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Friday, January 20, 2023

It Is Red Friday Again

Just in case someone is not familiar with "Red Friday" it is the honoring and supporting of the Kansas City CHIEFS football team each week. For a long, long time, at least 20 years, most (probably not all) of Kansas City's businesses have encouraged employees to wear red on Red Friday. When I was a... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Mother-Son Relationship

This nasty, damp, cloudy, cold winter weather is making my bones ache and my equilibrium not so good. It's hard to straighten up when your back screams "no" and your knee feels like it might not hold. So, today I'm dancing with my walker that for quite a while has been stored out of sight. P.D. came... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Heigh-Ho The Piddly Things

"Heigh-Ho is defined as an expression of "yawning, sighing, languor, weariness and/or disappointment. Whenever I see this, or hear it, I think of "The Seven Dwarfs" who would always sing it as they marched to work with the tools of their trade (which was mining). Here it is already 9:30 p.m. (or... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 15, 2023

I Just Love Old Friends

These days I must admit that my old friends are getting younger and younger. That's because I am in the ninth decade of my life and those friends who were my contemporaries are getting fewer and fewer and those who still be, are not getting out like they used to, are home bound, or living in far... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 13, 2023

Sorry, But...

I'm in one of those "Can't Think of a Thing to Write" periods and if I force it, it just ain't worthy of readers. The sun is out, brilliantly, and if it weren't for the cold, I would be outside. But, it is cold, so I have made me a warm nest in my reclining chair and dug out one of my favorite type... Sign in to see full entry.

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