Look Lady, Horse!
Part I St. Thomas. AVI. September 4th, 1960 I was 20. My husband was 24. We were on our honeymoon and it was our first trip to the Caribbean. It was his first trip on an airplane. It was the kind of...
View ArticleSmall Black Box or Big Pine Box?
I'll bet you know where this is going. But I plan to wander a bit. Invite you to come with me. No...not really WITH me. You'll understand. My last published piece on OS is entitled LOOK LADY, HORSE....
View ArticleA Thousand Small Deaths: Part II
EMPTY SHELVESA time to move forward. A time to leave behind.A time to sort, to gift, to donate.A time to throw away. Oh, the most difficult of all! A small decorated box.Her baby shoes and mine...
View ArticleA Place of One's Own/Part III/ A Thousand Small Deaths
FOREWORD: Bradenton, Florida. Sept 14, 2013. Waiting and wondering what is next. We are moved out of our home in New Hampshire. Hanging out in our rental apartment. Nothing is certain and each day the...
View ArticleWAITING
Waiting on the phone, listening to taped music, is eroding my sanity. I cannot accurately estimate the hours of my life waiting for someone to pick up the phone to answer a simple question. Without...
View ArticleHAPPY NEW YEAR.
May the tide stay away from your door. May the winds be favorable. May you enjoy the company of friends. May joy trump sorrow. May you find love and peace. May your life's journey be easier, your...
View ArticleMy first. My love. My Car.
My first car was a blue Simca. I believe it was the Aronde model. It was small and it was light. Big enough for my two young children and me. I was 26 when my husband presented me with this rolling...
View ArticleJUNK MAIL
There was no mail delivery, yesterday. Holiday. MLK day. Which complicates today's delivery. Monday is normally a heavy day inasmuch as the stuff which was mailed on Thursday and Friday, arrives on...
View ArticleThe World is Too Much With Us.
A rant. A rambling. Just thinking.... Go at it if you wish. Within the past few months, Danvers MA has seen school violence and a credible threat of such. My grandchildren attend these schools....
View ArticleBIG ANNOYING ADS ON OS
Are the rest of you finding large ads from local merchants when you go on your blog site ? Am recently experiencing this. BIG ad from a store that sells TVs etc. Hard to get off. If no one is minding...
View ArticleIt Would Have Killed Her...If She Had Known.
Johanna is Dead. She was a sweet lady of 80 something, who looked a lot like Betty White. She was delighted when we moved into the empty apartment across the hall. Offered to help us. Anyway she...
View ArticleDON'T TOUCH your girlfriend's hubby.
I am a 'toucher'. I hug and kiss, hold hands, pat backs and bellies. All of which is now politically incorrect or socially unacceptable and perhaps cause for legal action if you touch a stanger. It...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on Touching
In doing my daily research about AD, which now in some respects rules our household, I am told that holding and hugging my husband is both positive and necessary. Touching heals. Hand holding binds two...
View ArticleAlzheimer's disease. No Joke, Chrisley
The other night I made a big mistake. Watched a segement of a new reality show called Chrisley Knows Best. I won’t go into why the show is so boring or why I decided to watch it.... but I would like to...
View ArticleThe Greatest Swap.
On Sept 11, 2001 terrorists plunged their planes into buildings and fields killing all those on board and in the buildings. They did not ask if the people they targeted were Christian, Jewish, Muslim,...
View ArticleISIS. The new guys in town.
Again, I step gingerly into the political foray. Hope you will bring your expertise. We may going back to the LEVANT...with boots on the ground or drones in the air. This is a most critical day in the...
View ArticleHANDS
It has been about 9 years since my parents died. She was 97, he was 101+. I was their caregiver for several years. Mom had dementia, dad had anger and regret. They lived in Florida and I was living in...
View ArticleCatch the Joy
If you haven't seen this before, please watch it. It softens my hard side. There are days when I feel like the Noodle Cart Vendor. And I wonder if someone will come along and help me push the load...
View ArticleSENT HERE TO DIE. The Yellow Rose
BIRCHWOOD Residents filed quietly into the private dining room. Pictures of the deceased as she “used to be” were lined up on the mahogany...
View ArticleWhere Are You From?
I treat myself to a pedicure every once in a while. It is a time for me to unwind and catch up with the saga of the Kardashians and the latest red carpet winners featured in People’s magazine. I have...
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