Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Found in an old journal...

BLUES (OF TWO MINDS) A solo trumpet wails smoky blues, a melody we've never heard except in dreams. Bushmill’s has softened our resolve, warmed the lower chakra, fanned embers of love long gone. This music wakes that sensation we always wished a man would learn so as to soothe the female soul. A... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Who are you? What makes you tick? (and tic)

Years ago I was a big fat sucker for those personality quizzes that appeared in ladies' magazines. I thought most of them were a bit shallow and I was certain there was no psychologist behind them, no Freudian or Jungian expertise. Things like "What your nail polish says about you." or "How to... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 27, 2015

As for the Edwvl Story Project...

On We My sharing spirit has slipped into a well of ennui whose walls are slick stones that cannot be climbed. They ensure the swim continues. I can see light at the “end of the tunnel” promising ironically there is above the rim a butterfly dancing on a sunbeam. But I’ve lost interest in fonts or... Sign in to see full entry.

Thank you so much for your kind offers, but...

I've got a handyman in mind - he'll work for time & materials at a reasonable cost. While he's at it, I'll have him change out the ceiling fan I bought last fall. Son Joe was to change out the one that's there as my Christmas gift, but he's a busy guy... I've just about decided to sell the house and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

High Bid on the Back Yard Project

The company that formerly did my yard maintenance, Garden Kingdom, has finally gone too far. Bad enough they charged nearly $40 a week to mow my little postage stamp of a lawn and take up the leaves - and then left the last leaf fall up to me in the end. Now he gave me a bid you wouldn't believe to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

E'vl Story Project, part 2

So this one particular Saturday morning I dropped Fang off at Printing Service and headed for town. There was this really nice laundromat at the edge of the business district, on St. Louis Street. It was in the second block east of the town's most exclusive residential neighborhood. There I was,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 24, 2015

My E'vl. Story Project Contribution

Laundromat Sociology, 1960 I remember the early 1960s –the beginning of the rock ‘n roll era, a time when Elvis was a source of shock and awe. The Beatles were big in the UK but hadn’t yet crossed the “pond.” Protests over the war in Vietnam, the sexual revolution, the women’s movement: none of this... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Play me a song, you're the piano man

Ja-da, Ja-da, Ja-da Ja-da Jing Jing Jing. Ja-da, Ja-da, Ja-da Ja-da Jing Jing Jing. That’s a funny little bit of melody. It’s so soothing and appealing to me. It goes Ja-da, Ja-da, Ja-da Ja-da Jing Jing Jing… It was a miracle, Terry said. Terry’s the piano player at The Center who plays old and new... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Family

Not everyone who's a sister to you was your mother's child. I believe the woman who married my grandson could be one of mine. Nicole is an accomplished photographer, a craft and art she developed when they were assigned to 29 Palms base, an isolated bit of the great California desert. To occupy her... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Grandkids and Greats!

My Grandson Joe Jr., his wife Nicole and their two little girls arrived Sunday afternoon at Son Joe's - while I was stuck at the Library doing the Story Project thing. It rained like crazy and I got soaked to the skin going from the library to the car. I knew Joe had tickets to the Cardinals'... Sign in to see full entry.

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