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13 of 17
Just realized the entry I wrote last night had been saved as a private entry for no good reason. I just changed it to public so if you want to go back and read it please feel free. This is new...
12 of 17
Tuesday. I’m sure some of you recognize me in my cremation garment. It’s the insulated hooded sweatshirt that my kids bought me for Christmas one year when they were both still in school. Sinc...
11 of 17
Monday. A pretty good day for checking items off the list(s). Found my cremation garment. Jim found it upstairs in his room. It was at the bottom of a basket of his important papers. How it ...
10 of 17
Sunday. A few pictures - of Christmas and the puzzle. Katie likes to feel the puzzle. The family - John looks a little disgruntled - it was not a posed photo. Gracie and the puzzle story. W...
8 & 9 of 17
That would be Friday and Saturday. Friday afternoon we started on the jigsaw puzzle. This is it. It is a remarkable puzzle. The engineer is entranced. It’s about two thirds done. (I got it at...
Conditional wisdom....
.... you are all I’ve ever wanted .... That doesn’t mean I want you and I don’t have you. It means I have you and I’m grateful. This is my son’s Twin Cities suburb. I think there is weather mag...
Attempted Survey
What did you do in 2014 that you’d never done before? I rode Amtrack. Not a very long trip but it was very pleasant. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next yea...
6 & 7 of 17
Christmas eve and Christmas day. Are a little hard to separate. Let’s see. Yesterday I slept till half past noon. Of stayed in bed anyway. Then for the rest of the day I did pretty close ...
5 of 17....
… was yesterday. I honestly took my first nap of the seventeen days. So I guess I can cross that one off. I also with Jim helping and making me do it sent out half a dozen Christmas cards. I al...
4 of 17...
Reaching the moment of truth. Maybe house kleening isn’t that much fun anymore. This morning I felt like a was teetering on the brink. A breath of air would send me over the top or back down the...
3 of 17....
Was Sunday. I did not do much. I: 1. Called LBH. 2. Had lunch at Fayze’s. New item on menu: Par-Fayze - yogurt, fresh fruit and granola. I have a feeling the wait person makes/assembles so...
2 of 17...
… wasn’t a lot different than one of seventeen except I didn’t take any pictures. What I did do: 1. Watered my poor deck plants that I’d brought in the house. 2. Cleaned, dusted, washed, and holi...
1 of 17....
Today was a pretty good day. Here’s what I did from the lists: 1. Talked to the sman. First on the list. Note well but don’t question. 2. Did laundry… as if that’s special. 3. Swept basement f...
17 days off...*
After 4:30 this (Thursday, Dec. 18) afternoon I do not have to go back to work until 6 am on January 5, 2015. I’ve been making lists of things to do: List one: 1. Get in enough time on the comput...
Friday....
I didn’t work today. I could have but I said no. The job I would have worked on isn’t much fun though I might have enjoyed it once I got started. The 5 am punch in seemed a bit extreme to me. ...
I spy...
The show ran from1965 through 1968. Cosby won three Emmys for lead actor in a drama. Culp was nominated for the same award each year.
Christmas train...
The movie! And still photos! The Canadian Pacific RR’s Christmas trains are staffed by volunteers - including the musicians who entertain at all the stops. The girl singer is Kira (or Ker...
Final Catch(up)
NoJoMo Day Twenty-two: Where would I live? If I could live anywhere… I’d live in NYC. I’d live by the ocean. I’d live in the woods. A small place with privacy. Someplace I could afford. No...
Provide, Provide by Robert Frost
The witch that came (the withered hag) To wash the steps with pail and rag Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood. Too many fall from great and good For you to doubt the like...
Bit o' philosophy
We swim through an ocean of time. In the dark we bump into things that might be sharks or the thighs of lovers. In the light we blink and worry about sunburn. Thus is life. This house ha...
Oil cars headed north....
In a few months this will be a better movie. ~~~~ Meanwhile.... it’s foggy tonight. Rain is supposed to turn to snow around midnight. The rain has taken away all our snow. But it’s all good...
MAJOR!!!!! Catchup...
NoJoMo Day Eleven: Most scared Fright and embarrassment go together for me. I’m scared and embarrassed when I do something wrong. make a driving mistake make a work mistake make a general life ...
Sunset...
We’ve been having glorious sunsets lately. I see them when I get out of work at 4:30 but I never have my camera with me. This is a phone pic Jim took yesterday from the neighbors where they are...
A message to you....
I have a book I’d like to read to you. I would like to have your full attention. Here is one sentence: Her mouth was wide and intelligent. I picked that one because it was short and easy to ty...
Waylon! (and more)
Bell bottoms, a side part and it looks like the CBS makeup crew shampooed him. In a rather strange hat, but he’s just kidding folks. I wonder what happened to the suit - and the ascot? And sha...
Book Description
Just a few words that don’t mean anything.