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"It will be over on Friday, but it can still cause havoc for a few days afterwards. What? Mercury in retrograde. It happens three times a year. It started August 2 and will be over on Friday, August 26. Mercury in Retrograde is like the Universe&amp;#039;s Murphy&amp;#039;s Law. What can go wrong will go wrong. It is particularly problematic in areas of communication, transportation and mechanics. Anticipate trouble in travel plans. Do not sign a legal document when M is in R. Never, NEVER buy a new computer. The timing was apt. I am pained to have to tell you this: My computer, of blessed memory, passed away. My computer was almost six years old. It wrote Designated Daughter  all the way from scattered notes into publication. It formed a writing collaboration with Mom, which was the greatest pleasure of my word-ridden life. And then I got to blog about Mom here on The Daily WD, and occasionally, like a special guest star, she would blog here, too. My computer turned to you, Readers, to complete the story. I have written about and written with my mother for six years. She has been my sole subject. My Soul subject. Changes are coming, Dear Readers. With its last dying breath my computer told me not to worry. It&amp;#039;s all good, my computer said, and then the screen went black. D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com. Photo credit: Marcia Smilack "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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