Feeding Family

I'm at Karen's house in Wisconsin, looking after David, who has ALS, so Karen could take the kids to a dance competition about 2 1/2 hours away. I wish I could say I've become an expert at PEG feeding, but I always forget something. Fortunately, David is still able to talk and can remind me when I forget something.

Peter is also here to help. We met up in Minneapolis on Saturday. We drove a rental car to Wisconsin. Peter has been handling the Hoyer lift. David needs it for getting onto the portable toilet. There are other little jobs to do, too, plus feed the kitty and cooking supper for Peter and me.

David has written a play, and it was performed as a reading in New York City recently. It's about Russian immigrants who arrived in Galveston early in the 20th Century and is based on a true story. They live-streamed it, and David had a thumb drive with the recording. We watched it on the TV, using my laptop and AirPlay. I'm so happy to have been able to see it! 

Karen sent us texts with photos of their adventures on Saturday, which included a trip to the aquarium.

Their performances were all on Sunday. We watched every one, again using my laptop and AirPlay. All of the dancers were great. I don't know how the judges were able to decide which ones received which prizes.

I got a little knitting done, but not much. Maybe on the way home. I also didn't get much done on my book. I had added the fifth story, but had second thoughts and decided to substitute another story for that one.

However, for some cuteness, here is Katie, sitting on the kitchen trash can, where she would be able to see the rest of her family when they come home. (I told her to smile, and she turned and looked at me. I think she's saying, "Why are you still here, and where is the rest of my family?") Peter fixed her water fountain, which had clogged and needed cleaning. Today I'm fixing a casserole to leave with the family to save them time.

We leave tomorrow, Tuesday, to go home. Peter and I will drive to the airport in Minneapolis, and he will catch a flight to Portland. I go home through Seattle, where I'll have several hours to hang out in the airport...maybe to knit or work on that elusive fifth story...before flying home.

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If you have a few minutes and are willing, please go to Amazon or B&N and search for Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook by Peggy Stuart". Every click on the page for the book makes it more likely they will keep a good supply in their warehouse and stores. If you are outside the US, you may have a separate website for these retailers. If you have a copy of any of our books, including Emil, Mariah, Classic Tales Retold, Our Favorite Verses, More Classic Tales Retold or Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, please leave an honest review on the websites, especially if you bought from them.

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What's on my needles: Still working on the Summer Sorrel top. Just straight, mindless knitting.

What's on my iPhone: Still listening to The Friend of the Family by Dean Koontz on the BookPlayer app. No progress at all since I left home.

What's on my sewing machine: Put away until the next project.

What's in The Doll's Storybook: In Earth Day 2026, Jolena is afraid she will have to give up skiing with the Doll Ski Team in this story from The Doll's Storybook.

What's my tip of the week: Be sure to squash your recyclables as flat as possible before putting them in recycling. It's amazing how much you can fit in the bin if milk cartons are flattened, boxes are broken down and cans and bottles are squished. Remove caps from bottles, so the air inside doesn't keep them from squashing. Tin cans will flatten, too, if you remove the bottom as well as the top.

Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog, and they are reproduced in print with a few changes.

The stories in Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Talking About Boys, Changes, Shhhhh!, Staying After and Money in a Jar.

The stories in More Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Welcoming a Stranger, The Rescue, Unmasked, Fuzzy Town––A Play and Sky Blue.

Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook. Poems included are Valentine's Day, Keeping Pets, Back to School, Victor the Vulture, The Week Before Christmas, Insomnia and Veronika's Vocabulary Verses.

The stories in Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Little Green Greatcoat, The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.

The stories in Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Best Buds, Getting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.

The stories in Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Being Little, Besties, and Distraction.

If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less, only 8%, because the vendor gets a cut. My author's page at Book Baby is here. Scroll down and click on any of the books that interest you. Find my books at Barbara's Bookstore as well, or ask your local library to order the books.

Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.

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