{"id":5181,"date":"2019-05-25T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2019-05-25T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T23:16:00","slug":"a-few-odds-ends-before-i-head-off-to-the-great-country-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=5181","title":{"rendered":"A Few Odds & Ends Before I Head Off to the Great Country of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/strong> other day as I was walking home, I was behind this guy who was bundled up for a blizzard while jabbering on the phone.\u00a0 The outside temperature was a comfortable 66 degrees.\u00a0 But what you see with the guy bundled up is normal for people who live in this climate.\u00a0 When the temps get below 70 F, everyone dons their cap, scarves and gloves.\u00a0 Same as Ethiopia whose weather is similar to Brazil’s.\"\" _______________________________________________________________<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is something interesting …<\/p>\n

During the past 5-6 months, I kept having a run-down feeling that I couldn’t shake, like I was coming down with the flu.\u00a0 Normally when I had this, I would pop 3-4 pills of ibuprofen and a gram of vitamin C, and within twenty minutes it was gone.<\/p>\n

But at this time, that didn’t work.\u00a0 I had to get some of those probiotics “gummy bears” to help get me back to normal, and even those only lasted a few hours.<\/p>\n

And since I had the run-down feeling both in Brazil and Texas, I determined it was nothing I was eating.\u00a0 So, what could it be?<\/p>\n

When you take to time to “listen” to what your body tells you, a great deal is learned.\u00a0 The only thing that I have not changed was my underarm deodorant.\u00a0 And I remembered that I switched to a particular scent about the time the persistent “trashed out” feeling raised its ugly head.<\/p>\n

So, I switched to a different scent, and the trashed feeling seemed to subside.\u00a0 After a week or so, I tried the deodorant again, and sure enough, I felt like crap throughout the day.<\/p>\n

That’s bizarre, right?<\/p>\n

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Remember my dear little friend Hiwot in Addis Ababa?\u00a0 She was the nursing student who served us pizza while she was going to nursing school.\u00a0 \u00a0We had fun talking and joking with her, even invited her to our house for dinner a few times.\u00a0 While Terese helped her to have the courage to deliver her first baby, I just joked about it.\u00a0 \u00a0Here is a picture of her with Terese.\"\"<\/a> Then she became a doctorate student in Sweden and then England.\u00a0 This is what she looks like now:\"\"<\/a>I have no other word except “stunning!”…. and what you see here is what many Ethiopian women look like.\u00a0\u00a0 If I was 30 years younger, I would fly to England and bring her home to Mom.<\/p>\n

But seriously, when I see a picture of her smiling, I feel good inside knowing this Beauty was a simple, but a most enjoyable part of our lives for a few years.<\/p>\n

Carry on my most beautiful friend.\u00a0 Life wants to hold you close to her bosom.\u00a0 Keep smiling and accept all that she offers you.<\/p>\n

Dwaine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other day as I was walking home, I was behind this guy who was bundled up for a blizzard …<\/p>\n

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