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

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Time and tide wait for no one.

Life goes on. Things change. This, too, shall pass. My younger daughter, the law student, was in the graduating class of '85. She got her high school diploma the same year I got my bachelor's. All the kids in her class are about 44 years old these days -- prime of life or approaching midlife crises,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Old Sayings...

Some days Mama used to say life was too much. She didn't actually say she was overwhelmed and running out of hope. What she said was "I'd like to crawl in a hole and pull the hole in after me." Mama was mad a lot. Maybe she discovered half the chocolate chips were gone when she went to bake a batch... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

101 Memory Lane

Got up this morning thinking about Joe Btfsplk, the cartoon character who lives under a dark cloud and is a jinx wherever he goes, making a mess of everything he touches. A gloomy little Gus of a guy. The creator of Joe and dozens of other memorable characters was Al Capp, who came up with "Li'l... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

In Praise of Three-Point Dads

In basketball, a free throw counts as one point, an ordinary shot from near the basket during the game is two, and the player who can sink a shot from way outside earns three. It's the long shot, the amazing distant arc that points up a player's superior skills. In my observation of the passing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Yesterday's poem

About the girl going to college for her MRS: it was one of a number of ditties I wrote in '79. At the time I worked at the University and took a writing class. At 44 I was serious about getting a degree and getting out of my dead-end job. Many of the 20-somethings in my classes were airheads,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

School Daze

Degree Candidate History is not for me, the lovely freshman said. Accounting is the world's most trying bore. But art is fun when said and done and I just love to dance around the floor. Nursing's for the other guy You can send the math train right on by There's no career-girl plan designed for me.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

TV will kill you... It's as bad for your health as cigarettes.

Before I sat down to my computer to visit Blogit, I had been thinking about writing an article -- maybe drop by and talk to the editor of the Mundane Daily News. The article would posit that the govt could save Medicare dollars by discouraging heroic measures for patients whose quality of life would... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished...

You say that's cynical? You could be right. But days come when it seems the fundamental support beams of big bad Karma are things that seemed like a good idea at the time. You may wonder what brought about this glum observation on an otherwise bright and beautiful Monday? It all started with a... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm almost afraid to say anything...

about Mundane's weather the last few days. Below normal temps. Low humidity. Lovely to be outdoors in, almost brisk for the morning walk. That's why I'm whispering. Don't want heat and humidity to find out I'm really enjoying this. They might return... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

The Stairs to the Past

I woke up in the midst of this dream today; the stairs to the past were falling away. Warped, a bit charred -- a narrow way. Creeping down them had been a dangerous climb, they were burnt by memory, eaten by time. My new broom flicks dust out the kitchen door to sift or drift to the sandy floor of a... Sign in to see full entry.

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