Monday, November 17, 2014
The Limit Nears
“We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death. That’s why we like all the things that we assume have no limits and, therefore, no end. It’s a way of escaping thoughts about death. We like lists because we don’t want to die.” ~ so says Author Umberto Eco I don't usually make lists....
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
14,000 Teeth
A loose tooth has come my way and is very bothersome when I need to bite something like a sandwich. It is right down in front on the lower jaw right where senior citizens often seem to have trouble when they become "long in the tooth" (an idiom meaning getting old). I never thought that I would ever...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
Night Cap
Everyone seems to be moving and thinking slower, as if the cold weather has thickened their normal lubrication, and movement of anykind is down to slow motion. If anyone is doing anything at all, it seems to be something to do with making their personal space warmer. I'm sitting here wearing a warm...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
A Winter Without Borders
Measurable shovel-able snow is expected....this weekend, so they say. But, they had a lot of trouble saying it. Measurable shovel-able snow, measurable shovel-able snow--one of those things you can't say aloud once, let alone five times in a row. My Grandson Michael, whose latest U.S. Army picture...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Warm Place Wanted
I wish they were peeking at me. The reason I wish they were peeking at me is because they are in Joshua Tree National Monument, not only a beautiful and interesting place, but a place where it is still warm. Not quite ready for this frigid weather that has come upon us. It was above 70 o yesterday...
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