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

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

The Glamorous Life...

It took two hours in the Chair of Beauty to effect a change. My shaggy bangs and collar length hair, varigated shades of gray, white, brown, auburn, had been fly-away, unruly, a kind of shaggy bob. To tell the truth, I'd been hacking away at it over the bathroom sink as the spirit moved me for the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Pins & Needles

Unless you were brought up before cell phones and text messages, you may not have learned about needles as things to be used for sewing, fancy embroidery, cross-stitch samplers, mending. Pins to tack two bits of fabric together for sewing on the old Singer machine, pins to hold alterations in place.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Quote of the day

I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience torpid through virtuous inaction are more to me than corner lots and praise. Mark Twain, from A Cat-Tale Sign in to see full entry.

Flirt poems - #1 -

I came across some old poems I wrote. The idea behind them is that glance across a crowded room as the old song goes: "looking back to see / if you were looking back at me." POWER STRUGGLE... by plh 10-7-81 How can you say you have no power when in your eyes there is lightning - electricity crackles... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Man wanted:

What girls who like guys want: at 20: Good looking guy with his own car, in college or with a good job, someone who can dance. No double-dealing cheaters need apply. at 30: Nice guy with a good job, must like kids and dogs; ability to dance is a plus. Prefer someone who can talk about something... Sign in to see full entry.

Vanzo's Saloon

Across the square from the county Courthouse on Purcell Street maybe a hundred and fifteen years ago, they built a big saloon. It was like those you may have seen in classic western movies - a long bar that ran the 50 foot or so length of the place, polished oak. There was a mirror, racks of bottles... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

So many lights are blinking off. RIP Phyllis Diller.

When "Sunday Morning" on CBS does its memorial slide show this December, it will take a long time. So many stars gone this year, old and venerated, young and with so much more to do. We lose our heroes and our celebrities every year, but this one seems so heavy with loss. Yesterday it was Phyllis... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Foot in Mouth Disease: Our Only Hope

A couple weeks ago a senator from one of the northern states (Wisconsin?) was named as Mitt Romney's running mate. Mitt's the man who would be president, and his new #2 is Paul Ryan. For weeks I'd been flipping channels and tuning out whenever the "news" focused on elections, political exchanges,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Dodging the negative

"You've got to e-liminate the negative latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with Mr. In-between." I've messed up this quote, but I think this old song by Phil Harris from radio days was an upbeat, finger-snapping song that would fill Mom's sunny kitchen some Saturday mornings. He and his wife... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Adventures in parenting...

I used talk to my kids, listen to them. Sometimes these talks were nothing much, about what was going on at the time. Sometimes I felt I was expected to give wise guidance, which was often based on how I'd managed to survive my own school days with only a minimum of battle scars, or where to look up... Sign in to see full entry.

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