Tuesday, January 24, 2017
The Project House Progress
I spent the morning at "the project house", as he calls it, with Son #3, seeing what he has accomplished during the winter so far. He did so much work in the overgrown yard while the weather was nice and since the cold winter began has been working on the inside. He loves for me to join him now and...
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Monday, January 23, 2017
One of Those Days for Just A Bunch of Stuff
I just have to go out in this cold, foggy weather and go to the grocery mart to buy some things to put in my cold, nicely working, empty refrigerator, but I keep putting it off. I watered my plants, fed the birds, made oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. Last evening I cooked noodles using canned...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017
Just The Facts Ma'am, Just The Alternative Facts
The fact is, that I don't know what are facts anymore. In Law, a fact is the truth about an event as opposed to interpretation. I guess that in politics it is different? Mark Twain said, "Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable." Hmmmm. Facts have alway given me a bit of problem. You...
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Friday, January 20, 2017
I Don't Even Know His Name
The morning brought to me a need for a Whirlpool Refrigerator maintenance man. My refrigerator was zonked and apparently had been for quite some time. I began carrying out bags of food to the dumpster. All tired and messy, at 10:15 I open the door to the maintenance man. The first thing he said to...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
The Mines Of Richmond
The dust-laden path ran toward a brook that could not be seen from the hillside. The mines were deep. The shafts plunged dizzily downward, lit only by the flickering carbide lamps worn by the miners on their caps. The men in the cage descended to the bottom of the pit and entered the various tunnels...
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