Tag: life
group name: amusingmusings
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February 17, 2006 12:15 PM EST --
Nothing inspires me to write like a sink full of dirty dishes.
Seriously.
I can be pondering the articles I have in my head and just give up for a while, then go to attack the dishes and it's like . . .
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March 09, 2006 07:06 PM EST --
I took my German Shepard to the vet today and when no one was looking I hopped on the dog scale. I thought for sure I had gained a few pounds, but was surprised to see I lost 4 pounds! While driving home . . .
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April 30, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
1. I was born dead. When my heart stopped beating during delivery, they knocked my mom out, removed me with forceps and spent 2 minutes reviving me. The jury is still out as to if there . . .
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April 05, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
Clutching my seventy-five cent deli corn dog, my body hanging precariously in mid air, I realized that time had stopped – which was convenient because it gave me both the opportunity to reflect on . . .
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April 08, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
I'm sure that there will be a story on this evening's local newscast featuring an unexplained tremor in the Phoenix Metro Area. It had to register at least a 4.5 on the Richter scale,and . . .
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March 16, 2006 09:10 PM EST --
While wondering through the aisles of the grocery store I noticed a display case in the pharmacy area. In the case were yellow bottles with a grinning monkey, giving a thumbs up. His butt is very large . . .
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April 02, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I call to my two cats, Mao and Cheddar. And they come running.
I called "Baby Fooooood." Sure, they know the words, "Baby Food." They're cats. . . .
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August 07, 2006 09:51 PM EDT --
The first time I met Ulak he stood in line at a coffee shop along the Pacific Coast Highway. I stood behind him, stared at the tufts of black and gray hair sticking out from the back of his neck. My God, . . .
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April 29, 2006 09:45 PM EDT --
Two Decembers ago, it was 65 degrees and my crocuses and tulips bloomed.
They trusted. They trusted their instinct that the time to bloom was at that moment.
It doesn't matter they were wrong. They . . .
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May 04, 2006 09:06 PM EDT --
When I was in college, when I felt self-indulgent and wanted to write, I would say 'I'm feeling mossy.'
It was an oblique reference to Walt Whitman. More mundanely, I was feeling creative. . . .
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May 09, 2006 03:24 AM EDT --
"Hey, you there – don't jump."
A short, balding man with a twinkle in his eye and appearing to be ageless, yet elderly, caught the younger man by the arm, and stopped him . . .
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May 12, 2009 12:55 PM EDT --
I recently posted about my first Desert Tortoise, Doris. You can view that story here . (If I got that linking thing right) A year or so after Doris became part of my family, I was asked . . .
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April 10, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
I am seeing the cycles in my life. On the phone as usual with my daughter, discussing ironing and the need for casual sex (for her, not me!), I realized I hadn't fed the animals. I tossed some kibble . . .
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June 16, 2006 06:52 PM EDT --
Hi fellow gatherers! It's me again, Boopy.
Mr. Schneider has left the building. He's not available for comment. I've taken over.
My story here yesterday got TWICE as many readers. Mine got . . .
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June 19, 2009 01:21 PM EDT --
I'm totally grossed out from an errand I ran this morning. I went to the Wal-Mart Superstore by my house to return an item I bought last week. Now I realize this is a store for the masses and I shouldn't . . .
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April 27, 2006 07:23 AM EDT --
I have great expectations about returning west of the Rockies. Having spent the first 40 years of my life in the Los Angeles area, I got used to things being a certain way. The mayo label said "Best . . .
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April 29, 2006 10:02 AM EDT --
I was sitting in traffic, two cars away from the left turn lane I needed to get on the freeway and go home for the weekend. It was rainy. Everyone was in as big a hurry as I was. I don't know . . .
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May 22, 2006 04:36 AM EDT --
When I gaze
at you
I see yesterday
on your face
and I read
the ledger
of bought and
sold and exchanged
with profit
and loss all
weighed and balanced
clearly engraved . . .
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January 09, 2006 09:05 PM EST --
My stepson, Rodney is a joy!. A Downs Syndrome boy, sparkles our day with conversations of repeated exclamations. "Cold outside", at least 4 times before 10 am. Or "he's bad" . . .
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March 07, 2006 05:37 PM EST --
i always have cold feet. it makes sense - poor circulation, coupled with extremely low blood pressure (50s/40s). my husband and daughter are space heaters, especially when compared to me.
at night, i . . .
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