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It's the end...
.. of my time off. I go back to work tomorrow. If I go. I am not certain. I dislike that in myself. I dislike a whole bunch of stuff about myself. But I see no need to change. I just want ...
Thursday already... etc. and an oats movie
(This starts out kind of depressing but gets happier toward the end. I wrote it over a couple of days.) I just found myself at inspirational quotes superimposed on photos at Pinterest. I don...
Quotes, links, stuff...
Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.” –Billie Holiday Link NYTimes story about 109 Nobel Prize Winners who support GMO crops. Note seen on a work cart at my job:...
We looked at a Lacrosse in Lacrosse....
… a bronzey Buick Lacrosse in the used car lot of the Ford dealership. Pretty car. Little pricey. 62,000 miles and they want seven or eight. Maybe we will offer six. Downtown was pretty e...
Quoting the current occupant of the White House..
You have to be the change you want to see. The Golden Rule has many corollaries, but they all say we have control of our lives. We can do what we want and we can do good and get good back. It ...
I have roses...
… for the first time in a long time. They are climbers and they have names. The yellow one is Yellow Blaze. This is Joseph’s Coat. Joseph’s Coat is an old rose. I remember it from Henry Fiel...
Picture thing is working now - 11:15 pm
Here’s the pic I wanted to post yesterday. And here are pics from the walk yesterday morning. I still can’t get the yellow file copied thing to work on the links above and to the right of the ...
Ummm, this did not turn out the way I wanted
I was going to write a quick and hopefully entertaining entry before going out to face the world.... And guess what? I’ve either forgotten how to post photos - oh the horrors - or something has ...
Do you have people....
.. who you follow here or in other aspects of life who pretty much don’t know you exist? Or care? I have people I read here who interest me and who I sometimes try to engage who pretty much ign...
You know me....
… I meant to cover up the last entry sooner. I always feel bad when I write a bunch of negative stuff. I realize I got a lot of notes and I appreciate what you all said. I read some of them - ...
Does anyone think we have too many guns?
And does anyone think we don’t need assault rifles for hunting or defense? Or for exercise of our constitutional rights?
AMtrak story written on a borrowed I-Pad.
This is the kind of story you expect to hear about our government subsidized railroad passenger service. But first a disclaimer. This is my fifth or maybe sixth trip from LACrosse to St. Paul and...
Friday morning...
… in the red chair … in my red LLBean robe. I blend in. They are different shades but not too different. It’s supposed to get hot but it isn’t too bad yet. and The power went off. With it th...
Hall and Collins
I came here to write about Donald Hall and Billy Collins. My head was full of ideas. And now it’s not. Awww......
Recipe....
This is from Mary Welsh Hemingway’s How It Was. As he told me about himself that evening in the galley, Gregorio was making us beef stew for supper. As with nearly all his other dishes, we thoug...
Gracie is ready for her closeup...
Maybe more later.
Question of the day....
Would you rather/be more likely/find most desirable/etc. give up your favorite beverage or the internet? I realize we are talking apples and oranges here but still..... Both are possible things t...
What I wrote two years ago in 750 words
Wednesday already. Almost to the end of my Auchincloss book. It is a collection of related short stores. First about an auctioneer at a Sothby’s type place. Second about a law firm. Third about s...
Prince and Mary Oliver
My kids live a short distance from Paisley Park. The night that lbh and I and my kids went to see Garrison Keillor and Prairie Home Companion at the State Fair, there was a to do at Prince’s ven...
Cross post from FB
Trying to decide what to do with the rest of my life. Guess I’ll go to town and buy some groceries and gas.
Oh look at the eagle babies!
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles And listen to the woods.
Happy Wednesday eve....
Ok since you begged, here’s one more.
I'm not big into surveys but...
.... I don’t seem to be doing anything else. So… 1: What eye color do you find the most beautiful ? I don’t pay a lot of attention to eye color. Dark brown gets my attention sometimes though...
Look at the snow on the eagles' nest.
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
Line from Seinfeld....
…Elaine to Jerry: Just when I think you are the most shallow* man on earth, you let some more water out of the pool. That means nothing. I mean nothing. The day is getting over. I still hav...
Book Description
Just a few words that don’t mean anything.