IN WHICH BEAR ENDS HIS ADVENTURE, BUT AT A DIFFERENT PLACE

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Tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic---Blonk!

I think that's it. 

Yes, we're back on line, after a rude technical malfunction.

 Now, where was I?

Oh, yes. Here we are. After adventuring around, we have arrived.

Details to follow.

Blessings and Bear hugs!

IN WHICH BEAR MAKES HIS REPORT ON HIS ADVENTURE

We've been on an exciting adventure for some time now, and today, I'll let you in on what's happened.

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IN WHICH BEAR'S MYSTERY ADVANCES

Aarg! 

Grrrrrr!

The guy who said, "Tote that barge, lift that bale," had no idea how much work he was creating. Bear is appalled. Not to mention almost overwhelmed. This adventure is starting to feel like work. 

I'll bet that writer was showboating! What a writer guy. As Bugs would say, "What a maroon!"

This adventure is not going smoothly at all! And here I thought it would. Sigh! 

It's absolutely enough to make a good-natured Bear grumpy! Fortunately, this pneumonia has not done me in!

Blessings and Bear hugs, friends!

STORY AND ADDENDUM: IN WHICH THE BEAR STOPS AND THINKS

When I was sick (and believe me, I was very sick) I seemed to do a lot of blogging (at lest I did once I started to recover). Now, I am getting healthier — much healthier, in fact. And my blog is languishing. (My several blogs are all languishing.)

I do not understand this change. It seems almost unnatural. It is unnatural, to be precise. 

"Strange, very strange," said the Bear in me. 

And now I am writing in the first person, instead of writing about, or as, the Bear (in the third person). 

Will the Bear simply trundle off into the wilderness, never to be seen or heard from again? Shall I become like a monk — silent and cloistered, while busy about my daily tasks? 

This bit about being on an adventure is producing some unexpected results. I do not now what to make of these. I feel a bit uncomfortable.

Strange, very strange. Indeed.

Blessings and Bear hugs!

Addendum

Last week I had a cold.

The week before that I had a cold.

This week I have pneumonia. The doctor pronounced that verdict when I saw him this afternoon.

GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

IN WHICH BEAR UNDERTAKES HIS MYSTERIOUS MISSION

Right. We'll need to take that. That has to go. Oh, not sure about that. We definitely need to bring this along, too!

Lao tzu (the so-called "Father of Taoism") once observed, "a journey of a thousand miles beings with a single step."

That's not entirely true. 

A journey of a thousand miles actually begins with a good plan, and good packing. (You can quote me; Bears know about these things.)

Blessings and Bear hugs!

THE MYSTERIOUS MISSION OF THE MESMERIZED BEAR

Now, this is not something about which you should panic, or be even a little troubled. Not in the least. It's just er, . . . um, . . . happening. 

Bear has set off on a marvellous adventure. (That's the way the advertising agencies would put it; we all know they give us nothing but the unvarnished truth!)

J and I are, well, um . . .ah,  yes, we are! And it is going to be interesting. Very interesting. And, no, I will not be hibernating. It's way too soon for that. 

"Where" you ask, "will you be adventuring, Bear?"

Be patient and Bear will provide the whole story, in several week's time. 

In the meantime, blessings and Bear hugs, one and all!