From The Past

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

A Senior Citizen Trying To Set A Password

WINDOWS: Please enter your new password. USER: cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters. USER: boiled cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character. USER: 1 boiled cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces. USER:... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 9, 2014

It especially works if you are over 75, overweight, gray haired, and make it a point not to laugh. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Ways To Tell A Story

Sis got me started watching old episodes of Doc Martin that I have missed before. If you haven't seen it, you must try it. It is a gem of a program. It's 1:00 a.m. and I'm ready to begin another episode. In a previous post of one of my blogs, I mentioned that Baltimore Sis, who recently traveled in... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Two Slims

It's past midnight and as usual, here I sit at the computer just messing around reading the days emails and family FB entries before I check out Blogit and read and comment a bit, when Son #1 comes out of his room all disoriented and disheveled having fallen asleep in his clothes while watching TV.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

What On Earth Is It?

No, it's not a miniature spaceship sitting beside my computer, but it definitely is from the past. No you can't drive it across the desk...It has no wheels. Son #1 brought this out of his room to show me. He is very busy, seriously cranking his no-battery-needed, hand-cranked flashlight that his dad... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Do You Think God Saw Me?

Years ago, my sisters and I got into this idea of getting together now and then, and doing a strange kind of artwork for the fun of it as we were together. We would bring piles of old magazines and cut out colorful pictures that caught our attention and then glue our cutouts together to make a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Something One Never Forgets

My mother knew that somewhere, very near by, there would be a tornado that day. She called them cyclones. She had been through several in which damage had been done and she was afraid. She stood in the backyard looking, listening, waiting, even though supper was all prepared and getting cold. There... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Leave Well Enough Alone - Post 8

Beginning of story here: Go to Repost From The Past--Don't Read If You Already Read It....Old houses have old plumbing. Roofing tiles age and must be replaced. Just as in the declining years of a person, a house will begin to sag and creak. Untended vines in the garden take over the yard, making to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Leave Well Enough Alone - Post 7

Beginning of story here: Go to Repost From The Past--Don't Read If You Already Read It....Children grow and things change. One day I found my children had all gone--Son #1 to the US Navy and the other three had married and moved to their new lives. Hubby was gone too. We had separated and eventually... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Leave Well Enough Alone - Post 6

Beginning of story here: Go to Repost From The Past--Don't Read If You Already Read It...Years passed. The old house had a quality about it of a cross between happy living and old mystery. It drew people into its ebullient atmosphere with music, jocularity, activity, and aromas of baking bread and... Sign in to see full entry.

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