Friday, February 5, 2021
Stubborn Old Man
Today, in the mail, I got a job offer, with a nice sign-on bonus. When I first retired from nursing, I used to get those quite often, but I retired sixteen years ago and I haven't received a job offer in about ten years. I think with all the Covid patients that hospitals, and other facilities, are...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
GO CHIEFS GO
I have spent the whole morning trying to make oatmeal cookies with steel-cut oats using a recipe that calls for rolled oats. They are a bit strange, but oh well, Phil will like them. They should help make his day at Grandma's more interesting while P.D. and I do the Super Bowl game up right.......
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Before Home Computers
Back in the day before personal computers in every home or even answering machines on every phone, we sent letters to each other via US Postal Service a lot more than one does now. My mom wrote hers in poetic form. She always wrote everything in poetic form. I was so used to her doing that it was...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Dispatches From Quarantine - Year 2020
Remember when people wrote newsletters at end of year about how their year went, their accomplishments, their enjoyments, all the good things they could think of, and people who had mostly troubles didn't send one out at all. I used to get some of those in the first weeks of each January, but it...
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Lest You Worry About Me*
I haven't been out since it snowed on top of the ice that came down that night. The snow is gone and the ice is gone but I'm still here. I'm losing my desire to leave my abode. You couldn't get me to go visiting, or to join a group to eat out at the fanciest restaurant, or even go to a church on...
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