WHAT??

Yesterday I called a doctor’s office for an appointment. The receptionist answered and had a lot of questions for me. “Dearie, do you still drive?” “Dearie, is 9 o’clock too early for you?” “You may need someone to help you find our offices. It can be confusing.” She was patronising, sugary sweet,

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What?

I needed to call a doctor’s office this morning to make an appointment. The receptionist was kind, very kind. “Dearie, are you able to come in on XXX? Yes, that’s good. “You may need transportation, Dear. Do you still drive?” And she continued in this vein with a very sweet voice. She was patronizing and

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I’M DEVASTATED

Today is Nov 6, one day after the election of the United States President and various congress people. Trump won. Decisively. He blitzed. So now we have a convicted felon as President of the United States of America. What has happened to America? How did we come to this? I’m ashamed. appalled, angry. Everything I

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ELECTION AGONY

AS THE ELECTION NEARS The best thing about yesterday was the discovery that Milk Duds in hot oatmeal tastes great. The rest of the day was spent in Election Agony (to be defined shortly) and Bowel Auditing. It’s only days from the Presidential election and the news stations and paper press are in a frenetic

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MY HEAD’S A MESS AND I DONT KNOW WHICH WAY IS FORWARD I make it a practice to not complain but I don’t know how to un-bury myself from this heap I’m under. The move is oppressing me, with lots of boxes in my unit, a huge ‘to-do’ list, and an overwhelming feeling of being

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WHICH ONES?

A friend of my was reminiscing about all the men she dated from our local club. I wa both impressed and envious. So today, I donned my most flattering outfit and set off for the club around lunchtime. I settled in and looked around the ‘regulars.’ I wonder who she dated. I thught. Morris, the

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APPLES, APPLES, APPLES

Not the green ones, nor the pale pink/yellow ones, but the red, red, red ones like Red Delicious. I’ve loved apples since I was a little girl sitting in the crotch of a withered, old apple tree in the woods near my home, reading Nancy Drew books. In spring I sat there with my book

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MY GROUT IS CLEAN

No, I’m not talking about my intestines or bowel function. I’m talking about that gray stuff between my floor tiles that turned black. I decided to clean them because they were ugly and dirty. Little did I know, having never done this before, what a mess it would be. First I googled it, writing down

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