Tag Archives: oddities

Puzzles

Posted on May 24, 2013 by S.

I had three friends several years ago and things went sourish. Actually, it was just one of them that went sour, but she took the other ones with her, and, well, you know how things are. Every now and again, … Continue reading →

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Fun with Botox

Posted on January 28, 2013 by S.

Last Friday at Lynn and Pete’s for dinner, we were talking about the shots I’d had earlier that week and Anya asked what kind of shots. I said, “Botox.” Her eyes got very big and she looked concerned. She looked … Continue reading →

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Habits

Posted on January 21, 2013 by S.

Once you get in the habit of running your dishwasher every night and emptying it first thing in the morning, you feel a little whack if you skip a day. That is all.

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A funny grandmother story

Posted on December 21, 2012 by S.

Yesterday was the anniversary of my grandmother’s death.  I was tight with my grandmother, so it’s always a sad day for me. My grandmother was, hands-down, the best person I have ever known. But what a lot of people don’t … Continue reading →

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Conversation with my brother

Posted on December 7, 2012 by S.

Only a very few people will know why this is funny, but I’d like to save it for posterity: I love you Lee county Pizza Hut….   Susan : Another successful pan pizza?     Steven : It’s the breaded honey BBQ … Continue reading →

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Weird things people say

Posted on November 11, 2012 by S.

So yesterday, my friend Christiane and I went to Scott’s and piddled around for a few hours. I bought some things, she bought some things. Then I found a Barcelona chair and ottoman that I think I want, only they’re … Continue reading →

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A month of thankfulness – Day 1

Posted on November 1, 2012 by S.

I’ve done some stupid things and had some hairy experiences, most of them not caused by the stupid things I’ve done. For the most part, I’ve come through unscathed, but not unschooled. I’m thankful that I’ve lived to tell the … Continue reading →

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More Honey Boo Boo

Posted on October 2, 2012 by S.

Anne Rice likes Honey Boo Boo and Honey Boo Boo’s family. I’m not opposed to them, m’self, though I haven’t watched any more now than I had the last time we visited here. This is what Anne Rice says: Honey … Continue reading →

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House on fire

Posted on August 22, 2012 by S.

Mine was, it turns out. On fire, I mean. I just didn’t know it until today. The extraction and exclusion men came to seal up anything that needed to be sealed (nothing except one burrow hole under the foundation) and … Continue reading →

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Dream

Posted on May 27, 2012 by S.

The last dream I had yesterday before getting up was that I was in my grandmother’s kitchen with all the pots and pans and some other little things on the table, arrayed before me. She was sitting in the rocker … Continue reading →

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