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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Monday, April 20, 2015

Mundane's Story Project...

Preliminary report: mixed. I took the original to Office Depot and had 50 copies made of the program and evaluation sheets. I had the program done in color, which cost about double what I'd expected. And then when we got to looking at it, I found I'd printed out the original - not the correction -... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Tiny projects.

I noticed a few weeks ago the screws that hold the latch onto the gate on the back fence had fallen out. They were part of the new fence installed last summer, the one that was overpriced and the installation was mismanaged. It's under a year's warranty. I shoulda called the Big Box Boys and told... Sign in to see full entry.

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