Today I’m going into my old scooter. Sometime last summer, the speedometer cable busted, and I spent a good deal of time locating one of the correct parts. That’s the drawback with these old things…the parts get hard to find. The scooter’s 42-years old (I just a got a very cool historical license plate for [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Dig Out the Tool Box—I’m Gonna Fix Something
Posted in Scooter, tagged bicycle, Scooter, speedometer, Vespa Super on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Percolations
Posted in Complaints, tagged coffee, pizza on March 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The coffee didn’t filter perfectly this morning, and now there are little grounds floating on top. I tried to skim them off, but every several sips one slips in my mouth and I have to fish it out.
And the bathroom scale indicates that it’s time to lose a few pounds. I knew that was coming. [...]
What’s the Point of Gardening, After All?
Posted in Domestic, tagged cat, gardens, movies, perennials, pizza, tools on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been shaping up the gardens these past couple of days. I mean, I have hauled load after load of dead leaves and perennials out to the woods…I pile them all up on that big plastic tarp and use it as a sled. But there are some plants that refuse to cooperate with the clippers…no [...]
Your People Are My People, Too
Posted in Friends, tagged Friends, relationships on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deb was with Sharon when I decided I wanted Deb for me. That’s all I’m going to say about it other than to say there’s a lot more to say about that—both in explanation and in hindsight. The “explanation” is weak, but I’m wise in hindsight. Well, let me just say that I really wish [...]
But I Do Love the Uniforms
Posted in Scooter, tagged AA, Brownies, clubs, membership, Scooter, XYL on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m not much of a joiner. I’m more of a quitter. Yesterday I received news that I’m being invited to join a club. See, I ride my scooter with a bunch of people who until just a few years ago were simply a bunch of loosely gathered scooter-riding people. To make a long story very [...]
I’ve Already Started on the Shoes
Posted in Body, tagged Ellen DeGeneres, hair, shoes, Simple on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been oversleeping these past few days…and there was so much to do yesterday morning that I just couldn’t sit here with you, Reader. My apologies.
I’m looking a little more like Ellen today. Deb’s niece, Jody, is an artist and a hair stylist. She doesn’t officially style hair, though she does have her license—she does [...]
Things that Don’t Go as Planned
Posted in Disease, tagged Alzheimer's, cat, Hospice on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, my sweet friend Alex is not dying yet. I knew it. He’s back to being charming. He doesn’t even have his full-time Hospice nurse’s aide with him anymore…now they say he doesn’t need round-the-clock care. But he’s still under Hospice’s watch, so who knows how things will proceed. Before we left for vacation, I [...]
Now What?
Posted in To Do, tagged bees, goals, milestones on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now what? PhD’s done. Chapbook’s out. Findlay Market book’s got a release date. Winter’s over. Vacation’s behind me. And now I’ve got no plan. Yes, I should write a real real book. A novel maybe. Yes, I should shop more vigorously for a publisher for the big book of poems. I guess that should do [...]
Fishes for Bald Eagles
Posted in Travel, tagged bald eagles, DNA, fishing, Sanibel Island, Tarpon Bay on March 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We killed the fish without meaning to. I caught it, but once I began to fish that darned hook from way down deep in it’s gullet, it finned me. Drew blood and burned like fire. So, Deb took over the hook-removal ordeal…she’s very focused and patient with this procedure and always manages to dehook no [...]
Salt Water for Refreshing the Spirit
Posted in Travel, tagged "Passengers", Billy Collins, rest, Sanibel Island, Travel, vacation on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There goes the cat walking on the countertop again. He’s developed a habit of it now.
Not Alice is going to the ocean. We leave early tomorrow morning, and if all goes well, we’ll be in our bathing suits and in the sun by 1:00 pm. Our room doesn’t technically become available until 3:00 pm, so [...]
