BuffyW's Blog

The present, where my past and future collide.
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NOVEMBER 24, 2009 11:41AM

What Being Single Really Means.

 

Sunday I got hungry.  I was all showered and dressed and it was 12:15.  I decided I would drive to Ventura to poke around and discover a restaurant I hadn't eaten in before.  It felt like a good time to call my friend Brett and  be spontaneous...asking him to joinRead full post »

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OCTOBER 22, 2009 11:15AM

SEX--When is it appropriate for a widow?

 

The longing for sex

means I am still very much here

even though you aren't.

 

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Do you get enough?  Sex I mean... I know I don’t.  Of course there might be a good reason I don’t.  I’m just having trouble thinking what it is.  Hah-hah...… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 20, 2009 2:48AM

Tell Me All for $ 25....

Yesterday I had an “astrologer” give me a reading.  Why?  I happen to have a spare $25 I wanted to donate to a worthy cause; the 75 year old, who should spend it on a hair dye (or to get a haircut at the absolute minimum) lady from Europe, just tryingRead full post »

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OCTOBER 5, 2009 11:18AM

Grieving, I Choose to Make it About Living.

 

 He fades

 

 

To ignore things you have to be heavy into denial.  If you are spending that much time and effort to deny something, then you are going to miss the point.  There is no time for denial, only acceptance.  For when we accept that the choice is ours,Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 11:55AM

When Your Father and Son are Considerate of your Feelings.

 

 

I have only three men in my life, and one died nearly a month ago.  The other two are a tale of things opposite, yet ending up the same, if only for a few days.

 

Back near the end of April my son confessed to us he wasRead full post »

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 12:16PM

The Appearance of the Blue Man into my Life.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009. 

 

What a day.  You couldn’t make this shit up.  I went to the hospital again this morning  Now my love has blue feet and hands.  I walked into the room and was immediately cold to the bone.  For the first time in weeks I was feelinRead full post »

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 12:47PM

The Class of '69...The Real 90210 High School Reunion.

 

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When people say “truth is stranger than fiction”...well, they know it to be true.  I now add my voice to the mix.

 

I realize I haven’t written in a week or so, at least for public consumption.  Sometimes it takes a few days to be able to filRead full post »

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AUGUST 29, 2009 12:39AM

My World Would be Emptier Without Each of You...

I know I have been somewhat optimistic here, and metaphorical...but dying is difficult enough without sharing every detail.  I shared what I could at the time.

I have so many things I want to say now and share with you, but I need time.  I don't think it is quite real for… Read full post »

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AUGUST 12, 2009 11:07AM

Popeye Doyle...My very own "French Connection".

 

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Eddie Egan/Popeye Doyle 

 

Popeye Doyle.  That name mean anything to you?  Maybe, if you are from NY and of a certain age.  Remember the Narcotics Detectives, Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso and a big cocaine bust and a movie called, “The French ConnectRead full post »

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JULY 9, 2009 2:14PM

"America Tonight"-The Precursor of Outrageous TV

 

 

Does anyone remember the tv show from the 70's, "Fernwood Tonight", later known as "America Tonight"? It was co-hosted by Martin Mull and Fred Willard.

  

 

 

“Fernwood Tonight”, began as the summer replacement for the show, “Mary Hartman,Read full post »

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JULY 6, 2009 1:42PM

The Heartbreak of Adoption Gone Wrong.

 

All we wanted was to begin a family, our own family.  Due to my husband’s disease and the probability of passing it on, we thought adoption was the best way to go.  We thought there are so many children without homes, surely we could find one to come into ourRead full post »

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MAY 29, 2009 12:17PM

Mixed drinks, a drunk chick and school.

It all began last year when I was writing a series chronicling 30 years of my life, beginning at the age of 10.  When I got to the early 60’s I began to think of my childhood friend Kathy.  She and I had been thick as thieves, almost from the day… Read full post »

Don’t sleep with people you see on TV if you never want to see them again.

It’s no secret I have had some sex....okay, lots of sex.  But having good sex, in my opinion, takes years of practice.  (Smile.)  A great deal of practice. (Bigger smile.)  It is a good… Read full post »

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MAY 6, 2009 8:21PM

Thursday News in CA-The Devil Winds and Fire

                       Thurs fire  

                                             Today's photo updated   &nbs… Read full post »

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APRIL 22, 2009 12:25PM

My soap opera life, from dream to reality.

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When I was pregnant with my son my mother and I had a ritual at lunchtime;  we would make ourselves lunch and sit down in front of the television to watch the s… Read full post »

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I took a job as a waitress many times in my life, it was not hard to find a job in the mid 70’s.  Not all waitress jobs were memorable, but the time I spent at the King’s X was special.&nbsRead full post »

 

                           Me in 1975

                                          Me taken in 1974 in Los Angeles&… Read full post »

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MARCH 19, 2009 4:22PM

A loss of innocence.

 

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"You and I are going for a drive."  Mother said in her matter-of-no-choice tone.  Ironically the place she chose, the beach parking lot, was the exact place I had gottRead full post »