Thursday, June 12, 2008
AND SO, LATELY...BESIDES HAIL, TORNADOES AND FLOODS...
So my daughter says, “That’s so funny, because I always thought you were the most incredibly wonderful and beautiful mommy in the world and I was the luckiest girl ever.” That was because I’d just told her about leaving Mama a message on her answering machine the night before telling her that I was...
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Monday, May 19, 2008
IT'S 100 DEGREES IN MAY
And it was a grand day to be alive in Dallas, Texas….. The sky was bright blue and the clouds were fluffy….. Planes around the airport were like silver arrows flying true….. And the traffic flew down the freeways, fast…a new week ahead….. A new week ahead….a week off, after thirty days straight on...
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
HAIKU OF WORKING AFTER RETIREMENT
Just paint the wagons Don’t rejoin the circus Just ask what color. The wagons roll past The circus always goes on Just paint the wagons No need to do more I’ve been in all the rings Jumped through the fire Just watch the new clowns And the bright new ring masters And just paint, paint, paint.. Red,...
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Friday, April 25, 2008
HOW TEDDYPOET TURNED MY DAY AROUND...HE'S WONDERFUL!
I had a really hard day……words like slammed….hammered….drained….fingers worn down to nubs…..bleeding cuticles on the keyboard….bleary eyes…..shaking wrists from the mouse…..and I am NOT exaggerating…..I even have a basketball game on I am so out of it! So, when I finally got to sit my pitiful rear...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
POWERLESS
I hate feeling powerless…….it’s not a feeling I’m used to I guess not many things that I can’t affect matter enough To make me sit like this confronting my helplessness… I hate it….hate it…..my heart aches with the feeling. My child is in pain…and I can’t take it from her…. My child’s body is being...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
HAIL, HAIL...THE HAIL'S ALL HERE...DAYS AND NIGHTS IN CATASTROPHE
I’m running on fumes…..I mean it……night before last it was thunder at 3:45…..last night it was hail hitting my windows, at 3:30……when my battery operated alarm went off at 5:30, there was no electricity and I got dressed by candlelight…..Bliss and Charm were shadows on the wall of my bathroom as I...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Girlfriends
I had dinner last night with yet another friend from the past, A woman I haven’t seen in at least 15, maybe 20 years We couldn’t recall exactly how many it is….her name is C. She and I were young managers together in the same region, I was from Kansas City, she from Omaha……in the same department....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
MAMMARY MEMORIES...OR...BREASTS COME OUT
Bear with me while I indulge in my….and I suspect most women’s…..complex and intense feelings about my breasts. If you are very sensitive to sensual material, you should skip this introductory section and skip to the ** marks….. In spite of the negative connotations often associated with the word, I...
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Monday, March 17, 2008
ADD'ING ABOUT HONOR...BE WARNED, IT'S A BIT OF A RANT
I watched a new series, “New Amsterdam” tonight….and there was a bit in it that struck me and I had to grab pen and paper to jot a note down….here are my notes: Take honor from me and my life is done……and……Not a word we often hear these days, not here in America. Now, my wheels started whirring with...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
MOMENTS FROM A WEEK IN AN ALTERED SETTING
PART ONE THE SETTING It’s a cruise set up by a woman I last worked with and saw many years ago….. She’s shed a husband I knew, raised two little boys into grown men…. Changed from a young and beautiful young wife into an assured second wife, Of a very successful…well-traveled, educated….suave….very...
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