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

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Friday, March 1, 2024

LIFE IN THE S L O W LANE

Butch at the auto repair shop says they may be able to fix my 20-year-old car if the insurance okays the repair. He'll let me know today what's what. They need to order parts - fenders, bumper, hood, grill -- who knows how long that will take. But even if they could get them tomorrow, the shop is so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

KERFUFFLE

I made the mistake recently of saying to someone that I'd been driving for 70 years without an accident. I have a son who's driven for 47 years without an accident. Yesterday he had to put his car in the shop for a few days to get the starter fixed, so I offered to loan him my car. I didn't plan on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

CHOOSY MOTHERS CHOOSE...

This week I unfollowed all MSNBC Facebook pages, including those of various hosts. Also unfollowed the page of my Illinois senator. I had been commenting and getting hostile comments from far-right conservatives who think it's ok to spew garbage and make threats online. How the networks and campaign... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Entry #2 for today - 2-26 - Old Song Lyrics

"If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you are going to San Francisco, you're sure to find some peaceful people there." Scott McKenzie, 1967. Sign in to see full entry.

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ONCE UPON A TIME

Once upon a time there were three little pigs... oh, wait. That story's been told. From "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" "I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled. Can I walk along the beach? Do I dare to eat a peach?" When I first looked at T.S. Eliot's poem in an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 19, 2024

TODAY'S SAFETY TIP:

It's not a good idea to go tent camping in bear country. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

GOOD MORNING, GO AWAY

The next morning Della was alone in her tiny walk-up when she heard another knock on the door. "Who is it?" she asked. No way was she opening the door to a stranger. "It's Walter," he said. Her father-in-law, the one person in her husband's family who had ever stood up to Dave when he was showing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

GOOD MORNING, GO AWAY

Della woke up to hear someone knocking on her door. Nobody she knew even knew where she lived. She pulled on her bathrobe and yelled "Just a damn minute," as she fished her feet into her slippers. Guy turned over in the bed. "What's going on?" he said. "Someone's at the door. Just stay put, I'll be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 16, 2024

IRISH BALLAD

"I'll take you home again, Kathleen, Across the ocean wild and wide, To where your heart has ever been, Since first you were my bonny bride. The roses all have left your cheeks, I've watched them fading one by one. I'll take you home again Kathleen, Before our time on earth is done." Now I may have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Predictive Dance

The storks are dancing in the shallows at the edge of the lake. They know the date. Valentine's Day among the humans, a day when chocolate and wine dim the edges of the evening into a fuzzy warm glow. Precautions aside, love reigns. And around November 14, give or take, the storks will be very busy,... Sign in to see full entry.

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