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Thursday, April 25, 2024

BLURSDAY MORNING, HOW D'YA GET TO SESAME STREET?

Woke up just after five. Got up & took my morning meds. Visited the throne room. Went back to bed. Around 5:45 thought I heard my doorbell. Got up to check. Nobody anywhere. Phooey! Couldn't get back to sleep. Turned on the local news & weather. Thought of coffee. Up again, checked the front door,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE

There was a song, popular in the '40s "Frankie and Johnnie." Frankie and Johnnie were lovers,..... he was her man, but he was doin' her wrong. This is the story line of the song. I always thought of my big brother John when I heard it. His wife "Bert" (short for LaVerta) was the passion of his life,... Sign in to see full entry.

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CLUCK! CLUCK! CLUCK!

Bozo the Orange is not in court today, but law's legal pincers still hold him by the back of his neck, no matter how he tries to wiggle out of them. His lies flap in the breeze like granny panties on a flagpole. Some of his followers no longer salute. His Secret Service detail seeks a safe secluded... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

THE BLESSINGS OF ADVERSITY

A long time ago when I worked as manager of the university's student housing office, we hired a student worker/trainee. I believe her name was Vera, and from her first day on the job I sensed there was a problem; she seemed to think she was superior to the rest of us - student workers and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 22, 2024

UPDATE:

Few days ago I posted about the folks next door, how she left for work as usual one morning, came back later & carried stuff from the house to her car, and left again. Saturday I saw a U-Haul parked in front, and the neighbor man and a couple other guys loading stuff out of the house. Waved at him,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

THE PURPLE TURKEY

When little Pica hatched, her baby down was as golden as any turkey chick's had ever been. Only their mothers could recognize their own teensy balls of fluff from all the others when they dashed around the pen with their endless games of tag. But as her pinfeathers came in, little Pica's plumage was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

On onion soup and peacock vasectomies.

Woke up nearly 2 hours past time I'm supposed to take my morning meds, from a dream about making a batch of onion soup. Was talking with others, shopping and deciding whether to buy chopped onions, or buy a whole onion, save $$$ and chop it myself, whether to buy one of those gadgets that will cut... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 19, 2024

ANYBODY KNOW A GOOD JOKE?

I could use a laugh. This past week or two has been depressing, mostly because of the news of the day, wars and rumors, scary weather, and the Trump as crime boss threats to witnesses, jurors, prosecutors, etc... So sick of his face & the media's unending focus on every little hiccup... Distraction:... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

In 1971, after delivering my 6th child, Dr. performed a tubal ligation. We agreed that my health would be at risk if there were more. In 1973 Roe v Wade was approved by the Supreme Court, giving all women the freedom to choose for themselves whether to risk a pregnancy. Nobody I know thinks abortion... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

OLD MAN RIVER

Mama kept the radio going, and I learned the words to many popular songs. It was common in those days for network bands to cover the major hits of the day, as well as Broadway show tunes. TV had not yet come to the mountain foothills, although there were a couple network channels broadcasting from... Sign in to see full entry.

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