Quiet
I know but I can’t say. Why is it that when people are tasked with keeping certain facts quiet they like to share them with me? Do I just have one of those faces? On the one hand, I feel …
Category: Miscellaneous
Death by email
My Nannie, my father’s mother, died today. I got an email from my mom, who had gotten a phone call from one of my aunts. Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 3. No one expects me to attend. Etha …
Looking Forward
Parable of the Sower, a novel by Octavia Butler whose life was cut short, begins: All that you touch You Change. All that you change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change. There is so much …
A year in review
I never did write a holiday letter to send out with the Christmas cards that I also did not mail this year. I could blame the snow storm and the lack of mail service during that critical time, but mostly …
Still Snowing
This is the view from our front door. I had brushed some of the snow off of my car yesterday afternoon but as you can see, it is completely buried again. We have a lot of digging to do today, …
Let it Snow!
I have my alarm set to a local radio station. The weather report was on as the alarm went off. "The good news is the winter storm warning has been canceled. The bad news is it is now a Blizzard …
Summoned
I just received my very first Jury Summons. I am to appear exactly 1 week before Christmas. I really hope that I am not selected or that if I am selected it is a very short trial. I could probably …
October Slips By
This month slipped by. Trick-or-Treaters are ringing my doorbell. I have a plastic pumpkin full of candy. It’s interesting. Some of the children are so polite and grateful that I let them pick their own candy. They carefully select a …
In search of joy
Last week I designed a new training plan to lose the extra 6 or 7 pounds of fat I am carrying. I tend to do better with a schedule, so I made a spreadsheet and posted it on my wall …
Today was better
Given how fabulously (sarcasm) my week had gone up until today, I went into work with quite a bit of trepidation today. Today, however, went surprisingly well. I had sent an apology yesterday to the woman I may have insulted. …