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

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Monday, April 8, 2019

ATTENTION SPAN

Last spring about this time, when the leaves were sprouting after the long cold winter, I noticed this one tree in the distance that looked like the profile of a bison against the sunrise. As the leaves filled in during the summer time, the image looked more and more like a surreal great plains... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

THIS ‘N THAT

This is the third attempt at writing a little post for Blogit today. Started with a weird dream I had about my first ex in which I was young again and trying to cope with his controlling behavior. Zapped that one. Don’t want to talk about him – I’ve given that mess all the attention it deserves,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

THE TALK / THE VIEW

A Review: I’m sure there are other panel shows on daytime TV aimed at housewives and other folks who are at home during the day. There are times when one of the panelists will come up with something unique and appropriate to the topic, but most of the time the shows are filled with idle or mean... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 5, 2019

THE CHECK-OUT

She was next in line at the checkout. The woman in front was entering her PIN number as the bagger settled her purchases in the cart. Josie put her items on the belt, her debit card in hand. The guy behind her was carrying a gallon jug of barbecue sauce in each hand. She put the divider stick behind... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

PATTERNS

In the mid ‘90s I retired from my long-term job at SIUE in Illinois, packed my worldly goods in one of those Pod containers, and headed west. My journey took me to Colorado Springs where my younger sis and her husband were living at the time. He was working for the Dept. of Corrections at the time,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

TUESDAY

The Center is a polling place and the staff had to be there to unlock the doors and help the poll workers set up at five o’clock. (Slow day for voters – I think I counted nine going past the front desk between 8:00 and Noon. But many come through the back door, so…) Tuesday is free bread day at The... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

DEATH AND TAXES AND...

There’s a saying that nothing is inevitable but death and taxes. Frankly, I’ve had both on my mind for far too long. Today we had sunshine and mid-50s in the temp range, and I had a third thing to think about besides taxes and death: romance. A) Tax notices didn’t come to me – but to my #2 son who’s... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 1, 2019

ABOUT "THE QUESTION" - YESTERDAY'S POST

We all know, those of us whose hair has turned silver and whose lives have at times turned as stupidly dramatic as a soap opera, that not every love story ends in happily ever after. We begin to figure out, eventually and after hard lessons, that "the one" is more likely one possibility out of many.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

THE QUESTION

Marilee was busy with a customer, back turned to the entrance, when Joseph walked to the main check-out desk to drop off a donation to the Library’s renovation fund. He had Mark with him, and as always, the young man was in his own world, engrossed in patterns, light and shadow, not reading the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 30, 2019

SATURDAY MORNINGS

Routines change. When I was a kid, Saturday mornings meant listening to radio shows like “Let’s Pretend,” while helping mother sort the whites from the colored items, adding water to the wringer washing machine and two galvanized rinse tubs and measuring the White King soap into the washer. Each... Sign in to see full entry.

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