit of WD40 as it doesn't return smoothly as it should. My home phone number still visible. It's black and weighs a bloody ton. How on earth is this even still with me? I don't remember lugging it from move to move. I may need to give it a place of honour as a conversation piece, if nothing else!

I also took a photo of the 8 cans of paint in the garage and texted it to my handyman, asking if I should hang onto them. He said no; the garage isn't heated and the paint won't be usable. So, after I find out where the nearest location is to bring them, that will free up 2 or 3 shelves' worth of space in the garage! I also set aside some garden tools and other stuff I will offer to friends who have large gardens and room for this. If I get no takers, I suppose I can donate. I am still not finished the left side of the garage but I am getting there.

Ha! We still have a rotary phone connected in our bedroom, and a princess phone in the "spare room". Just in case, y'know.

If you add cat litter to the paint in those cans it will solidify. That makes them eligible for regular garbage disposal here. Don't know what your rules may be.

>179 laytonwoman3rd: Plus, the main ingredient in cat litter fixes the most noxious chemicals in paint to slow down the leaching of them into the earth and the water table.

Hiya Shelley! I too am *gobsmacked* your rotary phone's made it to 2022 still in your possession. I mean, I haven't seen one in a decade or more...and IIRC they weren't available after ~1980 so it's a minimum of forty years old. Wow! What a survivor.

>179 laytonwoman3rd: - A Princess phone, lol!! Wow, now that's something! Is it pink?

I am not sure about the cat litter in the paint cans. I plan to call the city tomorrow and find out where to bring them and I will ask about that though I highly doubt the people at the city phone would know. This is the first I ever heard of such a thing.

>180 richardderus: - I moved to Toronto in 1980, Richard, though my mum still lived in the house I grew up in until 1996 or 97. My dad died in 1995 and she married the creep a couple of years after that. I am fairly sure, though, that I must have grabbed that phone before then. Surely, she must have had a push button phone by then. Heh.

I am using my tablet and copy and paste doesn't seem to work. Anyhow, I wordle in 5.

And phoodle in 4.

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>183 jessibud2: I'm only a little behind you at 4. Your Phoodle-fu is coming along great!

Happy week-ahead's reads.

>162 jessibud2: So sad about Clemente. I not only read Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto but used his advice to use a checklist at that time in my work as an home health agency auditor.

Great work on the garage clean out. Those kind of task are horrendous for me.

>184 richardderus: - Thanks, Richard. A bit better today.

>185 SqueakyChu: - Yes, that Gawande book is one that has stayed with me. It was my first by him but not my last.

>186 banjo123: - Hi Rhonda. I think my approach of doing only a bit at a time, especially now that our weather has turned HOT and HUMID, is the only way it will get done. I tend to fizzle fast when I go at something gung-ho from the start.

This morning, I hosed down and cleaned 3 lawn chairs that the sun has faded but are otherwise in excellent shape. I am going to see if I can give them away.

Wordle 367 4/6 adieu, boats, talon, gloat

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>188 jessibud2: I took 4 as well, so I'll just say that all the best minds take 4 tries...we're so well-stuffed with words.

Since I am 150+ posts behind, I am not even going to try and catch up, Shelley. I just came by to wish you a "Happy Tuesday."

I just brought 12 cans of old paint to the hazardous waste depot, and 3 old-but-in-good-shape lawn chairs to the Value Village donation centre. My garage project continues! I did a quick stop at the supermarket to stock up on fruit and yogurt (and ice cream) and now I am home in the blessed a/c. 35C outside, with a humidex making it feel like 43C!! I should have lost at least 10 pounds by now, just sweating, no? I will pretend that is true and will not get on the scale to prove or disprove it. I am indulging myself as I sweat down to nothing...;-)

I am going to skip wordle and phoodle today altogether because the migraine that began yesterday has lessened but not disappeared and I simply cannot and will not put such stress on the old brain cells. Some other day...
I may just have a nap, or watch the ball game or read ... Currently reading 2: Sixty - A Diary of my Sixty-First Year by Ian Brown, and House on Endless Waters which is one of the books I recently purchased in Montreal. The one by Ian Brown has been on my shelf for years so I figured I better get it read before I leave my 60s altogether.... He is a great writer and once I am done, I will send the book to my cousin, who is currently in his 61st year.

>191 jessibud2: I bombed on Wordle today, so don't feel bad about skipping. It was truly awful.

I'm very impressed with your progress on the garage. I need to make progress on unhauling books and getting rid of dishes/china. I have tons of the latter that were my grandmother's and then my mom's and now mine, and although I love it all, it feels like such a burden. And yet I can't bring myself to get rid of it. My sons have no interest and my sister just downsized to a tiny apartment in Florida, so there's no place for it to go except Goodwill.

Last couple of days we were at 99F and 101F, although today I think we've "cooled" down to 90F.

>192 kac522: - Thanks, Kathy. Do you have places where you live that resell items, not just Goodwill. Here, in Toronto, there are places that buy from people downsizing, or estate sales. I have brought things to them. Everything is on consignment meaning they pay you for what sells and after a specific amount of time, if things don't sell, you can take them back or just leave them. It's like walking through an old antique shop only it's huge, almost like a warehouse. Kind of fun, actually. The place is called https://www.aroundtheblock.com/. Anyhow, just a thought, if you are not keen on just giving them to Goodwill.

Sorry to hear about the migraines. I used to have them really bad when attending University. So bad that I had to hide out in my thesis supervisor's office for quiet.

>191 jessibud2: It has been quite hot these past few days! I have been busy watering the gardens and plants in the wee hours of the morning. I always feel 10x heavier when it's so warm. I think there is one day next week that is "cooler".

Stay cool and hydrated. Happy garage organizing.

>194 figsfromthistle: - Oddly, the humidity seems to have broken! I just went out to empty the birdbath and the air is actually breathable and much *lighter* than it was just a few hours ago. I find it really hard to breathe outside in the kind of humidity we have been having. I think it is *only* going to get up to 27C tomorrow! And yes, I have been hydrating so much. Good thing my bedroom is next to the bathroom! lol

Wordle 369 3/6 adieu, thick, brink

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>196 jessibud2: Good Wordling indeed, Shelley, and I'm impressed you're keeping up with Phoodle. I gave up a while back.

Sweet Thursday, Shelley. Just checking in. Lots of Wordle going on, which I don't play. How are those books treating you?

Like Mark, I am just checking in. I hope the migraines are leaving you alone now!

>197 richardderus: - I do find phoodle hard but some days, it just works. And I like their *fun fact* offerings and confetti toss, once you get the correct answer. Simple minds...;-)

>198 msf59:, >199 alcottacre: - Hi Mark and Stasia. Day 3 of this current migraine, which sometimes abates enough for me to move my eyeballs without pain. Has anyone come up with a head transplant yet? Makes for slow reading (slower than usual, that is, as I am a slow reader at the best of times).

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Bailing on phoodle today. I have the first and last letters correct and 2 of the remaining 3, but not in the correct spots. I hate when, no matter what I do, nothing works. Lacking patience this morning. I think I will go out and feed my garden then move on to the garage. Results promise to be better than phoodle...

>200 jessibud2: If someone comes up with a head transplant, I would like one too :)

Sorry to hear that the migraine is sticking around, Shelley. I hope you have a better weekend and it finally leaves you.

>202 alcottacre: - Thanks, Stasia. So far, so good but, as often happens, it will flare up later. Sometimes, I wake up with it, sometimes I think I am free and clear until later in the day. It is what it is and as with most chronic stuff, you work your way around it as best you can. I am grateful to be retired now so there is that. At least I can alter my day as I please.

Have a good one, too!

>203 jessibud2: It is what it is and as with most chronic stuff, you work your way around it as best you can

This I well know since I have been dealing with chronic issues since I was 12. I really hope that the migraine does not flare up later and that you can have a productive day. Retirement is wonderful and I love having the time to do what I want too :)

Hope your migraine goes away. Dang it. Another chronic sufferer here admiring your positive attitude. Wishing you a great weekend.

I slept really well, for some odd reason and am (so far) headache-free. It's going to be another scorcher today so I have already watered front and back gardens, pulled out 3 small plants that were dying and potted a new one in their place. Going to jump into a shower and cool down then a haircut this afternoon. I picked up a new to me book from the library yesterday, Seek You. I am sure I must have been hit by the BB here from someone though I can't remember who.

Wordle 371 4/6 adieu, drape, blade, beady. I seem to be back at my default of 4 guesses.

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Stuck again on phoodle. I have the first, third and last letters correctly in place but nothing else I do seems to work. I think I will let it go. I hate spending so much time on it.

Happy to hear you're pain-free today. I slept really well, too, because it's raining & cooled down here! So maybe it'll move your way and you'll get some relief from the heat tomorrow.

I finished Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End, which is the last book in Jennifer Worth's trilogy. Has a significant section on illegal abortions. Timely, unfortunately.

>206 jessibud2: Hope you continue pain free this weekend Shelley.

Wordle 372 4/6 adieu, mount, strut, rusty

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>209 jessibud2: We're Wordle-twins today, Shelley. It's going to be hot here later, almost 27C!

Happy week-ahead's reads.

My usual:

Wordle 373 4/6 adieu, entry, metro, retro

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I got lucky, it was a 3 day here.

Shelley, I am sad that you suffer from migraines. I am a member of that rather large group of people. Thus far Butabatal is the only thing that works for me. Thinking of you and sending lots of healing wishes.

Wordle 374 5/6 adieu, ditch, drown, drops, droll. I probably could have got it in my regular 4 if I hadn't made the careless mistake of using a letter in turn 2 that turn 1 showed me was not there. Oh well... At least, I didn't bomb.

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>214 jessibud2: I did that too! I was stupid and reused a letter I knew wasn't correct...there needs to be a word for this...Wordleflub? Flurble?

Flurble! I like that one! And so it is! We both flurbled! :-)

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>218 jessibud2: I got it in 5 but honestly it was a skin-of-the-teeth kind of thing.

Happy Wednesdaying, wherever it may take you. *smooch*

>218 jessibud2: Today’s wordle has been just hilarious—the words people came up with on their way to the answer, which is a very funny word in itself! Thanks for showing your work!

Have a great day!

Karen O

Today’s Wordle was fabulous! We just heard from an old roommate about whom we were worrying, and she emailed me after a year and a half to see if I got today’s Wordle…which I did in four. Only one other person she knew was able to solve it. So…Wordle now reignites old friendships! Yes!!

Wordle 376 5/6. Slow start today: adieu, quoth, mulch, butch, hutch

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>219 richardderus: - Hi, Richard. That's how I felt about today's, to be honest.

>220 klobrien2: - Hi, Karen. No kidding! I actually enjoy that challenge but honestly, sometimes it's just a shot in the dark!

>221 SqueakyChu: - Hi, Madeline. Yes, it does! Fun!

>222 jessibud2: I literally never ever thought of your guesses #3 & #4! Not so much as once! Thank goodness, I'd've flubbed the whole game.

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Sending greets from Scotland, Shelley.

It took me a while to get today’s Wordle but it was better than yesterday when I didn’t get it at all - what a strange word!

>224 richardderus: -Well, Richard, my #3 word came easily because I garden.

>225 Familyhistorian: - Hi Meg. Hope you are having a great time. Lots of news lately from your province but you probably don't need to tune in till you get home!

I am still reading my way through 2 books, hoping to finish at least one before starting the library book. But another library book I picked up, I have to mention. It is a child's book, an alphabet book that caught my eye as I was leaving the library. I happen to have a lovely collection of alphabet books so I grabbed it because it is unusual. A is for Bee - an alphabet in Translation by Ellen Heck. First of all, the artwork is stunning. Heck is a printmaker. Many pages look like woodcuts but not all. There is plenty of black and white but also vibrant colours. The concept, though, is intriguing. What she has done, is use our alphabet, and alphabetical order, and translates common words from many other languages, quite a few of which, I have never heard of! I loved that! Here is a small sample:

A is for Bee: Ari in Turkish: Aamoo in Ojibwe, Abelha in Portuguese, Anu in Igbo.
B is for Monkey: Bojog in Balinese, Bezdzione in Lithuanian, Biri in Hausa, Bandar in Hindi.

Here are some of the languages I had not heard of: Hausa, Teluga, Alutiiq, Aymara, Wolof, Tlingit.

There is also one of the QR codes at the back of the book that you can go to hear native or fluent speakers pronouncing the words. And there is a website listed at he back, though I had a hard time accessing it. Here is the general publisher's site and though I don't see this book listed, they seem very pro diversity.
https://www.levinequerido.com/

Anyhow, I really loved this book and if I were still teaching, I would not hesitate for a second to purchase it for my class. But since I don't have kids or grandkids, it seems a bit pricy and extravagant to buy it new for myself, just to have it. I am trying not to indulge that habit. But if you can find it at your library, it is a feast for the eyes.

>227 jessibud2: A is For Bee looks great--my library has it on order, and I've requested a copy! Thanks!

Karen O.

>228 klobrien2: - It is, Karen. I hope you enjoy it!

>227 jessibud2: Sounds wonderful Shelley, and also a great metaphorical reminder that the things we think are set, rarely are. Most of us will have only considered our own alphabet when we think of that word.

Reading Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams reminds me so often that what is true for us, is not true for everyone.

>230 Caroline_McElwee: - I have seen a lot of love for the Lopez book, Caroline. I hope to get to it at some point. And yes, I love when a book reminds us of things we should know, but don't, before a certain moment.

I bombed yesterday, but got lucky today:

Wordle 376 3/6

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Happy Canada Day, Shelley!

*remembering the fun and wet one we spent with you*. :D

>233 SqueakyChu: - Thanks, Madeline! I remember it well!

Weirdest thing today. I suddenly got an email notification from Live Journal, wishing me congrats for joining LJ 16 years ago today. I haven't been on it in at least 10 years if not longer and once, when I tried to get into my own account, I was locked out and everything was gone. Which is fine since I really don't have an interest in going back but why this, today? So I scrolled down to unsubscribe and it said no account found. So how (and why) did they have my email address and congratulate me on 16 years?! Cue the music from the Twilight Zone...do do do do ...do do do do ...

>234 jessibud2: Same thing happened to me a week-plus ago, only it was 18 years....??...

I missed wordling the last few days and I think it took me longer than it should have today. But, no bomb:

Wordle 380 6/6 adieu, women, strep, slyer, sheer, sever

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I went on a tear yesterday, a real frenzy of culling. I found out that my cousin from the States may be coming to visit for a short time with his 2 kids (teens) and it made me realize that the room that used to be my guest room is so jammed with books that unless I do something about it, I have no room to open the sofa bed. I have books EVERYWHERE. I am sure no one here has that problem but seriously, I only have a few weeks to transform that room.

I also just finished a book called Sixty: A Diary of my Sixty-First Year. It was a good read and one of the things that Brown says is that it's time to accept that he won't be able to do everything he once planned to do, travel to everywhere he once thought he would, or read all the books he wanted to or expected to read. Although he is only 2 months younger than I am, this book was written years ago and I don't have many *60* years left. I, too, have come to accept that the books in this house will outlive me. So, with that in mind, I started -- *started* being the operative word here -- to pull titles off my shelves yesterday. I now have 2 boxes in my car, ready to drop off at the local Value Village today. I have 24 other titles in bags that my friend said she would take, for her LFL. I haven't even made a dent but it's a start. Honestly, did I think I'd live forever? It's not easy because there are titles I DO want to read (obviously; I don't buy books I *don't* want to read!) but at least there seem to be enough that I feel I can part with now. Books I have read and don't NEED to hang on to, titles I guess I thought I should read but now, can say with confidence *forget it*. I even found titles I have no memory of acquiring. Oy.

I won't bother starting on the magazines just now. Books first! Heaven help me!

I know the feeling. I have to go through my book collection ( arranged in many places in my house) and determine which books I will never read. I have been dropping books off at Little Free Libraries. I haven't been down to sell any at the used book store(BVM) on Bloor yet

I am meeting a friend for lunch downtown tomorrow (outdoor patio; I won't eat indoors yet) and thought about stopping at BMV but I am not driving and don't want to lug bags of heavy books on the subway without a guarantee that they will accept them all. There is also a BMV closer to me at Yonge and Eglinton but they are a much smaller store and are much more selective about what they take in because of lack of space.

Wordle 381 4/6 adieu, mined, yield, field

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Harder today:
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>237 jessibud2: Hi Shelley! Sounds like a nice reason to do some culling. Good motivation can be just the thing that’s needed to get going.

And thanks for visiting in my absence!

>242 EllaTim: - Hi Ella. In the end, they won't stay with me because I forgot that he is quite allergic to cats. But it still got me started and that's a good thing.

It took all 6 for me today but at least I got it:

Wordle 383 6/6 adieu, arose, abate, awake, amaze, agape

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Some days, I just give up, other days, it's like this. Go figure:

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>244 jessibud2: I was 4 today...very satisfied with that result.

I know I go on about this ad nauseam, but the Kobo/ereader holds literally thousands of books in less than a square foot.

Plus it's got adjustable font sizes.

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>244 jessibud2: Had to share my "good guess" day--I'm usually in 5, sometimes 4:

Wordle 384 2/6

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Well. I am back in the land of the connected. For those not living in Canada, you likely did not hear about what happened here yesterday. Rogers, one of our 3 main servers (Canada has only 3; I am hoping that may now change but I am not holding my breath), went down yesterday, across the entire country. Bad enough for the likes of me, an individual. It meant I had no internet, no landline and no tv. I also discovered that my cell phone, which is a different company (so I thought) is also powered by Rogers so that was useless to me as well. So I read a book, continued to declutter and my day was not ruined. But only when I went out to do some grocery shopping did I discover how much this outage impacted the economy. No ATM machines were working so you couldn't pay by debit or credit in most places. A concert downtown had to cancel as people stood in line to go in because, apparently, the venue was powered by Rogers. Any business who uses Rogers effectively couldn't do business. And on and on.

Anyhow, when I woke up this morning, my cell phone was working but still nada on the home front. Until about 5 minutes ago. And yes, while it was most annoying for me, I was grateful that I am not one of those whose life is totally dictated by being connected. I read books, I can garden, I can go for a walk. And, most importantly, in the heat of the summer, the electricity was still on. Small miracles, etc.

>245 richardderus: - Richard, you are not the first to remind me of this. But I don't think I will ever be a convert to digital reading. It just ain't in my DNA. Real tree books until I go blind...Not practical, I know, but I yam what I yam, as Popeye always said...

>246 kac522: - Way to go, Kathy! I guess my streak (whatever it was) is over as I was not able to access anything online yesterday. I haven't attempted yet today. I need to go water my garden first then maybe I will saunter on over to wordle...

>248 jessibud2: I did see the news about the internet outage, but didn't quite appreciate the impact on so many people. And all those people working from home--what a nightmare.

I am glad there are Kindles and ebooks for people who want or need them. My brother said he had stopped reading books until he got his Kindle--being able to adjust the font was a life-saver for him.

But I am with you on digital reading. I find that when I read an ebook, I treat the screen like I'm reading a webpage--I tend to skim and scan, instead of taking the time to read each word. Nor do I retain what I've read in the same way as a physical book. I like the feel of a physical book. Yeah, they take up a lot of room, but all those covers look at me from the shelves and remind me of how much I love them (or need to read them).

Speaking of which, inspired by you I pulled about 20 books off the shelves yesterday that I know I'll never read. If I were really serious about it, I could find another 200 unread books to ditch. Maybe in another month or so, I'll find another 20 to go. In the past year I've been donating my books to the Highland Park Library, but that is not a place I'll be visiting for some time to come, given that their little downtown area is still a crime scene.

...And a BAD guessing day....sheesh!--I had the first 4 letters!

Wordle 385 5/6

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>250 kac522: I took the same number of tries but in a different way. That's an interesting pattern indeed....

Happy you're back! It was a chaotic disastrous day for much of Canada.

I have a number of friends who have both Rogers and Bell service- so if one service is not working- ( I still have friends who have land lines) they have the other service on their cell phones.

>252 torontoc: - Here is what's weird, Cyrel. I left Bell years ago after a fiasco with them after a million years of loyalty. I will never return to Bell. I switched to Rogers, who, for the most part, has been ok. My cell phone is with Zoomer and whenever Rogers has been down, I call them on my cell to report it. For reasons beyond my understanding, even if there is no wifi, or connection of any kind in the house with Rogers, I still have wifi connection on my cell. It never occurred to me that they could be part of Rogers. So, when the cell was down yesterday, too, I was confused. I pulled out my little manual from Zoomer and what do you know? "Zoomer wireless services provided by Cityphone, operated by Rogers Communications Canada". Honestly, I never knew. My monthly billing shows *Cityphone, out of BC. I am now thinking that I may have to switch to a cell company that is not affiliated with Rogers. I chose Zoomer because their prices are good and I can get an upgrade phone every 2 years. But I just don't trust them any longer.

Such first world problems, I know...

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Bombed at phoodle today. Again, brain not quite up to the task of thinking:
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>247 jessibud2: How frustrating Shelley. Glad you are up and running again now though.

>255 Caroline_McElwee: - Thanks, Caroline. Apparently, not all my service have been restored. Internet and landline, yes. But I just turned on the tv to watch the news and - no tv. I phoned tech support to ask about this but the automated voice tells me there is a waiting time of over 3 hours. I think not, thank you very much. I can read instead of watching tv tonight. Sheesh.

What a bummer about all of the electronics being unavailable, but hurray for books! Glad you’re back online now, though, because it’s just nice staying in touch with you.

We stayed home for the Fourth of July holiday this year. With COVID rates rising and my depressed feeling about my country, I was not in the mood to celebrate. There is so much misery in the world, and things don’t seem to be getting better. Barbara did stop by for a visit so that was fun.

I finally got my eyeglasses after two and a half years, but I feel very nervous driving now. I have to take it slowly. I keep telling myself it should be okay. I have become so dependent on others. That was never me. I hope I get my old confidence back.

Tomorrow two LTers are coming to visit me!! @_Zoe _ and radicarian will be here about brunch time. That for sure will cheer me up!

Wordle 386 4/6 adieu, drove, bench, berth

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I am drawing a complete blank on phoodle today. Maybe I will go back to it later.

>257 SqueakyChu: - Say hi to Zoe and Mark for me!
I completely understand your feelings about not wanting to celebrate. I ought to be getting out more, too and I just have no desire to be in crowds anywhere. A German bookcrosser sent me a pm a few months ago to ask me if I could tell her where there might be an OBCZ in Toronto since her daughter was coming here to take a course at the International School. Well, our regular meetup place, Harbord House, has a shelf that the owner gave us for our OBCZ, and as we always do when out-of-towners come through, we invited her daughter, Kim, to meet us there for lunch. Harbord House recently moved to new quarters, just a block away from the old place, and they now have a beautiful upstairs outdoor patio. It turned out to be just me, Kim and Madeleine and much to my horror, it was pouring rain so we had to relocate to indoors. it was my first time eating at an indoor venue since covid and I wasn't thrilled. But there weren't a lot of people at that time and we were sort of protected because there are booths instead of just small open tables pushed together which you would remember from your visit here. Anyhow, it was a lovely time, Kim is 22 and her English ir perfect - not sure why she was taking an English course! But in general, I am content to not go out and about as if covid didn't exist. Our numbers are rising quickly here too. The medical professionals here are sating that we are now in the 7th wave and that this new variant is more contagious. I have had 4 vaccines and I always wear a mask, but still. So many others don't and that's all it takes...

Zoe and Mark just left and are on their way home. It was fun having them here. I got them to come inside by opening our windows and turning on the whole house fan. They left here with just one book. You know I’m always trying to foist off my BookCrossing books on my friends. That was the best I could do.

Next week my BookCrossing group is having a real life meetup in a shopping center under a canopy tent. Jose and I plan to go. I missed the real life meetup so much.

Glad you and Madeleine had a nice time with Kim.

Delurking to say hi.

>258 jessibud2: Phoodle was a pain today. I got it in 6, but it was a stupid word, imo, that has little if anything to do with food.

>259 jessibud2: I'm with you - it's lovely to spend time with friends, but I'd just as soon stay home and get take out to eat on the back patio. Because Covid's not over yet. I'm going to have to remember to wear a mask when there are a bunch of workers wandering around my house this coming week.

Have a great week!

>261 Storeetllr: - Hi, Mary. I just had this conversation with another friend who also does phoodle. I did give up in the end so I asked her what the word was. When she told me, I thought, give me a break. I said that it was a real stretch and if their theme is supposed to be food-related words, this one flunked. Glad I didn't waste more time on it. I would never in a million years have got it.

Covid is indeed not over and I won't be losing my masks any time soon. I have a lovely garden and small patio in my tiny back yard and I love to eat out there surrounded by flowers and birdsong. There are also lots of outdoor eating venues here in the city and I have met friends for lunch outdoors a few times. But I am at heart, a homebody and quite content not to mingle with humanity, if I am honest...;-)

Today in 1899, author E.B. White was born. His words pretty much sum it all up, don't you think?

"I hold one share in the corporate earth and am uneasy about the management." -E.B. White, writer (11 Jul 1899-1985)

Wordle 387 4/6 adieu, brand, dally, madam

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>264 jessibud2: I got it in 4 today, too! I'm getting to the point where I'm just expecting 4, pleased enough with 5, and thrilled by 3.

Happy week-ahead's reads.

>263 jessibud2: Definitely!

I’m glad to have missed the Rogers outage. It didn’t affect me because my phone is on airplane mode most of the time I’m away. Rogers has no cost effective plan to use your phone in the UK.

You have me intrigued with the hints about things going on in BC.

>267 Familyhistorian: - Well, at the time I wrote that, I think your premier resigned. Suddenly. It feels like a million years ago now, though.

As if the weekend Rogers communications outage wasn't enough, we are now waiting for news to see if Via Rail workers will walk out on strike. The deadline was 4 pm then it was pushed back to 8pm. If they don't reach an agreement, I likely won't be able to go to Montreal on Friday, as scheduled. I will not do a 6-hour highway drive by myself again and I will not fly so I will have no choice but to cancel. I was going to go Friday, and come home on Tuesday. For once, this was a visit with no medical appointments scheduled, just a family and friends visit. My mum will be very disappointed as will I.

My snarky cousin suggested Via Rail negotiations be turned over to Rogers. Ha!

I was inspired by your cull of books that you will never read. I did the same and have a pile that will be picked up by the Kidney Foundation. ( they pick up from my porch on a designated date)
I went to see " Damn Yankees" at Shaw Festival last weekend. I saw a " concert version " because 7 of the 27 cast members were out with Covid. Apparently this has been happening for the past two weeks. Covid is still not over.

Hi, Shelley.

I don't think Debbi and Becca know about Phoodle. I'll mention it to them. Debbi does do Quordle (four words, 9 guesses). Have you tried that one?

We're having pleasantly mild weather here, and i'm enjoying reading on our front porch. i hope all is going well for you.

>270 torontoc: - Yikes.. That's quite a percentage of cast members to be out at the same time. I am still not ready to go indoors for movies or concerts. Numbers continue to go up and though I still wear my mask everywhere, I am noticing that many aren't. I am fully vaxed and boosted but still don't want even a mild case of covid if I can avoid it. That said, I do eat outdoors, and go to stores to shop when I need to. And I sit outside as often as I can to read, garden, etc.

Go for you on your own book cull!! I am continuing but it's slowing down. I am trying to read through some of the smaller books I have so I can add them to the cull pile. I'll be taking at least 3 when I travel on Friday.

>271 jnwelch: - Hi, Joe. I have heard of quordle but haven't had a look. I find wordle and phoodle take as much of my time and brain cells as I'm willing to expend. There are days, like today, where even those 2 just stop me in my tracks. Hope you and yours are doing well.

Well, after moving the negotiation deadline back yet again to midnight last night. I was relieved to wake up this morning to news that a tentative settlement has been reached for Via Rail employees. Still to be ratified but for now, anyhow, I don't have to cancel any travel plans for my trip to Montreal on Friday. So, tomorrow, I start packing and getting ready. And choosing what books to pack....

Hopelessly behind, but >273 jessibud2: Whoohoo! Super psyched for you. : )

>273 jessibud2: That’s a relief, Shelley! Glad you can go, and wishing you a nice visit ahead.

Interesting story, about Rogers going down. Who’d have thought that so much would be dependent on just one server without any backup. Weird, and a bit unsettling.

Well, this was a fluke! Only the 5th time I have got it in 2!

Wordle 389 2/6 adieu, bland

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>275 EllaTim: - Hi Ella. Yes, the whole Rogers fiasco is already having repercussions. They initially said they would credit everyone for 2 days, now they are going to credit everyone for 5 days. Imagine, across the whole country. That is going to cost them a bundle. And, in my cynical little mind, I am seeing rates go up in the not too distant future, to make up for that credit. I wish I could shop around for something better but that is a big part of the problem. There simply aren't many other companies to shop around for. The other major competitors are Bell (and I will never return to them!) or Telus. There are a few smaller companies, but I have to do some homework...

>276 jessibud2: I love flukes like that...they're the dog-treats of my day.

Have you decided what books will go a-training with you?

>277 jessibud2: Same mess here, Shelley. Only a few companies to choose from, and all bad in their own way.

Twelve years ago I changed providers, as I had a terrible experience with KPN. My internet had problems after moving here, finally the woman at customer service went to throwing down the phone at the moment she heard my voice, I could not have a problem, so I should stop calling... I went over to XS4ALL and they found out my landline was moved to Lelystad, but my internet still went over Rotterdam, creating a delay in my internet reception. I was very happy with my new provider, but then KPN bought XS4ALL, so I am back where I don't want to be.

Then last week there was an interuption of services, messing up my call to my father. We phone three times a week at a certain time. We called, and both got busy signals. It never crossed our minds that the network could be failing. My father worried a lot, an finally tried to call with his cell phone. Cell phone to landlines still worked, so we got to our talk.
So now we are joking each time that we are glad the land line does work ;-)

Such a relief the train will be running so you can keep your travel plans intact! I love the train but haven't ridden on one in years. Just light rail, and not much of that since I retired. I had been thinking of doing a coast-to-coast train ride, stopping off at Chicago and Denver before reaching L.A. But then Covid happened, and that plan went by the wayside. Now, a couple of years later, I don't know that I could do it, my body's deteriorated so much.

I love word games and am doing all three word puzzles: Wordle, Phoodle (usually), and Quordle. Very challenging but satisfying when I manage to get all the words.

Next week, I'm going to a Scrabble party at my neighbor's house. (I hope it's outside or I'll be masking up.) I haven't played Scrabble on a board for years and am really looking forward to playing.

Good luck with your internet provider issues. We have them too. It's everywhere.

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Hope you had a safe trip, Shelley, and are enjoying your time.

Thought you would enjoy this article--Wordle IRL (In Real Life):

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1111590216/wordle-board-game-party-hasbro-new-yor...

Fun! I want the board game version of Wordle too!

Happy Montrealing, Shelley...hope your trip home is smooth.

Hope you are having a good time in Montreal, Shelley!

Hi all. I got home last night but was too tired to even turn on the computer.

Thanks, Kathy, for the article and thanks to the others for the visits. I will definitely start a (long overdue) new thread today but I have to go water the garden first. It is brutally hot here today. The weather was much more pleasant in Montreal during the time I was there.

I managed wordle today but just barely:

Wordle 396 6/6 adieu, brine, drive, price, write, trite. Sheesh

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It is hot today- I am staying close to home (and air-conditioning!) and reading.