When I took the stool sample to the Wayne County Hospital today, I came home with To Distant Shores by Jill Gregory, a thick romance from 1980.  Today when I went to catalog it into my Read/Want to Read file, I noticed the first page was stamped with Humeston Public LIbrary, but not marked as withdrawn.  (Last time this happened, I'd paid $.75 plus ( Read more... )

I finally got to the doctor.  I'd called a week ago for a appointment, but he'd been out sick.  (Occupational hazard ( Read more... )

A friend sent me some new Maxine cards, some of which she'd never seen ( Read more... )

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
                      ∼ Homer

In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

∼ Robert Frost

Today, I sat in my car at the head of the circle drive to be sure I caught the hay guy to give him a message.  The sky filled FILLED with Canada geese, half mile long strings flying in parallel V's.  Don’t know what their excuse was, but at 3:30 PM Feb 1, 2017, THEY WERE WINGING DUE WEST, honking their beaks off. I can think of no body of water ( Read more... )

I took Audra the Audi up for service on Monday, a 40's lovely day, and when I left the dealership, there went the Canada geese, flying out to the Saylorville Lake just north of there... Their group had doubled in size.  I was trying to decide if they'd made good time, or not.  In the city, you can't hear the honks.  Too much ambient noise in the ( Read more... )

I was on my way home from the closest town when I spied 15 Canada geese, heading NORTH.  I had just crossed the city edge, going 30, and gradually sped up to 55, counting as I went.  [Not another car on the road, in either direction.]

Oh, those poor, confused souls, once they get there, wherever there is, and the weather reverts to normal ( Read more... )

Either you get a chance to be a kid when you are a kid, or you don't grow up.
∼ Howard Fast, The Immigrants

Today I took my Saturday vitamines.  I'm not sure how I'm omitting that daily routine,  but if I can't end up on the right day of the week, I probably need to add the time I take the morning dose to the chart I record my daily weight on... (Scribbles note to self…)