Thursday, September 8, 2016
Distraction Fraction
Attention span cut short is not unusual for me. If it weren't for repeated re-focusing, I'd never get anything done or done right. I can be reading the most interesting book and suddenly find myself thinking about something in the refrigerator that I would like to fix for dinner and just how I will...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Zorba Or Trump
I was listening to Zorba and I guess I had it up a little too loud as Son #1 came out of his room and laughed and began to dance--and he isn't even Greek. In fact, he isn't any good at dancing either, but who could keep from trying when they hear that music. Sometimes when the news is on, like now,...
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Monday, September 5, 2016
Labor Day Dilemma
The day is drop-dead gorgeous, the weather enviable, the mood capricious. Shall I stay or go? Shall I enjoy here, all by myself, doing what I like, entertaining myself? Or should I go and be a part of social dissipation? My heart says stay. My friends say go. Should I please myself? Should I...
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Saturday, September 3, 2016
Whole Lot Of Shaking Going On
Kansas City awoke this morning to earthquake tremors. Sis thought for a moment she was back in California at the top of the Technicolor Building in L.A. where it swayed back and forth above the city for an interminable period of time, back when she worked there. Then, all she could think to do,...
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Friday, September 2, 2016
Encouragement To Failure
I never thought I could do it, but I have given up eating bread and bread products--actually anything at all containing wheat. That means crackers, cookies, thickening flour, muffins, etc., etc. It was so not good for me, but coming from a Czech background where hoska is king and hleba a necessity...
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