I've mentioned this before but sometimes while writing I make crazy mistakes. Like typing Elephant instead of elevator. While typing Chapter 26 of Duty Honor Country Family, I did something similar at least three times.

The most recent of which was when I typed Betty instead of Becky. Becky*(Also known as Hiromi) is only the story's main character.

Two years ago I got something translated into Japanese for me. I think it was done at the TG fiction list but it could have been. I need to get it translated back to English. Here's what I wrote

Urigiri koto no kei desu ne, Reina-kun? Sayonara

If someone can help me, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

Side note- Chapter 25 of Duty Honor Country Family is finished and now being worked on Puddin. It will be published later this week. I even have almost 2,000 words written for Chapter 26.

My mother-in-law passed away at 3 p.m. this afternoon. Her daughters were with her at the time and had just finished praying the chaplet of the divine mercy.

I'll write more about Nanay at another time.

1- There's a Tropical Depression south of Cuba that likely will become Tropical Storm Nicole. All the computer models predict the storm to come through South Florida. Which is where I live.

It will be either a strong TD or weak TS. Still 40 MPH winds can cause power outages and other inconveniences.

2- Our family car was hit yesterday by a woman backing out of a parking space as my wife was going to visit her mother. The car is running but has over $1,000 worth of body damage. Most of which consists of the front passenger door being banged in and not able to open now.

This is in reply to several comments on the 24th Chapter of my Duty Honor Country Family story at Stardust. An anonymous commenter keeps asking repeatedly where my next chapter is. I originally wrote this on September 4th at Big Closet.

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A mother and two daughters had their house catch on fire. Most of their possessions were destroyed. They also lost three dogs and nine cats in the blaze. What a disaster*.

Mary knew the younger of the daughters. My cat named Misay knew one of their cats who spent some of their time outdoors. Misay is an indoor cat, but the other cat would come by our garage and Misay would hang out there too waiting for her friend.

Nanay began radiation treatments tonight. During the day she was seen by a great many nurses and doctors. Here's one conversation.

Neurosurgeon Nurse Practitioner- "Why are you here?"

Nanay- "Well, my daughter married an American."

I think everyone can figure out why that exchange is so funny. My wife certainly thought so.

Yesterday was the first day back to school for Palm Beach County students. Once again, I'm parent to a female High School school student. I better keep the rock salt loaded shotgun handy to chase the boys off.

My mother-in-law(Nanay) was admitted to the hospital today. She had a pet scan on Monday and the results showed her thyroid cancer has metastasized to the spine. She's had stage IV cancer since 2006 but this doesn't sound good.

I must have overpaid the balance of Dear wife's JC Penney charge card because today she got an adjustment check.

For three cents! I told DW we'd hurry to Suntrust after she comes home from work so we can deposit the check.

For the second time in three months, a member of my household got called to do their civic. In April it was me, this time it is my wife.

She's at the Palm Beach County Courthouse right now. It is lunch time and she won't be back in court till 1:30. She is one of a 150 person jury member pool civil suit. Juror candidates have already been warned the trial will end sometime in August or in other words will be 3-4 weeks in length.

It was this date in 2000 that my first TG fiction story was published at Fictionmania. The Great Shift- Support Group. To be honest, the story contains most every cliche known to the sci-fi or magic variety of those stories. My first writing effort also resembles an outline more than it does a story. A trait many Great Shift stories seem to suffer from.

The good news- It is short or under 5,000 words in length. I am republishing Support Group today at BC.

You got to love Florida

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ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Sheriff’s dispatchers didn’t know what the problem was when they got a frantic 911 call at 1:20 a.m. All the caller could do is yell his address and tell them he was “crushed.”

According to Deputy Don Dalton, the head was so heavy the man couldn’t move, but his cell phone was close enough to his hand that he was able to call for help.

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Call this delayed karma. The water buffalo was shot a decade ago and was given to its present owner.

My son was born seven years today. He died the next day and the pain still remains.

This afternoon, the wife and I plus our children Carl and Mary(Jenni is at college now) will go to the cemetary to put flowers on Daniel's grave. Tomorrow morning a mass will be said for Daniel.

I wrote a story dedicated to my son. If anyone missed it, it is here.