Well, if it starts wearing a plaid flannel shirt I’ll know I’ve been replaced. Actually, this is my new friend, Griz, a Vermont Teddy Bear that’s come to keep me company on the couch. He doubles as an eyeglass holder and laprobe sharer but lately I’ve found him playing with the Mac.
Yes it’s strange for a woman my age to watch TV cuddled with a stuffed animal but you’d be surprised the sense of youthful contentment it brings back, the feeling that life is not a bowl of tangled spaghetti with too many meatballs in the sauce, but one of some netherworld beyond the known that comes with lace curtains and tapioca pudding.
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