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Category Archives: REALITY
REALITY?: Insulation
Feelin’ down and recoiled in my home but had to make the trip up the hill today. Small town world about as big as I can handle now: three cars at the post office, two of them left running; nineteen … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: Despair
I’ve lost my mother’s wedding band which I have worn for four years now. I feel like throwing up. Continue reading
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REALITY? & WRITING: Epistemology and Fashion
Ah I remember when plummeting and plunging referred to necklines in Vogue back when I sewed all my own clothes from their haute couture patterns. Now it’s the market that reveals my nakedness. Sometimes a story finds its own time … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY?: On Friends and Politics
It’s understandable: we all want our views heard, especially when the internet is not only an easy way to get them out there, but at campaign time, there is so much contrary to our own positions that we just hafta … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: Signs
Two eagles circling so high above my backyard I wonder how they can see a mole move… Continue reading
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REALITY?: It’s setting up to be Black Friday
Between waiting to see if and what the House does and how it will affect the market, being completely unable to fire up the new pc, and listening to corks pop on last year’s crabapple wine thus ruining the few … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING, REALITY?, et al: Outlets
As long as my mind is clear and my fingers capable of typing, I will write. And read; so I need my eyes. I imagine myself a head and arms above and aside a metal (please, not plastic!) box whirring … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY?: Forecasts
I need a day when "likelihood of rain" is not included in the forecast. When paint will dry and brighten up a barn and not wash dripping into the flower bed. Continue reading
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REALITY?: Too funny…
This message just came in my email and I must say, it made my day: lateEngr. Jürgen Krügger made youa beneficiary to his WILL.You are advised to contact me with my personal emailaddress: Of course, I jumped up and down … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: It takes all kinds…
PETA petitioning Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream corporation to use breast milk–yes, human mother’s milk–in their ice cream instead of cow’s milk. Continue reading
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REALITY?: Renewable resources
There’s something about growing and using your own things that makes my heart beat a little faster. With the last of the grapes bubbling into wine, jalapenos, habaneros and thai peppers hung to dry, another batch of basil ready for … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: Deja Vu Again
Well here it is, just 4 days short of a year and I come face to face with my little friend over at Adam’s Supermarket and just can’t keep my mouth shut. Now I’ve let a lot go by when … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: The Hospital Experience
Well, it’s been a long day, starting at 4:00 a.m. to get into St. Francis Hospital by 5:30 for a 7:30 surgery with a driver who has bad night driving vision and a very scared guy facing his first surgery. … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: Planning
Backed up the hard drive, decided to switch from Doctorow to Munro for tonight’s reading so that I have enough of Ragtime left to read tomorrow. Getting ready for a day in a hospital waiting room. 5:30 a.m. for a … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY?: Discovery
Look what I found in the neighbor’s yard–purple apples! This tree never had any decent apples before so I never paid it any mind. Let’s see how good a pie they’ll make.
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