https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/What would you do for love, of the craft? I got hired today as a part-time reporter for a newspaper. I was hired to cover local high school football. Imagine that! Paid to write. I'd almost do this gig for free, just for the education, and the fodder for future stories, except...hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/402637Does anyone out there know what it is like to learn that the man you were already head over heels in love crazy about, the man of your dreams, tells you, and proves it in black and white, that he is worth at least a million dollars, and maybe three times that much? I am 'Trailer Trash' here! I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/400600Rednecks and Real Tears Yeah, I could write a book....... A letter I wrote to his daughter, although I never sent it: Dear ******: I feel very awkward here, so let me begin by apologizing to you. I behaved badly the last time you and spoke to each other. In my defense, let me say that I am...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/366195This is my friend Michael....no, I ain't into Rap, but I have listened to Michael, to his words....he wrote all this, and I am most impressed by his phrasing, and how he uses words...... Yeah, it touched me....Michael is my 'adopted son'.....he is black, 29....and through Michael I have learned,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/361611Bon Jovi on the Sony-With-The-Headphones, "Livin' On A Prayer", ten o'clock on a schoool night and I am getting drunk. I may not be able to work tomorrow, but it's my last day anyway, so who the f*** cares? Life has a way of snappin' you when you least expect it, and what seems a bad thing is...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/343793It is Saturday morning, mid-winter and raining. I am being entertained by my co-workers, my new boss and the night cook. They are rappers, and they are very good! They are quite talented! Biggie and Bourne. Bourne wrote the words. Biggie's the DJ Bourne gave me a CD with three songs on it that he...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/340679I was going to take some time for myself, and blog for about thirty minutes. It is five thirty-six in the afternoon, about dark-thirty. This is one of my favorite parts of the day. It is raining outside, and about sixty degrees. I am warm and snug in my home, and have already cooked and served...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/337734The problem with the hardwood floors has been solved. I am now using plain water, and an old-fashioned cotton deck mop, and I'll be hanged if the shine isn't coming back wonderfully! Yep, that's the kind of life I live. I am excited about bringing the shine back to my hardwood floors. The Flea...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/332637I don't know if the moon has changed, or if Jupiter tripped over Mars and squashed Venus, or just what the hell is going on cosmically; but, I do know I feel it, and I am feeling much better. I am going to live long enough to, at least, get my floors all mopped and shined. Hardwood floors are a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/330858Hey, I told them, "Thanks, but no thanks,".......AGAIN! Ms. Sweetie, the new manager, confided in me that her paycheck was $500 less last Friday.........since she switched from hourly to salaried! Five Hundred Freaking Dollars Less!!!!! She's still working seven days a week, and the hours are the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mama.Dragonfly/328950New Moon in Capricorn this weekend. My astrologer advises me to be more playful than usual. So I am going to the lakehouse in Eutawville tomorrow night. He got a new camera for Christmas, and bought new lingerie from Victoria's Secret for The Mama. He wants to play. So do I. <Wink!> Okay, so the...