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

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

De fence, she is no longer an offence to my tranquility.

Jim came by yesterday with Clarence and The Kid, set the gate posts, hung the gates, cleared away the rest of their debris. Later, Got a brief call from John at the hall to see if the fence job was done I told him the crew was finally through with that rollicking "barrel of fun." Its doggerel... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Monday. My favorite day of the week.

Most of the neighbors clear out by 8:00 and Quiet Town is all mine again. Mine and the busy little squirrels, the tomato thieves still busily destroying all my neighbor's hopes for home grown freshly sliced bits of heaven. I don't think he used all of the mint tea bags, because they proved to be no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Blog #2. Before I Run Screaming Into Traffic..

Phone call from Calamity Jane. Negative Nan. Ain't-it-Awful Annie. Calling to check up on me. (am I coming to her daughter's wedding shower?) Haven't heard from you in a dog's age. Forty-five minutes of blow-by-depressing blow of soap opera details of relatives and friends of hers I've never met,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Progress?

The WWB (writers without Borders) gals met Friday night. Without me. After that time a month or so ago when I left after waiting for them nearly an hour, I decided to give the group a good letting-alone. Plus, which, my connection between computer and printer has failed (another failure to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate..."

Line from "Cool Hand Luke," starring Paul Neuman in the title role. It wasn't his line. He was a convict, the phrase was uttered by the cruel head guard (played by Strother Martin) whose mission in life was to break prisoners and make them obedient members of the prison chain gang. Even in other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Hair it is - Write Your Own Story...

Small crowd (only 3) at the Write Your Own Story group on Thursday. And my printer will not talk to my computer. Which meant that after I created the prompt page for this weeks's meeting, I couldn't print it out. I did two things: emailed a copy to Sara at the Center and asked if she could print it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Helen Mirren

I just read a feature in AARP Magazine about Helen Mirren, and I have to say I like her even better now. I've always been a fan - and I decided she's a real gal when I saw the film "Calendar Girls." It's about a fundraising effort for a small community where all the 60-something ladies do a nude... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake...

I shoulda waited till tomorrow's blog to tell you this one, but I'm afraid the marbles in my head will roll around and I'll forget... It seems Iona - head of the kitchen volunteers - baked a chocolate cake at home and brought it in to celebrate someone's birthday. Thick creamy white icing, topped... Sign in to see full entry.

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Big Game

It was a funny day at The Center yesterday, some of it funny ha-ha, and some of it just weird. I took my own coffee along - needed 'real' and not the decaf they brew, and also took along a couple choc chip cookies I'd baked with a gluten-free mix. I barely hung up my purse and checked out the van's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Tea(bag) Time...

Don't know what's up with our neighborhood squirrels, must be a bad year for the usual hunting and gathering. Strawberry season is over, helped along by a yard boy who doesn't know a strawberry from crabgrass and weedwhackered it all when the old fence was still standing. Maybe this is why the... Sign in to see full entry.

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