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

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

The quartet gathered on the branches of Maple #1 on Brick Street, with a few others keeping time cracking walnuts together, for an old-fashioned songfest. The first number was a 20th Century jazz standard from the Roaring Twenties. It goes like this: "You're the cream in my coffee, you're the salt... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

ALL AROUND THE WRITERS' BLOCK

One word sums up my mood this morning: bummer. Been trying to come up with a rhyme - some little verse that's silly. Started with the first line "There once was a poet named Dave." All kinds of rhyming words - rave, save, crave, etc., came to mind. But "cave" seemed to offer itself as prime... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

NURSERY RHYME

Deedle, deedle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on, One shoe off and one shoe on. Deedle, deedle dumpling, my son John. as remembered.🧒 Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 11, 2023

NOT A CASE FOR THE CSI TEAM

There was an old lady who said, when she found a thief under her bed, get up from the floor you're too close to the door and I fear you'll take cold in the head. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 10, 2023

HIT SONG FROM 1899

as remembered: "She's only a bird in a gilded cage, a beautiful sight to behold. But her beauty was sold for an old man's gold. She's a bird in a gilded cage." This song, covered by a number of singers in the late '40s when most of our connection to the outside world was via radio, told the story... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 9, 2023

WHAT'S UP, GUYS?

Ladders have always scared me. Tall ladders that lean against the wall of a house, or against the guttering. These days my knees don't flex well enough that I could climb one, but even back in the day I was leery. Our 95-year-old neighbor Walter used to climb ladders to clean the gutters - and I had... Sign in to see full entry.

WHAT THE CHICKEN SAID

A hen makes a very distinct announcement after she lays an egg. It's not like the warning call she makes when she spots a hawk circling overhead and screams "Hawk! hawk! hawk!" at the top of her lungs as she runs for cover. After making an egg she struts out of the nest box and hen house, announcing... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 8, 2023

THE FRIDAY WHINE

Sometimes the apocalypse doesn't seem like such a bad thing if it would put an end to all the political spinning, sabre-rattling and mud slinging. Exhausted by those politicians who don't do their job, but take time to threaten prosecutors, judges and poll workers who do. I've almost given up hoping... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 7, 2023

POP QUIZ

Can a man who's never shopped for groceries, never prepared a meal for someone else, never faced living paycheck to paycheck: can he possibly relate to the challenges of middle class working folks, let alone those at the poverty line? Can a man who fudged the numbers on his income tax return, lied... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

LATE, AGAIN?

Mama had always been a dynamo, often handling two or three tasks at the same time - as women often must. She'd pick tomatoes and some leaf lettuce from the garden as she returned to the house from hanging laundry on the line, and check the oven to see if the bread was done when she got back in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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