Finding Peace in the Process
jimmymac1025
jimmymac1025
- Location
- The 'Burbs, Illinois,
- Birthday
- January 18
- Bio
- Married father of two girls. Was a writer in a previous life. Drove a truck for 20 years. Trudging the road of happy destiny since 1987.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Your writing keeps
getting better. Great
work.”
9:33AM - “It served the purpose of
letting those who would stand
in
their way know that
the…”
10:52PM - “I haven't walked out the
door yet. But I get
this.”
10:40PM - “If this were a novel,
I'd be up all night.
Fantastic.”
10:36PM - “I googled myself once
and discovered to my horror
that
someone had absconded
with…”
5:20PM
Jimmymac1025's Links
- Shaving With Connie Francis
- Epilogue
- 16) The Patriarch
- 15) Wedding Pictures
- 14) Hospice
- 13) Eulogy
- 2) Dreams and Ideas
- 3) Let's Play Outside!
- 4) Channeling Nebucadnezzar
- 5) Opening
- 6) Night Riding With the Allman Brothers
- 7) The Matter of Teeth
- 1) Shaving With Connie Francis
- 8) Tortellini Soup
- 9) Catheter Extraction
- 10) Concern
- 11) Thrift
- 12) Baby Angels
- My Best
- Wasted
- The Prodigal Daughter returns
- Attitude adjustment
- No Mother's Day today
- Gunshots in the Night
- My addictions
- Lexipro and boner pills
- Let go and let guilt
- My 'virtual' friends on OS
- Slobbering Salvation
- My Sponsor
- Finding peace in the process
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 3:04PM
OS blogger boffo at Book Cellar
It one thing to read an author's words.
It's another to hear the author read them. I had this pleasure last
night in Chicago when Open Salon blogger Gwendolyn Glover read from
her first novel, "Cast the First Stone."
The setting was "The Book Cellar"… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 9:49AM
Vampire Card
Boys will be boys and moms are
supposed to knock.
Then wait.
They are not supposed to knock as they
walk in, then go all bug-eyed when they see a boy being a boy. The
look on her face was almost worth it.… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 10, 2009 8:34AM
Needles and Pains
My body started talking to me
a while back, but I didn't listen. Now it's screaming.
Someone took five needles and inserted them lengthwise into
each of my wrists.
I go to the doc and he says no, those
aren't needles. You have… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 2, 2009 11:52AM
A Day in Court (Updated)
It was an arraignment. The defendant
officially enters a plea. I was there so she could see me, that's
all. Let her know someone in this world cares where she is.
She's brought in a few minutes before her
case is called. She wears the… Read full post »
OCTOBER 6, 2009 11:20PM
Bedtime prayers
This is from "Courage to Change, One Day
at a Time in Al-Anon II." It's Friday's reading, Oct. 3. But
every now and again I find one I like so much I use it for my
meditation several days in a row.
"Clearly, I didn't… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 1:07AM
Where'ya been at?
Hey, hey hey, look who's here!
What? Who?
Check out the dude, man!
I know this guy? He looks kinna familiar,
but I don't know.
Hey, guys. Ha'ya doin?
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 6:03PM
Mook, Chapter 7
The boys went one way, the girls
another.
Roach figured he could sneak the
staggering Mook into his parent's abode. He also figured he could
provide provisions and didn't wish to bring the matter up in front
of the girls. There were hugs all… Read full post »
AUGUST 27, 2009 7:06AM
No can do haiku
I no can do haiku for you
but hope this sultry
summer tale will do
She deserted the dinner party before dessert and strode straight for me. Fortified by fifty-proof pink shots she determined that if she didn't find a man, get a man, take a man, the party… Read full post »
AUGUST 24, 2009 12:25AM
Mook, Chapter 6.5
The key was stuck.
"Stuck where?" demanded Mr. Andrews.
"In the drain."
He ran a hand through his hair again, felt it turning gray.
"Lucy, why in hell was the key in the sink?"
"I w… Read full post »
AUGUST 12, 2009 10:18PM
Mook, Chapter 6
Lucy came out of the house to see what the
hubbub was all about. She was all legs and long blonde hair and
short shorts and a tee shirt knotted just below her breasts.
It wouldn't help Joe's standing with
his father if Lucy got… Read full post »
AUGUST 10, 2009 12:40AM
Blistering cancer walk nets $5 million
That's my wife on the left looking pretty happy to be done with the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk after completing 60 soggy, sweaty miles this weekend. Adele's friend and mine, Nada, both entered the fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Philanthropic Trust this year for the… Read full post »
AUGUST 8, 2009 5:41PM
Soggy start to cancer walk
5:30 a.m. Friday
That's my wife on the left, the one with the knee brace. (Should have gotten her a pink one). Adele's friend, Nada, joined her for the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk benefiting the Susan G. Komen Philanthropic Trust in the Chicago area Friday mo… Read full post »
AUGUST 2, 2009 12:30PM
Mook, Chapter 5
The Pioneer turntable sat on a board
supported by cinder blocks at each end and plugged into an
amp-tuner whose FM antennae hung out the swinging front doors of
The Loft, along with an orange power cord that ran across the yard
to the back door of the… Read full post »
JULY 31, 2009 6:33PM
Open call: Who's on first?
FIRST PROM DATE: Can we start over? I didn't go to prom. Wasn't going to graduate till the following January so I bagged it.
FIRST LOVE AND DO YOU STILL TALK?: I didn't walk with Jill. I floated on clouds. I couldn't believe she would talk to me, much less… Read full post »
JULY 26, 2009 7:21PM
Mook, Chapter 4
Wazziss?? The guy grabs his dick and
throws something and it's coming right at me so I grab at it and
it's a rubber he pulled off himself. I know he's big but I
can lock a leg and drive and get him on his back in about… Read full post »
JULY 19, 2009 1:59PM
Mook, Chapter 3
"I know who stole your dope."
"Do tell!"
"Jeff Mauer."
"Mook?"
"Yeah, I heard a friend of his call him
that. Mook."
"Mook, huh? Well, what the fu… Read full post »
JULY 5, 2009 9:57PM
Mook, Chapter 2
"Hey, I think we can fuck some chicks
today."
"Izzat so?"
"Yeah, you remember Eileen, right?"
"Eileen Black with the Mighty Rack,
sure."
"Well, you can have her, but I met… Read full post »
JUNE 28, 2009 10:29PM
Mook
Mook was emphatic.
"You can't tell Smoke about the
stash."
Roach rolled his eyes and slapped his
faded Levi's.
"I won't be able to lie to him. You know
Smoke. He'll say 'Who's got dope?' and wh… Read full post »
JUNE 20, 2009 1:27AM
Carpe Diem
I met Tom's kids at his funeral, two
strapping Irish boys in their thirties and the girl with the thick
glasses and aluminum canes.
He had never mentioned them to me as he
mentored me into a new life years ago. He had just cheered… Read full post »
JUNE 2, 2009 6:52AM
Lunch with Father Chuck
Spring was kind enough today to step aside
and let the sun shine in over Chicago. So nice was the morning I
blew off the news-talk gabfests in favor of bringing the dogs to
the dog park. A sound choice.
My dogs agree. They are… Read full post »
MAY 25, 2009 3:29PM
Memorial Day
His job was to aim the plane at the ground
and look for flashes. Then he was to align the plane toward the
flash, fire a rocket or two and pull up fast because the flash was
an anti-aircraft gun shooting at him.
He flew… Read full post »
MAY 17, 2009 1:04PM
Duaneart does jimmymac
Duaneart--Thanks you for your attention and your kind words. (Wish I was writing enough to deserve them these days.) Being a bit of a self-concious prig, I spent hours on the avatar with my Mac, which makes it a one-minute job for most of us. I wanted to remain somewhat… Read full post »
MAY 10, 2009 3:40PM
No Mother's Day today
I am respecting the wishes of my wife
today by NOT celebrating Mother's Day. Not in the normal sense,
anyway. No flowers, no breakfast in bed. No jewelry.
I'll grill up her fave this afternoon,
ribs, the big fatty country style ribs that cook slow… Read full post »
MAY 7, 2009 12:12AM
Waterman's Blues: Northbound 294
I am on I-294 North and it's time to
grip the wheel with two hands and pay attention. Construction has
turned what used to be a lazy roll into a white-knuckle, full
alert, test of skill. It starts with an I-Pass on-ramp. There is no
merge lane, and I… Read full post »
APRIL 21, 2009 6:26AM
Wasted
I had a date with my wife Saturday
afternoon. The sun shone hot so we blew off a movie and settled on
an afternoon at the dog park. Our two hounds, Joey and Harley,
don't get out much in the winter and we love to take them out… Read full post »
Jimmymac1025's Favorites
1_Irritated_Mother
Stim
Polly Endicott
Hells Bells
Unbreakable
ShiralUpdates
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Outside Looking In
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"That's it. I can feel life leaving. He's cooler already."
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Chris Locke-I'd Cross Continents for You
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He Falls From The Sky
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Writing Down The Bones: How I Survived My Anorexia
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The stories that the river tells
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Short and Bitter Sweet Goodbye
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Remembering JFK: It Only Takes One: Inviting Violence
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