OR NOT
IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE, NO MORE IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE HOW IN THE HECK CAN I WASH MY NECK IF IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE? Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Sunday, May 12, 2019
JUST A LITTLE MOTHER’S DAY SASS
We were getting ready to go somewhere, coats on, doing the last minute check for keys, making sure everything was shut off, stepping toward the front door, when my 4-year-old asked me a question. I don’t remember now what the question was. What I do remember is that she prefaced it with my name,... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
FLASHBACK
1953 AND THE ‘60S I graduated from MHS on May 29, 1953, ranked 9th in my class with a GPA of 3.8. There were 22 graduates marching that day in black robes and mortarboards, eleven girls and eleven boys. Our class motto was “Not as large as the largest, but as strong as the strongest.” Kind of a... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 10, 2019
LOVE FROM THE CENTER
THURSDAY'S WRITING GROUP Well, despite the ill-fitting ‘practice’ dentures and a tendency to drool while talking, I put together a couple topic ideas and took myself up to the Main Street center for Thursday’s Write Your Own Story circle. The topics these days – since we’ve been doing this as a... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
HOW MANY ANGELS CAN DANCE ON THE POINT OF A NEEDLE?
THE NOT-SO-GREAT DEBATE Years – decades – ago I was reading something about scholarship as it was in the Middle Ages – a time when education was only for the sons of royalty and those in the clergy. Priests and scribes were the only ones who could read or write. For Average Jane, the very fact that... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Old Novelty Songs, Etc.
You're probably not old enough to remember Spike Jones - a band leader whose musicians focused on novelty songs, assorted cowbells, rattles, dings and blurts. I'm not sure whether the following was one of his, but it is from that long ago time, shortly after the invention of the wheel. "Does your... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
THREE EMAILS
Yesterday was a good day for emails. The first was from a fellow Blogiteer looking to send me a special photo. Get your mind out of the gutter. It was an adorable picture of a grandchild they didn’t want to share online. There was no way I couldn’t brighten up and feel better after that. The second... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 6, 2019
CRABBY APPLETON
Years ago on St. Louis TV there was a morning show for pre-schoolers that included a ‘teacher’ called Miss Joan. She had a magic mirror through which she’d look and say how she could see Mikey and she could see Mary and there was Bootsie and her pet Maribel… There was a music interlude where the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
TOOTHLESS TUESDAY
The extraction was scheduled for 12:30 on Tuesday. I guess I was lucky to reach my 80s and still have (most of) my own teeth, especially since my ex dentist had dropped me 4 years ago because my state-sponsored insurance payments took 8-9 months. Damfoolishness and procrastination led to so much... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
WHAT HAPP NEXT
OLD SONGS, NEW VIBES Out jumped Dee. He took three long strides across the sidewalk as the jeep started. “Hold it just a goddam minute, will ya?” Jeri put the vehicle in gear. She fought the urge to step on the gas and send him flying. She revved a warning, but he rounded the fender and reached for... Sign in to see full entry.