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

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Sunday, July 30, 2023

HI SON. COME, WALK WITH ME.

In my imagination I see my former husband walking a heavenly pathway toward the front gate to greet our youngest son, who got there just a year ago. Our son had been unhappy for a decade or more, sick from HIV and addiction to heroin and other substances. (My ex and I had become friends again. He... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 29, 2023

STREET SEEN

Yesterday: I saw a hawk standing just outside the entrance to St. B's parking lot in the middle of the brick street. A minute later a cocky little robin landed about six feet away and began tweeting something at the giant predator... I feared there would be a murder right there in front of my eyes,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 28, 2023

STAYING COOL?

According to the weather app, the heat index is already at 99 degrees and it's only ten a.m. My landscaper dude is here with his mower, trimmer and etc., I did try to convince him to come back Monday when it will be a bit cooler. He says he needs the exercise. He's brought water along to stay... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Ah, Summer! The old swimming hole, iced tea on the porch...

Well, it's all that and more, Children. Let me tell you about the summer of '23... It was so hot... (How hot was it?) It was so hot folks were getting contact burns from touching their cars, and if they fell onto the sidewalk... well that could mean a visit to the hospital's burn unit. Folks... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

NEIGHBORS

In 1966 our little family moved into the house on the corner of Hale Ave. and Jefferson, about a block away from our workplace - known then as the Wagner Complex. It had been built decades earlier as a manufacturing site, it's last products had been bathroom fixtures, tubs, vanity cabinets, etc. At... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

ON THE JOB

Denise worked in the social sciences division office at the college, managing the thousand and one details of keeping the track of travel vouchers, purchase orders, referring phone queries, and interpreting faculty scribbles as she edited their research reports. To some of the high and mighty... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 24, 2023

"BARBENHEIMER"

Several of the networks are advertising the two new movie releases under that one mashed-up word. "Barbie, the movie," and "Oppenheimer," two movies that probably couldn't be more different, are selling tickets in a kind of two-fer. Barbie the fashion doll/icon, come to life as an amazingly... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

SONGS THAT CAN TURN BACK TIME

I don't remember who sang this one back in the late 60s or early 70s, but I remember how these lines caught my attention: "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance forever and a day. We'd live the life we'd choose, we'd win and never lose, Those were the days,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 22, 2023

ELIZABETH, BUT PEOPLE CALL ME IZZY

Cornelius came to mow my grass yesterday - first time in a month because of the drought. We had a good rain a few days ago. He called first to let me know he was coming, and to check whether my excavation project was done. It was. And then the doorbell rang. When I opened the door, there she was!... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 21, 2023

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC - SONG FROM 1932

"If you go down in the woods today you'd better not go alone. It's lovely down in the woods today but safer to stay at home. For every bear that ever there was will gather there for certain because Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic." Sign in to see full entry.

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