Author: rugby843

I am a widow since 2013 and live by myself in a small apartment. I use a wheelchair to get around, but I wouldn't consider myself disabled. I'm 11 years away from having bladder cancer resulting in a urostomy and I'm doing well. This cancer was a result of having radiation in 1995 because of uterine cancer. So have faith in yourself, a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. My first try at blogging was an attempt to help other people with my condition. I am a mother of three married children, and a grandmother to eight gorgeous kids, featuring them often here, and a great grandmother to two as of today, 6/7/25! I enjoy exploring my feelings and like to try the challenges. I like humor, music, movies, games, and some sports. I absolutely appreciate your reading and commenting on my blog. I am happy to read all of your blogs and learn more about you. Please comment however you like, ask whatever, and I'll answer honestly. Thanks for reading! Cheryl

Ronovan’s Ovi Poetry

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Cloves- They are a popular spice harvested from the clove tree called Syzygium aromaticum. This spice contains vitamins C and K, fiber, and manganese and helps boost immunity and brain function. Moreover, cloves are also used to treat inflammation and manage diabetes.
Cloves, sweet hot spice many adore
Old days put on a toothache core
Burning gums you learn to deplore
Thank progress, we now have dentists!

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Ovi Poetry Challenge 69: SPICE is your inspiration.

NTT 2

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The gods are angry, especially him

You can see he has no seraphim

He works with anger, frustration and greed

Thrives on them, and constantly feeds

Your evil desires, your worst devastations

They feed his soul with a fascination

Endless ages he has existed

Keeping all the crimes listed

He revels in hate and must

Glorify all who use innocents’ trust

Every abhorrent act he praises

Keeping the hellfires blazing

Observe his presence, but stand back

Or he’ll find a tiny goodness you lack

And triumph as he opens that crack.

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No Theme Thursday 10.10.24

Trump’s latest (Speech?)

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“Very big plant, uh, many countries they do that, and, uh, and then all of a sudden you hear that they’re leaving Milwaukee or wherever they may be, located, very sad to see it, and, it’s so simple, I mean, you know, this isn’t like Elon with his rocket ships that land within twelve inches on the moon where they wanted to land, or he gets the, engines back, that was the first I really, I said who the hell did that, I saw engines, about three four years ago, these things were coming, cylinders, no wings, no nothing, and they’re coming down very slowly, landing on a raft in the middle of the ocean someplace, with the, circle, boom, reminded me of, the Biden circles that he used to have, right, he’d have eight circles, and he couldn’t fill them up, but then I heard he BS with the popular vote, I don’t know, I don’t know, couldn’t fill up the eight circles, I always loved those circles, they were so beautiful, they were so beautiful to look at, in fact the person that did that, that was the best thing his, the level of that circle, was, great, but they couldn’t get people, so they used to have the Press, stand in for the circles, because they couldn’t get the people, then I heard we lost, oh, we lost, now we’re never going to let that happen again, but we’ve been, abused, by other countries, we’ve been abused by our own politicians really more than other countries.”

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This is an excerpt from Facebook’s Stonekettle:

“That’s Trump, VERBATIM. That was Trump talking to the Detroit Economic Club, AFTER he repeatedly trashed Detroit as essentially a 3rd World country. This is not a person you want to hand over our economy to. This is not a guy you want deciding the makeup of the Supreme Court. This isn’t someone who should have the power to decide who can get married or what rights women should have or who pays taxes or what religion you’re forced to worship. This guy should be kept absolutely as far from the nuclear weapons as humanly, or even inhumanly, possible.”

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Friday Fictioneers

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“Wait!” she told her son. “The rain is going to stop and then you and I will go outside for a really big surprise!” Julie wanted her son to experience one of mother nature’s best features, a huge rainbow. He was only three years old and there very few rainbows in their area. He asked to go outside but she told him it was raining and they would go only when it stopped. He was impatiently waiting and she kept him away from the window, until the rainbow colors brightened. Outside, her son jumped up and down seeing the rainbow.

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Getting to Know You 38

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I am not mainly because I’ve been in the drivers seat.

Definitely the beach.

Scorching!

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I had to put this cartoon on because it reminded me of a nonstop trip from Houston to Denver. It was late into the trip and dark and I was looking out the front window and saw about five deer right in the middle of the road. I noticed he was not slowing down, so I said “deer”. He still wasn’t slowing down, so I repeated “deer” louder and then I finally just yelled “deer!” And he swerved and missed them.🙄. Okay I can hear the jokes about married people not listening to each other…comments?😂

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Get to Know You #38