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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Signs & Omens

A couple years ago I got a little bit acquainted with this guy who worked at Borders, not conventionally attractive, but he reminded me of George, a classmate of mine in '79 and '80 who meant a lot at the time. George, at 24, was an up & coming manager of four local weekly newspapers, and I was a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Snyder: A Dog

SNIDER: A DOG. Once when I was about 14 my baby bro was about 9 his name was Alfred & he wanted Father to get him a pup but Father said I can't feed a dog I do well to feed Mamma you children and my self so Alfred cryed and said it aint no home for a boy if he cant have a dog but Father still said... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

As promised: a Lucy Amanda story as written by my Grandmother

ROBERT & LUCY & THE BEAR [1]. Robert & Lucy lived in a two storry house in 4 rooms in the second storry & they were always togather as a rule They were playing one morning in the frunt room with dolls & dishes but I got thuresty and so told Robert to mind the baby while I went after some water in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Fry's with that?

I now the perfect gift for my youngest this year. His b'day is the 30th of Dec., and he turns 40. John is one of those tech guys we all want to have in the room when our computer does something wonky. He speaks Klingon. He's just finished up his IT degree at the Univ. of Iowa and moved back to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Side Effects

I had a son-in-law who passed away on Feb. 29, 2003. It was sudden and shocking, and the reason I sold my little home in the west and moved back to Mundane. Jeff was kind of a teddy bear of a guy, had been my daughter's high school sweetheart. He favored jeans overalls and plaid shirt, but he raised... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

No kind of man

This was to be a light story about the furnace guy who got mine running efficiently yesterday. He's one of those guys who feels like a rescuer, a guy who's "job" it is to expound and lecture on a subject because the woman obviously doesn't know how to manage for herself. I like guys like this, even... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Thanks for the comfort messages, I really hate to bother folks with this stuff. I noticed a while ago it was chilly in here. 62 degrees is fine for an outdoor walk, but when you're lying low and moving as little as possible, you soon get goose bumps on your goose bumps. The furnace guy is coming... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Headache, toothache, and no sleep.

For the past week or so I've felt uusually tired. Have had headaches, been taking Aleve. But last night I realized the headache was a referred symptom of a bad tooth in my upper jaw. It apparently has become infected, and the pain was so severe an 800 mg Ibuprofin couldn't touch it. No sleep at all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Trees. Criticism. Lessons learned.

At some point in Mrs. Newton's English Lit class at MHS, she said "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer was the worst poem ever. Trite, cliched, mawkishly sentimental, she said. But at the same time, it was one of the most popular, most loved by the public. "I think that I shall never see / a poem lovely as a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

About Poetry and poets from ordinary life

CBS Sunday Morning. (Missed it this morning, darn it!) I should have mentioned to myself that I should watch. I love the moment of nature at the end where we get to watch alligators in a swamp or buffalo roaming Yellowstone or mountain sheep leaping from crag to crag. There are eagles snagging fish,... Sign in to see full entry.

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