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sherrie-theriault's picture
Apr.20.2013
  April 20         What I Take from Laban’s House     If I have the audacity to have a problem I must provide the instantaneous solution or be the cause of world-wide panic.  Additionally it is the height of rudeness to have open-ended dilemma.  It makes...
eva-schlesinger's picture
Apr.19.2013
Movie business runs in my family. Yours truly had a minor role in a film, "Some Prefer Cake." It was so minor, my big screen debut was over in a blink of an eye. Just for the record, I played the cake eater. It was the perfect part for me. Only thing that was difficult was eating the cake--it was...
kate-clinton's picture
Apr.19.2013
Recently when I went to an eye doctor for floaters, a common vision problem for older people, an assistant asked me if I had ever thought of cosmetic surgery for my droopy lids.   In a Kiehl’s store I bought some hand cream and the cashier, in his white faux-doctor jacket, tossed too many...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Apr.19.2013
  April 19       Ground Floor     Step 10 is the place where the doors slide open and I discover I am out of the basement.  I have to pay close attention to where my feet are; it is so easy to stumble here in the light of day.  Oblivious limitations and...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Apr.18.2013
  April 18       In Training   Like a faithful dog that was hard to train, patience is a thing hoped for yet peevish during the breaking in.  Stanch companionability is hard won, but worth the cost of acquisition.  And what is the price I truly paid in the end;...
tim-haywood's picture
Apr.17.2013
Lo and begorrah. I haven't posted to this consarn log in nary a fortnight! Sorry, sometimes I enjoy talking like Pa Ingalls—the real one, not the dashing yet sappy actor who left us far too soon. It's been ten days. Jeez. Don’t think it hasn't been bothering me, though. For the past week-and-a-...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Apr.17.2013
  April 17         Like an Elf Working in an Empty Tree   The chairs in the loft are empty, but I still hear the choir sing.  The bottle though it’s empty, still sometimes calls my name.  Though front pocket is empty and there is rolled up empty sleeve, still...
eva-schlesinger's picture
Apr.17.2013
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then what about absentmindedness? I needed to write a check for my new writing class, so I got out a check, noting the number--531--in my mind. I folded the check in thirds and put it in a small purse inside my pocket. A little while later, I remembered I...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Apr.15.2013
  April 15     Chickens and Eggs     Who is more sober the early riser or the long-timer?  How do we get here and what does it mean.  It all starts with a day, which is good because this is more than we had hoped for, sometimes more than we could do.  Then it...
earl-merkel's picture
Apr.14.2013
Ever helpful & considerate, Google has launched a digital equivalent of "porn buddy." http://www.guardian.co.uk/ technology/2013/apr/12/ google-inactive-account-manager -digital-death Google launches tool to help users plan for digital afterlife: New "Inactive Account Manager...