Oh, My Aching Back – More on Aging

Encountered a bit of bother this week.  I’d been waiting anxiously until the weather broke so that I could start to tend the outdoor garden beds.  I may have worked a bit too long – as all gardeners know, much of what we do is bending over to clear away the dead stuff, and thus, my back is sore.  It’s been a festival of ibuprofen around here, and my whole gardening operation has come been shut down.  The weather has turned colder again to accommodate my incapacitation. But Her Ladyship has been resistant to the idea of hiring an assistant or two to manage the estate.  I know – penny pinching in the worst sense.

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