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

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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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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

THE HAPPY WANDERER AND...

I love to go a-wandering Along the mountain track And as I go, I love to sing My knapsack on my back Val-deri, val-dera Val-deri, val-dera Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha Ha Val-dera My knapsack on my back and then there's this: Some days I live on the moon, tending a yarn garden and sipping dew from a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 12, 2024

BEST PROGRAMS ARE AFTER G'MA PATCH'S BEDTIME

It's getting difficult to find a subject to write about that isn't about politics or war or climate change. Oh - almost forgot the pandemic, Covid the invisible dragon, etc. There's so much depressing, frightening or just plain disgusting material any hour of the day on the "news" channels. So, I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

EARLY SPRING?

While at the kitchen window waiting for my coffeemaker to brew a cup of decaf, I noticed something moving in the grass near the back fence. A couple of robins, busily tapping for worms. Then I saw a couple more, and a sparrow. And at the edge of the garage roof sat a little hen Cardinal. Other birds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 9, 2024

ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL

Thank heavens the newsies are doing features on all facets of the Super Bowl, and letting politics, war, disaster and mistrials of the rich and famous rest in their own soup. Fascinating to learn a 30-second commercial will cost about $30 million bucks, that the cheap seats at Allegiant Stadium in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

OLD SONGS - VERY OLD

"K-k-k-Katie, Beautiful Katie, you're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore. When the m-moon comes over the cowshed, I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door." and here's another... "When it's springtime in the Rockies, I'll be coming home to you, Little Sweetheart of the Rockies, With your bonnie eyes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Berrying

If you were an eagle flying over, you'd see Mill Creek flowing through the valley below the village of Salkum, narrower and deeper in places, but mostly just deep enough for the trout to swim. There were fallen branches where the flowing water hollowed out places along the bank, minor underwater... Sign in to see full entry.

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