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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Running out of patience...

When a body ages, it runs out of things. Calcium for one. It needs a bump of extra vitamin D to help the bones absorb calcium, which seems to leak out of older bones like water from a sieve. One day you can stand and walk and run, you feel balanced and sure-footed, and then you suddenly don't. You... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Oops...

Yesterday some time it occurred to me that I'd missed the ELF meeting on Wednesday.(E'ville Library Friends.) The new chairman of our ELF board had not sent out reminder emails. I hadn't noted it on my calendar. So I sat home during the meeting hour, studying a book on characterization and watching... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 8, 2010

The Not-so Haunted House...continued

The silence in the family room -- except for the scratch...scratch...scratch of the needle against the empty turntable -- continued as Henry Lee and Sylvia faced each other down, and Charlie quietly, unobtrusively removed his ghostly fingers from her shoulders. He sidled sideways in his ghostly way... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Not-so Haunted House...continued

Charlie, who had by this time managed to gather himself together, all the jumbled bits of ghostly protoplasm that had scattered when the snooty Sylvia Austin-Hapgood blew in, considered simply slipping through the ceiling and out of range of the young clairvoyant. But it was too late. He'd already... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The Not-so Haunted House... continued

All was tranquil that Saturday afternoon. Amanda in her cozy web behind the drapes above the window in the family room found herself in a half-doze, remembering the first time she'd heard the music from the old-fashioned record player, her daddy on the banjo, little brother Bub on the washtub drum,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

A not-so haunted house, continued

Amanda, the spider who'd been a fiddler in her past life and lived in a secret web behind the drapes at the top of the window in the family room, loved being in the room when the master of the house, Henry Lee, played his old recordings of down-home country music. Charlie the ghost who shared the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 4, 2010

A not-so haunted house, continued

Charlie, the lonely ghost who shared a house with the young Hapgood family, had died in the prime of his life, and it was not his fault. He'd been peacefully mowing his carefully tended front yard, riding the alternating pattern on his John Deere that kept the grass exercised and emerald green. His... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 3, 2010

A not-so haunted house.

There was a lonesome ghost named Charlie, who shared a house with an unsuspecting young family. He was quiet, never blew a chill down anyone's collar just for fun, never rattled things, or made footsteps in the attic. He just wandered the empty rooms when the family was gone, off to work and school... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Last Farmer's Market Today...

The summer/harvest season officially ends today. I'm heading up to the farmer's market in a few minutes, shopping for some late season cucumbers and a couple tomatoes. The worst part will be knowing that's it for this year. We're winding down to gray November. We're winding down to gray November, to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Hot & Cold with tingles

As I was fighting with myself about getting in a few more ZZZs this morning I noticed my left foot was cold, but my right foot was warm against it. Odd. I've noticed my hands tingling, too, that not quite painful sensation like they're waking up. At times when I get up during the commercial break... Sign in to see full entry.

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