Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

DUMPING JOLIE

Doug was tired of Jolie, her endless cheerful attitude, her careful attention to him. It had been wonderful in the beginning, so unusual to have someone at his back and at his elbow. She was a great cook, she never nagged him to help with the dishes or the housework, and when he did the yard work... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 14, 2022

IS IT JUST ME, OR HAVE WE GONE THROUGH A TIME WARP?

...and into the Twilight Zone? It all feels so weird, and I can almost hear that freaky background music. After being too damn cold on Saturday to stick my nose out the door, it warmed up by noon on Sunday to the point I could walk my two sons to the car without a jacket or even an extra sweater.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 13, 2022

ABOUT YESTERDAY'S SQUIRREL EPISODE

I know it was a sad story, a real downer. I've been sad about it because the fiction is based on the real events of a couple days or so ago. It was my sad duty to move one deceased squirrel to a trash bag and the garbage bin, and I did see a huge old hawk flying with one of the other neighborhood... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

White Ears felt anxious. She hunkered close to the trunk of the maple as she watched Peaches and Stubby (aka Herb) make the preliminary moves of the squirrel's traditional courtship game. A moment earlier the shadow of the hawk had crossed between the winter-bare treetops and the early morning sun.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 11, 2022

IS IT POSSIBLE?

I think I may have had a close encounter with an angel yesterday. As I think back on our meeting and our conversation, the things he said were just exactly the things I needed to hear from an objective outsider. A couple days earlier I'd gone shopping at my favorite supermarket, but when I got home... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

NURSERY RHYME - about the elderly

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile. He had a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, and they all lived together in a little crooked house. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

UPDATE: THINGS ARE BETTER NOW.

The Beltone guy didn't try to sell me the latest gadget. I found a chocolate marshmallow bunny in the Easter display at my local store. Ran into the librarian who was very dear to me when I volunteered there, she looks absolutely marvelous, hasn't aged a day since she retired 9 years ago. Sweet! And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Where's that rubber chicken when you need a change of mind?

Got up grouchy. Remembering a couple of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that came my way over a year ago. I thought I'd let them go, buried them in other pursuits, but this morning my fevered brain spun around like an arrow on a magnet that points to true north and stuck there. Coffee... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

FUNNY, HOW THINGS WORK...

The ordinary person wants the freedom to just be - to work at something meaningful, to dream of a peaceful future, to be accepted and treated with respect. Nice to think about, worth working for. As for the power seekers, the control freaks - they will always try to manipulate, to take more than... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 7, 2022

MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT...

It seems to me the media, Big News, Fake News, Today's News, The Predictors, and Something Dreamed all have trouble finding the WIGO they need for the lede story. WIGO = What Is Going On. Didja ever notice how often we hear mighta-coulda-maybe statements and opinions presented as fact? There have... Sign in to see full entry.

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