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

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

All the topics are taken...

I was going to mention Charlie Sheen, but other bloggers beat me to it. Then I thought about the Westboro Church freaks, and BloggingMaggie beat me to that one. The weather? Always something new on that front. (yawn) Diet? (gawd, no) Obesity and health? (done that). I decided to stay away from the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Second thoughts...

I just wrote a few paragraphs, went back over them to do a spell check, and decided to start over. I think I may have rescued myself from a Charlie Sheen TMI moment. Sad, isn't it, how somebody who's got it all can crash and burn? Sheen's not the first to do it, and he's not the last who will. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Response to a blogger (See "Dude Magnet") from 2 days ago

WileyJohn, bless his soul, defended the "Men!" indictment in my earlier post by questioning politely how far I thought women had come... All I can say, with a clear conscience, is that we're regressing steadily. We're getting worse all the time, uppity to a fault, independent as a hog on ice,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, stormy weather.

Since my man and I ain't together, keeps rainin all the time. I remember hearing Mama sing that old song as she put supper together or worked the garden, there were others, too, and she seemed to know all the words, sang along when they came on the radio. She had a clear voice, stayed on key, but it... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Dude Magnet...

There's an "interesting" old guy who hangs out at Coffee Heaven, sometimes noodling around on the cafe's guitar. He's apparently on the hunt for something (rich old lady who's lost her mind would be my guess). He often sits with another guy, a bit larger and younger, who sits a table like someone... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Break's Over

Yesterday was what Mama used to call a weather breeder. There was a sense of something pending, some insiduous dread that gave the brassy sunlight a lead-filled edge. Saturday and even yesterday here in the St. Louis area was warm with a breeze, got up to the mid 70s and brought out runners in... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Sunshine and lollypops...

Email from D -- the head librarian. "How about we re-open Carnegie's coffee shop-bookstore on Monday, the 28th?" And in all the ELF homes where email goes, a cheer goes up. Our retired teachers and bookkeepers and grandmothers will have books to shelve, snacks to sell. There will be rice krispies... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 18, 2011

From Cabin Fever to Sticker Shock...

I guess when you're at the store a couple times a week, you don't pay much attention to the three or four cents' rise in the price of a pound of tomatoes. But when you've been frozen into your own house, choosing to bounce off the four walls rather than off the icy sidewalks and parking lots, making... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Twitterpated...(thoughts on spring)

"Spring has sprung the grass has riz I wonder where the flowers is?" If I were sixteen this week, I'd be "twitterpated." It's a Disney word from the movie Bambi. Nothing to do with tweets or texts or Twitter online. It means hopelessy infatuated and unable to focus on anything else. Back at MHS Mr.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

OK. You can deposit that check now...

I was about to tear it up. Things were tight in early January, so I wrote a check to fix his car after a short slide on the ice had cracked the front bumper. He gave me a post-dated payback check that would clear on the 15th. January, he said. On the 14th he asked me to hold it for another two... Sign in to see full entry.

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