I had been looking for a job that would let me flex my hours so Garry and I could spend time together. It was difficult. He worked terribly long hours, gone before the sun came up and not home until… Read More ›
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Daily Prompt: On the Road – Adopt me please!
If you could pause real life and spend some time living with a family anywhere in the world, where would you go? Photographers, artists, poets: show us TRAVELS. I want to be adopted by a family with no heirs and a… Read More ›
FOR ONE CENT PLAIN
I got an email from AT&T. It was alarming. I was overdue on my bill! They were going to report me to collection agencies, send it to all those companies that decide whether or not you deserve to have a credit… Read More ›
WHAT’S THE SCOOP?
It seems to me the importance of whatever is going on in the world has an inverse relationship to the amount of attention it gets in the press. By “press,” I’m referring to newspapers, radio, television and other traditional news… Read More ›
Generational Differences
Okay, I’ve got to hand it to you, WordPress. You got me thinking. That’s always dangerous. The world would probably be better off if I stopped thinking about Things and started watching reality television. It’s the whole issue of manners… Read More ›
In five years?
While the government diddles around with our lives, someone asked me “Where do you see yourself in five years?” This is a bad question to ask people our age, especially right now. We are living on fixed incomes that barely… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: The Glacier Quarter – 2011
The Prompt: Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you find. What were you doing that year? The question was intriguing. I took up… Read More ›
