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Abundant August rains have brought us to a lush September, and fall should be a show of color. I love all of autumn but I may be prejudiced toward the month of September since it contains my birth date (today) so just know I’m doing some extra thinking. I staggered into a Facebook site last week called WDNC, populated by women WhoDoNotCare, and it’s as therapeutic as you might already imagine. In that vein and a spirit of celebration:
IDNC that I’ve never, in all these years, managed to fit the mold. Full disclosure, I still don’t even know where and what it is, so I guess that gives us the pertinent information right there, hm.
IDNC that on the little things I’m wrong more often than right, that’s just bad luck. On the BIG things I’m far more often right.
IDNC that I alone can say what qualifies as large or small in life.
There are many things I genuinely no longer care about and most of them are things I should never have cared about at all, so passing birthdays are good for perspective and a few other concepts like longevity, which reminds me… I’m not old. Not yet. Both of my grandmothers saw 96 with their minds in working order and I call that incentive. My mom had me in the same September in which she turned 20, so I always knew exactly how old she was. This year she would be 98 and likely still wouldn’t be “old,” so there’s some more perspective.
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The state of human existence being what it is, I offer one piece of advice from this vantage point: Whatever it is, do it NOW.
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And everybody still gets one special birthday wish, right?
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Playing for Time 
Sep 06, 2025 @ 19:37:09
Judy,
It is good to be truly carefree when that means unworried. I hope you do celebrate that YDNC. I am glad for what you do care about, too.
My grandmother, who knew hard cares, always said that the sun was shining somewhere. Though she was always the last to not care, she was remarkably unworried.
I hope you are not done celebrating, so that you don’t see this until tomorrow.
Mark
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Sep 07, 2025 @ 08:47:11
Excellent timing, Mark, I did inadvertently save it for this morning and your greetings are making my day. There are far more things I care about than things I do not, you and Mary and the ranch and ALL of it especially stand out, see how memorable you are? It’s a good life and I’m here for it to the end and beyond.
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