2009

It was over.  Starting with a hopeful dash across the country,  it ended with Mister's sad attempt to find Missus' replacement.   Of course,  that was hardly the only thing causing the marriage to end;  a lot had transpired between them in 6 years.&n… Read full post »

The cultural distance from way down South out to the Left Coast is almost too far to bridge, but I managed.  I recently returned from California where I celebrated the marriage of my son,  then shortly thereafter attended my high school reunion.  (OMG, white hair and pot-bellies galore… Read full post »

  2008.

What was it our bedraggled, brittle and newly-bulky Missus said last time,  no rain and the water table down?  Forget all of that and let's put it this way:  summers here are steamy.  As in mucho caliente,  raining torrents with a willy-nilly throwing of mi…

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Ever since Adam and Eve were expelled from a certain edenic place, their sons and daughters have sought redemption from original sin,  a means of modifying eventual and certain obliteration.  Various religions and philosophies have held out the promise of continued existence in different w… Read full post »

2007.

March: The way it happened,  Missus woke up one morning to find the world suddenly awash in color,  every piece of vegetation in town seemingly in bloom! Magnolias lush with white or pink flowers competed with elegant Dogwoods displayinging their spread of white.   Ini…

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Seems to me, formerly vigorous and clear-thinking old folks typically begin their accelerated slide toward death after attaining the age of 80.  Of course,  it could simply be that such a nice round number grabs our attention,  standing out from 79 say, or even 91;  still, somet… Read full post »

there is nothing quite like the ability of dis-ability to bring certain vulnerabilities into a sharper focus than one would ever want to experience.  let me put it this way: unless you have a secret desire to be somebody's baby in an all-too-literal ass-wiping and face washing way, it isn…

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...every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity life follows my pen,  the days and hours of it are flying over our heads like clouds of a windy day, never to return - the more everything presses on - and every time I kiss thy hand to bid adieu, every… Read full post »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/william-shatner-makes-pal_n_246034.html

I was certain I could forget him, all memory of his existence gone,
only whispers and shadows remaining.  But I am still haunted,
pushed into remembering by a certain sound or a random piece
of music, anything really, if the mood is right.

It was early in the year, a cold January,… Read full post »

I'll declare up front that I am a decades-long card-carrying liberal, Democrat and feminist who abhors the relentless cultural pressure for women to contort their bodies into unnatural shapes. Nevertheless, I am puzzled at the silence concerning the weight of Regina Benjamin, the new Surgeon General.… Read full post »

 ...Marilyn Minter: "Green Pink Caviar"

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  2006.

Kind of takes one aback when identified by a stereotype for the first time; some natives of the area recently called the Missus a “Yankee” even though she is from the West.  Something else is new, too; our Mister has revealed a hitherto unknown jones for NFL foot… Read full post »

Yippee! I am positively thrilled that Palin may contend for the Presidency in 2012. Bring it on, sister! I would bet good money that if she is the Repub's candidate we Dems would for sure capture another 4 years.

Finally, that annoying voice is stilled. Does anyone actually care that he died? Now he can be CNNed too.

OMG! Enough already! Quit the eulogizing, analyzing and philosophizing about this poor dead guy or I am going to tear off my eyebrows! Can we all just agree he was a very talented, highly disturbed individual who squandered his remaining life indulging himself (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,… Read full post »

2005.

To Bride, the folks here seem to be exceptionally hungry, greedy in body and soul, continually ingesting food and religion.

This place has a population of about 60,000 people; the county in which it is located has nearly 280,000 and is the poorest… Read full post »

2004.

When one thinks about it, isn’t marriage a really peculiar institution? Reality frequently butts up against fantasy to form some sort of a hybrid creature, at once unfamiliar and interesting. A honeymoon is just the beginning….

 

For reasons best left unsaid, Bride a… Read full post »