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More catch up....
NoJoMo Day Eight: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? These are sure fun prompts. Well let’s see. Define the word worst. Worst as in most hurtful to others? I suppose that’s a pretty...
I heard this song today...
I’m not a huge John Denver fan but this is a very pretty song.
Not a good night for the Dems...
… in Iowa. Or other places either. My local candidates made it but that is about it. Oh well. Life is like that I guess. ````` There was a pretty sunset last night.
Catch up...
Apparently we are having a November Journaling Month project. I wasn’t aware until I saw Laura Palmer’s entries. So.... NoJoMo Day One: Places I’ve Enjoyed Visiting I liked Canada for the pe...
A good day...
… if only I could remember it. I worked from 5 to 1. I had a couple pleasant and interesting and possible jobs. At the end of the day I started one that will keep me busy most of Monday. I li...
Tests and trees....
Minnesota tree Today was test day. Bones density in a van beside the clinic. Assuming it comes from LaCrosse. You take stuff out of your pockets and lie on table and unbutton and unzip your ...
Show me the way to go home...
(more train prose - from Monday) 10:08 am. Waiting to depart St. Paul. Plenty early for a 10:30 departure. I already moved once to find a cleaner window. Now I think first one was better but I ca...
My vacation - 2014 - all of it -
(new stuff at the bottom) Day 1 was Wednesday I was at home. An ordinary day. Mid-morning I went to town to the library to print out my train ticket. I printed four copies - just to be sure. ...
Island in the stream...
(Written 10-16-14) On the train. In the dark. Well the dark is outside. Inside it’s bright. Bright and a bit bumpy. We left at 7:11-ish and now it’s 7: 36-ish. I am typing on little blue Acer...
Haiku for a train trip
Haiku for a train trip Through the night, bright in the dark Empire Builder choos. Blue and silver thoughts Gather Minnesota stars brought to the city Arch across the night Bridge lights circle ...
Sound is a little rocky...
.... but you know where you are.
Seatmates?
I’m taking the train to see the family up north.
It's always pretty...
.... on the way to LaCrosse. We took the ice cream truck to get windows for Joana’s house. I saw a billboard for a local radio station - Classic Rock =- because your kids’ music sucks.
In front of Fayze's....
I absolutely love Corvettes..
More than you want to know / with pictures
Sunday morning. 9:52 am. I have been up quite a while. I took a nice bath and shampoo and then put my worn clothes back on again. I’m dressed kind of nicely though. From bottom to top: a...
Weekend's coming...
written by Webb, Jimmy. I am a lineman for the county And I drive the main road Searchin’ in the sun for another overload I hear you singin’ in the wire I can hear you through the whine And the W...
Low light kitties and the view from the deck...
These are the kittens of the black kitten who came from the power plant. She may or may not have been Stripe Butt’s sister. She is either called Bear (by Katie) or the black cat and was for...
What makes me happy in five minutes...
2:20 PM A list: Sunshine Yellow leaves Being able to vote New apples Good books Any books Books on tape Elmore Leonard books on tape Friendship Being able to do things A good family Antique dish...
Abortive 750
I’m not going to get my words done this morning. Well maybe if I step on it. That’s a phrase I haven’t heard in a long time. Step on it. Put your foot on it. Step on the gas. Floor it. Put ...
750 words, give or take.
Finally! Three thirty am so I can get up. Sunday nights are not known for sleep. Weekends screw me up. I need a plan. A better one. Maybe exercise? Who the fuck knows. I was up all day Su...
Saturday morning on the deck*
This is the second week in a row that I’ve had Friday off. I guess I’m transferred back into my original department where there is less work? Doesn’t matter a lot. Less work means less money b...
Wish me luck.
I’m back to where I started eight or so months ago. Except now I’m older and wiser. Here’s hoping. I just wrote my 750 words. I had flow this morning. It was the kind of thing I might write i...
St. Mark and Father Stedman....
I’ve taken to reading the bible. Gospel of Mark. I’m using a nice sturdy little paper back I might have gotten from from my brother. It’s the the New International Version which the Evangelic...
Quotes and videos - expanded a bit
First quote is from Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, a novel published in 1937. My paperback copy is heavily marked up. Would be fun to know who read it so carefully before me....
An old school man of the world...
Book Description
Just a few words that don’t mean anything.