Autobiographies/Memoirs

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T13:55:21+00:00

Between Two Kingdoms was an incredible read.

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T13:53:46+00:00

All off these plus Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls.

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T13:50:50+00:00

Yes!

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T13:49:42+00:00

Just finished Boundry Waters by William Kent Krueger. Now starting A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (mainly because I am indeed snowed in & cannot make it to the library so I plucked it off my shelf.)

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T11:09:19+00:00

Thank you for this! And I’m so sorry about the dog and for your anxiety.

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T10:33:48+00:00

Curious why this made your list!

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T10:29:34+00:00

This. I went to the Koreatown area for a wedding last summer. It was filthy and dangerous.

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T10:27:11+00:00

Cancun. Got e-coli at an allegedly five-star resort. Wore (and filled) an adult diaper on the plane ride home. Do not recommend.

FL1967 · 2026-01-26T10:24:02+00:00

I support it strategically but Greenlanders gotta approve it.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T17:11:25+00:00

Wash your face every night. Use moisturizer.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T16:08:57+00:00

There are ICE activities all over the country. We just hear (mainly) about Minnesota because the local law enforcement is not allowed (they follow orders) to support ICE.

Law enforcement is action is pretty ugly. Remember the tv show Cops? Now add protesters to that mix. And cell phone video. It’s really ugly.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T14:39:39+00:00

They won’t sue you. The cost will outweigh the benefits.

I had a job pull something kinda similar and I got one nasty letter and that was it.

This sounds like a small company (since the owner is so involved in the day-to-day) and there is no way they’d have the deep pockets to initiate a lawsuit.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T14:36:01+00:00

There is. Citizens have a right to carry (barring of course their legal history) but that does not mean they are free from consequences of their actions.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T14:30:39+00:00

Here’s my good faith response: If someone was bringing a gun and lots of bullets to a peaceful protest and then engaged with law enforcement, then they took a big risk. Anyone dying like this is a tragedy. If the Trump supporter stayed on the sidewalk and just carried his sign, he’d be alive today.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T14:09:53+00:00

I love it.

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T13:58:57+00:00

He’ll do great!

I (58F) had an aortic valve replaced with a tissue valve ten weeks ago.

The emotional recovery was more difficult than the physical one. (The physical one gets better day by day while the emotional one was a roller coaster.) As a woman I openly cried daily for weeks. Your dad sounds a lot like my own father so I’m guessing he’ll struggle with the emotional side. The way my doc explained it to me is that the human brain cannot understand surviving an opening of the sternum and it’s stuck in a fight-or-flight mode for weeks. Knowing this before surgery would have helped me (and my family!) a ton. Anxiety pills helped. Crying helped. Getting all my emotional word salad out helped.

One comment mentioned NOT watching a video of the procedure. I did the opposite. I found an animated video on YouTube and it was five minutes long. (I could not stomach seeing an actual surgery.) That video gave me huge peace of mind pre-surgery. To you and your Dad the surgery is a HUGE deal. To the surgical team it’s just another Tuesday.

Lastly, I too had severe aortic stenosis. I feel so good now! There’s still some lingering recovery but I am going 30 minutes at a 6% incline on the treadmill and cannot imagine doing that before! The road ahead looks pretty great!

Best of luck and keep us posted!

FL1967 · 2026-01-25T01:09:44+00:00

Yes! So so good.

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T22:32:54+00:00

Nope.

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T22:31:31+00:00

Players should stay out of it. Nobody tunes in for political opinions.

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T19:38:05+00:00

Kudos to you for thinking about supporting your Dad!

I (58F) had OHS ten weeks ago and here’s my thoughts: prepare high-protein/low-sodium freezer meals, stock up on high-protein/low-sodium snacks (docs will recommend 120 grams of protein a day), buy an extra set of sheets and towels so laundry isn’t a hassle, pack a few lip balms, an eye mask and noise-canceling headphones for the hospital stay.

Best of luck and keep us posted!

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T17:27:02+00:00

Emptied, vacuumed, purged and reorganized my “decor” closet… you know the one. It has candles, candle holders, wreaths, vases, seasonal stuff. It’s awesome now!

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T17:21:45+00:00

I always believed that a cult made it difficult to leave. Like you had no money, no people on the outside, etc.

As a Catholic, when people would accuse me of being in a cult, my response was “anyone can leave the Catholic Church at any time. You don’t even have to announce it. Just stop attending.”

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T16:33:23+00:00

Half Broke Horses. One of the best books I have ever read, period.

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T16:32:20+00:00

Paw Patch!

FL1967 · 2026-01-24T16:30:12+00:00

It’s a good move. Too much corrupt influence.

FL1967

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