Then it went into hiding and I lost my first paragraph that was going to continue the point of the Missing Title. sigh . . .

Just before sitting to write this, I took a cup of coffee out to the back deck and enjoyed a few minutes in the early morning darkness watching the cotton-pile clouds that sauntered across the sky. I even managed to view a ( Read more... )

And I don't remember the next phrase of the song . . . Since I am definitely NOT Mama Cass, it is just as well that I do NOT even try to sing that excellent song.

The Big News today is that the divorce is FINALLY complete and official. This means that certain "No, you may NOT"s are now gone. Things like selling items neither of us want or need ( Read more... )

I'm not necessarily making a reference to my-5'2"-self with that title. Although my brave and patient Readers are quite welcome to think so. Frankly, it's more an apology because I only have a short 15 minutes to create this post before I MUST clock in for The Job . . . and start DOING today's paid work. Here goes . . .

I went to the Humane Society ( Read more... )

Last night I stood in my back yard and exercised my neck muscles while following and hunting down the multiple lights dashing, blinking, and generally decorating the Sky. (And I'm not talking about stars this time.) Some of the lights were the straightforward white-ish dot (with the leashed-pet blinking colored dot) of commercial airplanes flying ( Read more... )

Not much "New" with me. But I don't want to ignore this opportunity to contact with others, even if I only manage to get a little bit of communication out there. Main thing is: I'm still alive and trying to do well . . . or at least "to do well enough"!

The city sent me a letter several weeks ago insisting that I cut back the lilacs along the fence ( Read more... )

Of course--and "Obviously"--I did not manage to do so. Also, I was hoping to write a couple of relatively long and entertaining posts. Don't think I'll manage even one such post. Just a shortie with bare facts and short cuts.

My good friend Thespian saved me from my expected inability to attend the wonderful Minnesota State Fair. Not only did he ( Read more... )

And ... Thus I failed to complete either of a couple of little organizing/cleaning projects I had intended to work this early morning. But I feel no remorse what so ever!

The beauty of the stars MUST be observed and admired regularly. Venus and her handmaidens waltz around the eastern early morning sky with the music of crickets and grasshoppers ( Read more... )

Today Jeff (my Ex) came over to help me with a yard project that the city demanded. The lilac bushes and a tree were hanging over the front yard fence too much, too low--making folks walking the sidewalk along the Avenue duck &/or dodge. They've been trimmed up a couple/few times over the 30-ish years we've been here. I've been getting some of the ( Read more... )

In an attempt to re-build Better habits--like posting more often on LJ (in case you hadn't jumped to that realization)--I'm writing a little post before sitting in front of my Work Computer and earning my pay. And I hope to do so more often in the future, although I have not yet figured out what frequency would be both Good and Do-able for me. So ( Read more... )

My beloved Arrow passed away last week. He was about 14 1/2 years old and had been with me (and Jeff) for 13 1/2 of those years. He was the best of many wonderful and Beloved 4-footed friends of my life. Almost a week later, I still tear up whenever I think of losing him. But I was wonderfully blessed to have Arrow as a Friend and Companion, and I ( Read more... )