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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Pot Belly

Life-time commitments to pets often falls short of original intent, just as divorce often ends the commitments that marriage promises. When that happens, pets are often abandoned in places where humans think it might be a good place to leave them. When we first moved to this area north of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Nothing Comes Easy

Yesterday, the yard crew of our apartment complex was out and around on their Outlaw Stand-ons, mowing the grass, already green and growing, dressed in winter parka coats for warmth and thick gloves on their hands. That seemed a little too silly to me. It made me consider going out and flagging one... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Life's Like That, Yeah, It Is

The hours spin by, one after the other, sometimes unnoticed and leaving one asking, "Where did they go?" Sometimes hours are stretched to the limits of 60 minutes each, 3600 seconds each, feeling each one, seeming twice that long. Hours....unaccounted for, wasted, wiled away, enjoyed. Earth hour... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Shellback Boy

Magnolia tree at noon today. Predicted for tomorrow in the very same place is snow--large, wet snowflakes of undetermined amount. The antipodal weather patterns of our city never cease to amaze me, or please me. Antipodal is a word of which I have been aware, but never really focused upon--one of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Saturday Night Live I Guess

Damp, dreary, gray, soggy day today; nothing like the glorious yesterday. Those who went to the Snake Saturday Parade and Celebration were probably dressed in green, otherwise Éirinn go Brách would have been colored completely Gray. Donald Trump has brought his juggernaut to Kansas City; and Ted... Sign in to see full entry.

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