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Her grandmother was a nurse, and nurses took care of people. They made people feel better. They rubbed backs,
7:49 PM Sep 14th
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She kept saying "Yes, I'll take anything." Because those things still smelled like her granmother- like Dove soap & Estee Lauder perfume.
7:47 PM Sep 14th
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They kept calling and asking, "Do you want this painting? Do you want this tray, this lamp, this old ashtray?" She kept saying yes...
7:44 PM Sep 14th
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@ You're crazy! But I love having crazy friends.
7:42 PM Sep 14th
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She was away so long that it took a train whistle,which was like a hand waved in front of a dazed face,to remind her that she could breathe.
6:43 PM Aug 22nd
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3 AM. There is not much which is more lonely than early morning.
4:25 PM Aug 13th
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1 AM. The chair by the hospital bed did not recline, so she folded her jacket & moved close enough to the sink so she could rest her head.
8:03 PM Aug 10th
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When he rode his bike down Center Street, he would look at the empty tracks, hoping to find treasure thrown from a train.
12:41 PM Jul 30th
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Summer nights brought simple magic: movie nights at the pool, heat lightening, shooting stars, and space station fly-overs. 'Night COTU.
8:08 PM Jul 23rd
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No one wanted to stop playing and go inside. The croquet balls were next to invisible, and the lights from the back porch didn't reach.
7:27 PM Jul 19th
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@ You're following lots of people who haven't lookd at Twitter in yrs.
5:44 AM Jul 18th
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@ Oh- loved Versailles! Lived on Miami Beach in the early 90's and would save up our money to go there for dinner.
7:20 PM Jul 17th
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Her house was quiet and smelled like Dove soap. I would fall asleep on the down-filled lounge to the tick of the grandfather clock.
7:17 PM Jul 17th
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The cicadas had returned to Ashland towards the middle of July. They provided background music every evening from 8 to 1am.
8:24 AM Jul 12th
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If everyday was a July evening, we would all stay on the back porch until the bottle was empty.
8:30 PM Jul 6th
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The Randolph-Macon fountain was attacked by detergent-wielding vandals last night.
7:42 AM Jul 6th
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- Fourth of July in the COTU
7:40 AM Jul 6th
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- Bubbles drifted across the street...
7:38 AM Jul 6th
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Ashland news of the week of July 2nd:
6:54 AM Jul 5th
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In late June, the early mornings were still cool. Lula would have shut the living room windows; she couldn't get warm.
4:40 AM Jun 30th
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