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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 7 Mar 24

The other day, @TheHorse asked me to show a photo of our Bradford Pears in bloom. The photo is of our small grove of Bradford Pear trees next to the driveway near the road. There are three trees there. One we planted and two...

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DW Davis This area is not quite paradise, but it's only a two-hour drive away, and we're headed there next Thursday for a ten-day stay.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 5 Mar 24

I wouldn't know. We haven't seen the actual Sun in days. It has been cloudy, rainy, and warm, which is better, in my opinion, than cloudy, snowy, and cold. I'm listening to Jodi Picoult's HARVESTING THE HEART while posting...

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DW Davis I enjoy stories set in places with which I'm familiar.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 5 Mar 24

I wouldn't know. We haven't seen the actual Sun in days. It has been cloudy, rainy, and warm, which is better, in my opinion, than cloudy, snowy, and cold. I'm listening to Jodi Picoult's HARVESTING THE HEART while posting...

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DW Davis We've had a good bit of rain. The lower part of the backyard is like a sponge right now, damp and squishy.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 5 Mar 24

I wouldn't know. We haven't seen the actual Sun in days. It has been cloudy, rainy, and warm, which is better, in my opinion, than cloudy, snowy, and cold. I'm listening to Jodi Picoult's HARVESTING THE HEART while posting...

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DW Davis I am seeing sunshine for the first time in days this morning.

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The Horse @TheHorse (224751) • Walnut Creek, California 29 Feb 24

By the time I got to Guitar Center yesterday for my "epic" day of the week, it was sunny and in the 70s F. It remained sunny and warm for the rest of the afternoon. Today it is temperate and raining lightly. The blossoms from our...

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DW Davis @TheHorse I posted a photo this morning.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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DW Davis @JudyEv I have not been but would like to. My wife and I both have family roots there. I was so envious of my sons' recent trip.

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The Horse @TheHorse (224751) • Walnut Creek, California 29 Feb 24

By the time I got to Guitar Center yesterday for my "epic" day of the week, it was sunny and in the 70s F. It remained sunny and warm for the rest of the afternoon. Today it is temperate and raining lightly. The blossoms from our...

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DW Davis @TheHorse I could. I haven't pruned and shaped ours, so they don't have the "typical" Bradford Pear shape. But the blossoms are beautiful.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 28 Feb 24

I ground just enough of yesterday's roasted beans to brew a cup of coffee in my French Press this morning. It came out very well. I limited myself to one cup. I've been spending the morning posting promo blurbs for my books and...

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DW Davis @much2say It seems to have a smoother, richer flavor.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 1 Mar 24

and you were living in Sweden, today would be February 30. Why? I'm glad you asked. It turns out that up until the 1700s, Sweden was still using the old Julian calendar and decided it wanted to switch to the more "modern"...

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DW Davis Wouldn't that be cool?

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 1 Mar 24

and you were living in Sweden, today would be February 30. Why? I'm glad you asked. It turns out that up until the 1700s, Sweden was still using the old Julian calendar and decided it wanted to switch to the more "modern"...

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DW Davis @wolfgirl569 Or at least borrow some of the heat to spread out over the colder months.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 1 Mar 24

and you were living in Sweden, today would be February 30. Why? I'm glad you asked. It turns out that up until the 1700s, Sweden was still using the old Julian calendar and decided it wanted to switch to the more "modern"...

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DW Davis I'd gotten to thinking about the old myth of Julius and Augustus Caesar stealing days from February to make July and August longer and researched if February had ever had 30 days.

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The Horse @TheHorse (224751) • Walnut Creek, California 28 Feb 24

Am I really engaged? I don't think so. But when someone gives you a ring, it means something. She also brought a "lava lite" to her lesson today. She tried to be a pill for the first 10 minutes of her lesson. But I turned her...

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DW Davis @TheHorse That's wild how all those things fit together. The Universe moves in mysterious ways.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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DW Davis My sons wish they'd had it last summer when they traveled around Ireland. They knew where their mother's Irish ancestors came from and visited that area. If they'd known about this, they would have made a point of stopping there, too.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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DW Davis My sons visited Blarney Castle on their visit to Ireland last summer. I hope to be able to see it someday soon.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 28 Feb 24

I ground just enough of yesterday's roasted beans to brew a cup of coffee in my French Press this morning. It came out very well. I limited myself to one cup. I've been spending the morning posting promo blurbs for my books and...

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DW Davis @LindaOHio Did you redact the n and the o so as not to bring bad luck or because it's a dirty word?

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nice @nicegolden (313) • Shenzhen, China 27 Feb 24

So glad to hear that news,so glad to see the March!and yes,communism is the only way out. thank science,right the moment the greatest human dream seems driftaway,the progress of science let me pop find the glory beautiful world...

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DW Davis @nicegolden The party leadership wants to be in a position of power and dictate to the masses, all the while living in luxury while the vast majority of the people work incessantly and live in equal states of poverty and deprivation.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 27 Feb 24

First thing this morning, I roasted a batch of coffee beans and it filled the house with the pleasant, to me anyway, scent of freshly roasted coffee. The beans are resting in the sunroom after cooling off. They have to cool...

coffee

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DW Davis @LindaOHio If the folks at the Cleveland Clinic trust it, I'm sure it must offer excellent care.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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DW Davis From the genealogy some of my relatives have done, my ancestors came from all over Europe: Ireland, England, France, Sweden, Italy, and possibly Wales.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 28 Feb 24

I ground just enough of yesterday's roasted beans to brew a cup of coffee in my French Press this morning. It came out very well. I limited myself to one cup. I've been spending the morning posting promo blurbs for my books and...

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DW Davis My son gave my wife and me a tutorial when he and his fiance gave us ours. It wasn't nearly as complicated as I thought it would be. The hardest part is waiting for the 4 minutes or so for the grounds to steep.

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DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 28 Feb 24

I ground just enough of yesterday's roasted beans to brew a cup of coffee in my French Press this morning. It came out very well. I limited myself to one cup. I've been spending the morning posting promo blurbs for my books and...

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DW Davis I tried to estimate how many blurb posts it took to sell one book. It was a discouragingly high number. But at least posting them is free.

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