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

By Pat_B - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Journal

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

SECOND START

Got some good news a couple days ago. My beautiful great-granddaughter, almost 9 years old, is going to be okay. She’s the daughter of my grandson and his beautiful wife and about six weeks ago she had a seizure and fell to the ground unconscious. Scared the hell out of all of them. They rushed her... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 7:45 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

MEDICAL ADVICE FROM MIKE LINDELL

You know Mike Lindell – the “my pillow” guy, major donor and fan of Donald Trump. Today when I came in from my shift at The Main Street Center, Chuck Todd on MSNBC was interviewing Mike Lindell, who has apparently come up with a Covid “cure.” Todd was interviewing Lindell because President Trump had... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 11:47 AM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Monday, August 17, 2020

A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH

Wish I could always remember that. Taking the high road isn't always easy when a woman has that auto response to react in kind to a mean or sarcastic remark. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 5:55 AM | add or view comments (8) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, August 16, 2020

REBOOT THE ROUTER...

Since mid-day Saturday I have been unable to get online, and for a time my phone, which operates off the same internet router, wasn't working. No dial tone. Nobody could call. I tried re-booting my computer (turning it off and letting it come on again) which usually fixes little problems. Nada. I... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 1:46 PM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Saturday, August 15, 2020

THE COFFEE QUESTION

For the past few years I've limited my coffee intake to 2 cups a day total caffeinated. Thanks to the Keurig thing, I can brew a fresh tasty cup in a minute and don't need to warm up a cup from the pot that's been sitting for hours. Also it comes in half-caff or decaf, so I can actually sip more... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 7:11 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, August 14, 2020

PREDICTION

No matter who win the US election in November, there will not be a mass gathering at the inauguration in January, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and annual flu season. Come to think of it, the fact we have an annual flu epidemic ought to tell us something about when we can expect to beat Covid.... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 6:02 AM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, August 13, 2020

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

After retirement from SIUE in Oct. of '93 I decided to return to the Pacific Northwest, spend some time in my original family – lived near my mother and sisters in Salem, Oregon. About a year later my younger daughter decided to move to Seattle after her divorce, and I became her roommate for a... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 6:32 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

WORK SWEETENS LIFE

In July of 1966 Roy and I and our two sons, Rusty (4) and Richie (3) moved into the house at the corner of Hale Ave. and Jefferson Road in the Leclaire neighborhood. Our next door neighbors were Walter Abendroth and his wife Sarah, both in their mid-seventies. Walter was a retired carpenter and had... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 5:30 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

Today I left the crocheting at home – decided to look for a book from the donated books room at The Center. Looked through the mysteries, the hard covers, the large print. Zero of interest. How about non-fiction? Ahh, there’s an idea. It was a copy of Alan Alda’s memoir: “Things I Overheard While... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 11:21 AM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Monday, August 10, 2020

OKAY, I’M OVER IT

You know how it is – a few months of being confined to solitude and you begin to wish for human contact: any human contact. Those safely distant small talk exchanges with other customers during a quick and scary store dash a couple days ago have worn off. So you sit out on the front porch to catch a... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 5:57 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

About this Blog

Sometimes you have to write it down in order to learn what you really think about life, what it means, how to do what's best. Sometimes you need feedback from someone else to put things in perspective.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)