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

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Saturday, January 18, 2020

I GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN'

I’ve got a thing or two on my mind – but haven’t gotten to the point where I can share. The trouble is, with this business distracting me I haven’t been able to come up with something interesting or funny for Blogit or FB. Not even a story from the olden days. I was a listener for the most part at... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 17, 2020

COFFEE TALK FROM THE CENTER

We didn’t get more than a toe in the water about politics at Thursday’s gathering at the Main Street Center. We’re all pretty much in agreement about the state of the state, exhausted by electoral rhetoric, etc., etc. This month The Center has an intern from a doctoral program at a college in... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

TODAY IS COFFEE TALK TIME AT THE CENTER

I can just about guarantee one topic of conversation will the the ERA and the fact that Virginia has just ratified it. As the 38th state to do so, if this had happened in 1980 it would make males and females equal under the law. It would have made women's health including the legal right to control... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

HOUSE GUEST

For the past two days I’ve had a house guest. Her name is Kaylee, she’s a Rhodesian Ridgeback – my son’s well-loved rescue dog from several years ago. Kaylee is ten, has hip issues, and has always had a big smile and a wag for me. Son is in the process of evicting a roommate, which is a fraught and... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

POPPIES

I was at my computer, playing the umpteenth game of Klondike solitaire when I heard Judge Mathis querying a litigant about poppies. I didn’t get the whole conversation, but the words triggered a weird memory. It was probably 1939. My father was a gunnery officer serving aboard the USS Saratoga, at... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 13, 2020

WHY ME? (a chip off the philosopher’s stone)

Why is this happening? Why now? Why me? These are questions we all ask at times. If we live a normal life, we will face fearsome possibilities and “interesting times.” Accidents, injuries, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, ideas that seemed good at the time, life-threatening illness – our... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 12, 2020

HER DAY

She stands at the window, watching. There walks a couple holding hands. Their steps quicken as they near home. Later comes a boy and his dog bouncing along with a ball. The sad girl from the next block moves like molasses in January in no hurry to get home to her critic. A bicycle bearing Stan, who... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 11, 2020

WALTER

In 1966 we moved next door to Walter, a 78-year-old retired carpenter. He was industrious as a beaver, always busy in his garage workshop, gutting old TV consoles and recycling them. He separated out the precious metals used in the wiring and sold them and various parts to a scrap metals dealer. He... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 10, 2020

... signifying nothing

I’ve gotta quit paying attention to politics. I’m gonna get an ulcer, or worse, pop an artery if I keep letting myself get so ticked off at all the antics of the court jesters and sycophant hand-kissers dancing to the tune of the great and glorious Oz. Hector B. Turtle, the slippery Boot Scraper and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 9, 2020

WHEN DREAMS MAY COME

Thanks to a restless bladder and other sleep issues, it is rare that I snooze long enough to have a real dream, the kind of story dream I used to take for granted when I was a kid in my early seventies… But last night one came, and Woo! Hoo! I could remember bits of it when I woke up. It seems I was... Sign in to see full entry.

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