Quote of the day:
Nothing fools you more than the lie you tell yourself. Teller, of Penn & Teller NPR 8-1-2015 Interview Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
First Tuesday at The Center
The A1C test was a new thing to me when the nurse from Alton Memorial first came to administer the free ones at the Center. Perhaps they'd done glucose levels along with other diagnostics all along when I went in for routine exams. It was interesting to find out that a single drop of blood from a... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Bitter Betty...
For the most part, Betty the bitcher has stopped visiting the Center. She's missed the last A1C blood testing day - First Tuesday of July. I'm speculating she's due to get another this month - today. Last time she was here she complained long and loud, harangued me with questions nobody could... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 3, 2015
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings...
Lorman R. is 88 years old, a tall, thin gray-haired dude who wears plaid shirts tucked neatly into well-fitting Levi’s. His hair is neatly trimmed, he moves quickly, gets up out of his chair without making that old man sound, and he has an eye for the ladies. Except when Sharon H. is around. “I’ve... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
The Haves and the Have-nots...
On NPR yesterday one of their regular Saturday feature programs explored the racism question, or at least one facet of it: the clash between cops and blacks. The clumsy and heavy-handed use of force against unarmed motorists, pedestrians, etc., has been all too much in the headlines for a year now.... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
On Second Thought
I wrote a carefully thought-out essay about "Bill Cosby Syndrome." You can imagine what the focus was: the way entitled men take advantage of their position. It's not a topic I like to think about, let alone post here on Blogit. So I deleted my brilliant and insightful commentary about the fact that... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Drama Teacher, Conciliator
You can Google Tawnya Pettiford-Wates at her new(er) job - a professor teaching drama at a prestigious east-coast university. When I knew her she was the drama teacher at Seattle Central Community College, (SCCC) located on Broadway in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle. Capitol Hill is the Castro... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
4th of July, 1944 - Family Picnic
When I was about nine years old our little family lived in rural Kennewick, WA – an area known as the “Y.” It was a neighborhood, houses and a trailer park built up next to the Mobil Oil service station at the junction of three highways. There was Kennewick to the west, Richland and Hanford to the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The Heat Makes Me Cranky
100 degrees here in the St. Louis area yesterday. High, high humidity. Your lungs don't want to take in the steam. Your hair wilts and frizzes, your skin feels greasy. Your legs and feet feel heavy - you have to focus on each step to make yourself take the next. And other drivers on the road are... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
WYOS Topic: First Date
When I was fourteen, the summer before my sophomore year at good old MHS, a guy named David started dropping in at our house from time to time. Mother was an avid and expert Pinochle player and had mentioned that fact when he and his brother delivered a cord of firewood. David said he loved Pinochle... Sign in to see full entry.