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Over ten years ago I wrote up this list, for a friend who had a spouse (borderline ex-spouse) who at that time kept walking back into her life and home and harassing her, even when she was in her homeoffice trying to work.
When I visited her recently, she still had this list on her kitchen wall (even after a remodel), so I guess it helped her! The ( Read more... ) -
A Ghost in the Piano
(For unwoman )
The Ghost in the Piano
A hungry ghost lived in a piano
Oh he was needy, though ectoplasmal
He fed on music from strings vibrating
Was only happy when she was playing
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Happy BDay
to crowgrl13 today! -
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For DMD's 14th Bday
Acknowledge reality
Of forces greater than we
Ocean tide swells and abates
Movements of tectonic plates
Crash continents together
Or pull them apart farther
Forces heave families, too
I admit I have lost you
But that won’t stand in the way
Of being OK. OK.
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today's silly poem
If we go to the moon we'll be there
Amid gorgonzola and cheddar
And wearing some metal and leather
Let’s picnic tonight in a crater
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SF Museum Detectives
The objective on our field trip today with San Francisco Museum Detectives (we hunt for free great art to see) was Robert's idea-- viewing thehuge Diego Rivera mural at City College of San Francisco. Our competent docent Gabby was a treasurehouse of information.
Rivera said of this work "My mural which I am painting now--it is about the marriage of ( Read more... ) -
My Neighbor's Water
The other day I posted on Twitter about stealing my neighbor's used water from the gutter, and people have been asking about it.
My neighbor totally redid the lawn with new sod, which needs to be watered a lot.
Here's how you too can reuse sodwater (oooh, that has a bad sound, doesn't it?).
I noticed the runoff into the gutter (drains to the sea) ( Read more... ) -
Dear Mr. Mackey of Whole Foods
Dear Mr. Mackey of Whole Foods,
Your company’s health-insurance plan sounds great. It’s one answer for this country, so can you please hire a LOT more people, in my generation, and my daughter’s generation? Will you hire me? I’m a thin-ish, exercise-every-day vegetarian. I’m unemployed, and therefore must purchase my own health insurance.
Your ( Read more... )
