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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Commentary...
Bull by bull
By Judy Bull
Columnist
• It’s one thing when you
can no longer swing effort-
lessly from a jungle gym —
or at all — but it’s a whole
’nuther thing when the seats
of a swing are so uncomfort-
able that swinging isn’t even
fun. I first noticed I was
getting older when I could
no longer hop over fences
or swing up on my horse
bareback. So far two of the
things that bug me the most
about getting older are hav-
ing the TV volume way too
loud, and that I will never be
skinny again.
• After a friend started
up his ’15 Jeep from afar
and then was able to unlock
the doors and turn on the
lights while still approach-
ing said Jeep, he gallantly
shined his headlights on
the door of my old Bronco
so I could see to unlock it
with a KEY. When I told
my good friend Judy Gage
this tale, she said, “Well,
at least you didn’t have to
crank it.”
• It’s always so nice to
have the back door open
on the first warm days of
spring. Not nearly as win-
tery as most, somehow this
winter still seemed espe-
cially long. The ads on TV
for some of the local retire-
ment / assisted living homes
aren’t at all encouraging —
though, for myself, I have
Apartment S222 in mind at
Bend Vanilla for when that
season knocks on my door.
• I’ve enjoyed an unob-
structed view of the North
Sister out my front window
for some 26 years. Soon,
though, the new owners of
the five acres in front of my
view will be building their
dream home. I well remem-
ber how exciting it was to
build my home, so I’m try-
ing not to begrudge them
anything. I remind myself
what Sally Ray said when
she lost her 50-year view of
the Three Sisters: “It’s all
right. I know what they look
like.”
• When I was still work-
ing I got four days off in a
row every week. The only
thing I didn’t like about
Central Oregon at that time
was that I couldn’t drive
west for an entire two days;
only north, south and east
on my days off — two days
out and two days back. I
enjoy driving so much that
I always put the cost of
gasoline in the entertain-
ment column of my budget
spreadsheet.
• For the past 25 years
a gaggle of my girlfriends
from grade school, high
school, and college gather
for a few days every sum-
mer to celebrate lives lived
and living life. As we tiptoe
into our 70s, our numbers
have begun to ever-so-
slowly fall away, leaving us
more grateful than ever to
have all grown up together
and to get to continue grow-
ing up together.
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Allan Neer with his impressive crystal geodes. Visitors got to explore fascinating geological treasures.
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“This is a pretty big citrine
crystal geode from Brazil,”
Neer said as folks looked
closer at the warm golden
color that seemed to twinkle
in the sun. “When you open
up a geode … what’s inside
is all magical, you just get
that thrill of knowing that
this has been underground
for thousands and thousands
of years.”
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