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Thursday, September 19, 2024

About Mail-in Voting

If you're one who votes by mail, this might be useful: I read a news blurb yesterday that the USPS is going to have major problems handling all the mail-in ballots - especially if they're sent in during the last few days before the election. These may not be delivered to the polls in time to be... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

BE KIND TO YOURSELF

Remember a cartoon character named Tweety Bird? Darling little yellow bird, always jumping away just in the nick of time when the cat pounced. I believe the cat's name was Sylvester. One morning Tweety looked at his reflection in a puddle, and his image was all distorted by the ripples. He jumped... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Thanks!

I've copied your comments into my notes file & will use them as I work on the next stages of the story about revenge - in which a retired sex crimes detective joins a women's support group so she can help victims recover - and find ways to serve offenders their just desserts. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

THE SPIDER

I wondered if the spider, if she catches a butterfly in her web just beyond my porch rail, if she eats the wings first or starts with the body. As I sipped coffee and thought about it, I noticed she had caught a fly. It seems she spun out a thread of silk and wrapped it, wings and all, into a... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Question:

What would you make of it if some guy, whose wife was standing right next to him at the time, said to you and several of his hunting buddies: "my wife's married, but I am not." Sign in to see full entry.

About Yesterday's "smart pills" post

That little story is a joke my younger brother told me when he was about 8 or 9 years old. He was a handsome kid, 5 years younger than me, 3 years younger than my sister, and both of us spoiled him rotten. So did Mama. Jim was full of it, pranks that sent him into doubled-up hug-your-belly laughter,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 13, 2024

SMART PILLS

Little Harold and Donnie T were sitting on the back steps at Donnie's house, when Harold pulled a pill bottle out of his pocket. What's dat? Donnie asked. Dem's smart pills, Harold said. Gimme one, said Donnie. Nah. I'm savin' 'em for school on Monday. Aw, c'mon. Just one! You can gimme just one,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

PETS

When I was a little kid, my Auntie Ella had a pair of black pups named Ben and Lady. They were miniatures, not Boston bulldogs - they had pointed noses, but brown eyebrows and brown "socks." There's a picture of me holding one of Lady's pups when I was about 4 years old. I must have loved that pup.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS...

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

What's on your mind?

For some reason I'm thinking of clowns. Not the big old scary ones from horror movies, etc., not the ones in politics. The ones I'm thinking about with great fondness are the radio clowns - like Red Skelton. You're probably too young to remember him. Red Skelton was a comic, he had a sitcom. His was... Sign in to see full entry.

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