Facing Facts

Well, Fio's fianally learned what probate is for, and she's going to have to hire a lawyer. Dang it, there goes that nest egg of insurance policies she's been building up.
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If the cold weather sweeps back in like it's supposed to this weekend, brace yourself for the biggest fires of the season at Casa Fiorella.  She's done her best to empty the woodpiles out front this year, and this will be her final opportunity. Spring cometh.
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Fio has spent much of her life accumulating things that she's now she's trying to get rid of. None of them seem to matter anymore
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When someone close to you dies, a chunk out of your life is gone forever, but Fio doesn't believe in death. She can understand that we will all stop breathing at some point, but she doesn't think that means we are dead-dead, just dead to the living world.
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Fiorella is a sweet little old lady until the shyster phone calls start flooding in. The it's GRRRRRRR!