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                                                            Delightful Dunkers            and a Moment of Zen Today’s walk took Tessa and I downtown and past the local businesses. I was intrigued by one store that now looks to be leased with an “opening soon” sign in the window. I peeked inside and saw little progress, but given current Covid restrictions, I was not surprised. The sign announced the name of the store “The Dough Hook”. It sounded intriguing so when I came home, I looked at Facebook and there appears to be other “The Dough Hook” businesses in neighboring towns. If that is true, we have a bakery coming soon that will be selling Bread, sweets, and donuts! A good donut shop is something we don’t currently have in downtown Albany and something we don’t need with all of the Covid quarantine weight we’ve gained. However, it is up to all of us to support our local businesses during these tough times, so buying and eating donuts would be doing our civic duty! Th
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          Today, under white winter skies, Tessa and I took our daily, long walk.  When I'm not walking and talking on the phone, I find myself reflecting on my past.  I don't know why my thoughts take me to my past.  Maybe it's because the future grows shorter and sweet memories of the past help to offset the aches and pains of aging.  Yes, I am not THAT old yet, but the subtle changes of a body well aged have begun to appear.  When I was younger, I was very busy raising children, enjoying my life with Jim, getting an education and pursuing my career.  I had so many things on my mind, that quiet reflection and resurrection of past memories rarely occurred.  With age, wisdom truly does show up!  Life experiences and the luxury of time for deep thought allows me to travel back down the roads of my life.     Today, we walked through the old cemeteries behind our house.  Tessa  and I like to power walk, but when we enter the cemetery I feel the need to slow down, pay homage to