• Ghosts

    by  • March 2, 2022 • 0 Comments

    As my first cat gets older, she gets a little wackier. With the addition of a new flat mate, she lost some of her control of her environment, and despite Po being in no way a threat to her (he avoids her mostly), she is more wound up each day than she used to...

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    Splinter

    by  • March 1, 2022 • 0 Comments

    Where did you come from, tiny ball of thorns, that you would hug my shoe, and, crushed, yet wander back with me to my home where trodden into my house and scuffed onto that sprawling kitchen rug you let go of my sole and chose to lay in wait a day or days for...

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    Absenthe

    by  • February 28, 2022 • 0 Comments

    Come on inside No, the party has died You shoulda got here by four Everyone’s gone, including your Mom, who thought you went off to the store Well, I guess take a seat- here’s something to eat how ’bout a glass of beer I’m sorry you missed it So hard to resist it the...

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    Keepsakes

    by  • February 27, 2022 • 0 Comments

    This afternoon I decided to empty out my truck of all the stuff I had let collect in it over the last something-something months. My wish was ti just strip the insides back down to where there was nothing in the cab that didn’t need to be there. This meant removing a few old...

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    Mythical Creature

    by  • February 26, 2022 • 0 Comments

    Today was a good “Turn down the noise” day after the last few days of worldwide heaviness. For me, it started with some errands, which I am not prone to do on a Saturday morning, and then led into an afternoon of some research for an upcoming trip while watching or listening to Lobo...

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    Threats and Risks

    by  • February 25, 2022 • 0 Comments

    A few days ago, my sister went into her dermatologist to have some bad cells removed. In the process, there were more bad cells to be removed than they all thought. She came home with a mound of gauze over her nose and some swollen areas under the eyes. Now, my sister spars in...

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    Goathead

    by  • February 24, 2022 • 0 Comments

    This morning, I was a little surprised to look outside very early, and under the new sunlight was a layer of white on the ground. Naturally, much of the white stuff was gone by this afternoon, but the snow lent itself to the mood for the day. I stayed up a bit too late...

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    Invasion

    by  • February 23, 2022 • 0 Comments

    It is 9:40 PM in Albuquerque, and reports say that Putin has begun his invasion of the Ukraine. Under gray clouds and chilly temperatures locally, I know that there is no good that will come out of this for the world. This is a reenactment of a chapter written long ago, in which there...

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    Lose Some Weight

    by  • February 22, 2022 • 1 Comment

    It’s not uncommon now, at my age, to hear that advice when I visit the doctor’s office. I am past the age and metabolism where my calorie intake is outpaced by my activeness. Heck, eating is often my activeness. Which is why doctors say lose the extra weight, the fluff, if you can. Your...

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    Monday

    by  • February 21, 2022 • 0 Comments

    I got a text from Kurt last night, asking if I wanted to try the Loop again. We can walk part of it. We’ll have to- I am out of shape. When I got up, we met and enjoyed a slow clod around the Academy, and seeing the sun pop up over the Sandias...

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