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November Wind

November Wind. November has till now been mild I had a window open suddenly a cold blast entered. I got up closed the window, which when a strong young seaman called a porthole. the top of the TV, which at the time, was showing a program The cold blast, unfamiliar with being indoors settled on of old people´s home and how badly they were treated; abandoned by a family for whom they had become a burden. I switched on the heating and cold air soon dissipated. Today I bought 100 kilo of smokeless wood, it was a heavy going pushing the trolley to the car, a young man took pity helped unload the load and put it in the trunk of my car. When I came home I sat down and cried a little, this is what It is coming to, 100 kilo is an obstacle and I have to buy more before winter is over. Freedom is the ability to move and be able to look after oneself; I fear for my future, sooner or later I will be a prisoner of old age, but I will not surrender yet.

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Date: 11/18/2013 6:58:00 PM
I like being brought down to misery. :)
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Date: 11/18/2013 7:59:00 AM
Dear Jan - Who knows what too young to die means - maybe too old to die. It is a sad thing to die before the final curtain and often on my mind what I can no longer do what I used to. The threat of a home is more than I can bear. love, Kathy
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 11/18/2013 3:43:00 PM
tomorrow I will write an uplifting poemt
Date: 11/18/2013 5:42:00 AM
As we get older we have to stop and ask 'can we do this or do I get help'. Never thought the day would come but it has. You have broached a hard part of growing older . a great look at life in your poem. Anne
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 11/18/2013 3:44:00 PM
thank you Anne

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