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The crisis of 2020 that our world is in has stimulated a toilet paper shortage for many people.   I am not one of them but I do have a son with a wife and three daughter’s who were ecstatic over the stack of toilet paper and paper towels my sister Kari had brought me.   In our Zoom meeting they asked to see the house and that pile of paper was the most exclaimed over thing they saw. When I knocked a stack of egg cartons off of the fridge, I remembered that I had posted that I knew how to make my own paper so I wasn’t worried about the toilet paper shortage.   While in the Zoom meeting my son Kelly asked if I had made that toilet paper yet.   I realized that it is truly possible that people out there might really need a recipe for making toilet paper so I have begun the project.   I have made homemade paper twice so I understand the basics.   Of course, you have to have some old paper around to start with and for our tushes the only thing I can f...

Good morning everyone!  For me it is truly a good morning.  I have recently figured out that some of the people who spend a great deal of effort keeping me informed of the really terrible things in our world are people who believe they are doing me a favor.  They also believe that my elevator does not go to the top and that I am incapable of processing our dire circumstances.  This makes me laugh but lately I've taken to sharing more of how I really think. Instead of using my own limited words, I may post an article or a picture on Facebook that expresses my opinion at the moment.  I use the word opinion loosely.  I probably usually mean my belief system. I have been social distancing myself for a few years now and it has improved my self-talk, helped me to align with my dreams instead of being manipulated by the criticisms of other people, and it has encouraged me to allow my natural strengths and creativity to rise to the forefront of my mind rather tha...