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Our small town Memorial Day parade

27 Monday May 2013

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This morning at 10:30 I opened the Historical Society for the town; viewing all of its war-time memorabilia before the parade is an important part of our Blandford tradition. We had a nice turn out, at least 35 people looking at the pictures of all of our servicemen, all of the articles written about our townspeople throughout the various armed conflicts, the canteens, the powder cases, the pieces of uniforms from the revolutionary war and the civil war, we have quite a little collection going and everyone is proud of it.

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Our parade is very small and nothing ever changes, but I think that it is precisely that fact that makes it so special. We get the fly over’s from fighter planes from Westover Air force base and we get the gun salute from our older veteran’s. I like watching the High School Band, it brings back memories from when the baby boy and the baby girl had their band responsibilities, we went from town to town to participate in all seven hill town parades for Memorial Day. Those days were fun but exhausting for the babies as well as for us. I watched the band members today thinking that I was very happy to pass the baton onto others.

We were very lucky with the weather today; Saturday and Sunday were so cold and wet, a parade would have been miserable. Today we had bright sun, a coolish breeze and the temperature in the low sixties. It was infinitely better than the rain and 40’s of Saturday and Sunday, I can promise you that.

I do appreciate the small town feel of very many things, especially parades.

Feed your senses

27 Monday May 2013

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Write down the first sight, sound, smell, and sensation you experienced on waking up today.

This morning I was woken from my dream by pangs of hunger. I was in a very lovely dream; I was in France in Rouen or Franqueville Sainte-Pierre, to be precise, at my cousin's house and she was redecorating. She has such style and talent for home decor that I was so very happy to just stay in my dream watching her do her thing, but the rumblings of my stomach wrenched me away from my happy surroundings and back into the real world.

Upon waking, I picked up Jack and put him outside, went and made coffee. Jack made his desire to come back in with his knock at the door. I then made oatmeal with milled flaxseed, it is Monday and thus it's oatmeal day. I am very regimented with my breakfast, it is the most important meal of the day.

I almost always wake up hungry, which isn't a bad thing, it just cuts short a few pleasant dreams.

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