From Trump to Friendship

Fiorella is sick at the heart about Trump's visit to England, accompanied by family and entourage and financed by our tax dollars. Word is that he's also going to stay at his failing golf course in Ireland for a while to drum up business. Nothing like a president who puts his personal interests in front of the interests of the nation.
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Your girl is coming closer and closer to picking up the pen (i.e., hitting the keyboard) again. She also wants to pick up and pencil (i.e., pick up the pencil) and sketch again--which of course, will lead to painting again. In the meantime, she's still decluttering the house, fighting the good fight with the country commissioners, and growling at her Mac's underlining "decluttering" with red dots again.
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Son and his wife will be heading back to Minnesota this morning, and Fiorella will miss them. They have been wonderful about helping Fio with everything from electronics to her feud with the county commissioners to selling unwanted items to actually cleaning out of areas in the house. And no, you can't have them--they're Fiorella's and not up for grabs!
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The house will seem empty when they are gone, but Sonia Dog is always by Fiorella's side, and Fio has good neighbors. In fact, her neighbor to the south is going to walk the north boundary with her next weekend and advise her about what to do regarding the wash-out.
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Did Fiorella tell you she has made friends with the guy whose crew cut down the oak along her dry creek yesterday? Turns out his wife writes romances--or maybe he just told Fio that to get into her good graces.