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Patience | Patience

tracy-ewens's picture
Aug.22.2012
Maggie needed three Book Sox (visual aid above). Material book covers in fancy colors, some of them have photo pockets and new this year...scratch and sniff cloth book covers.  Someone like me sees that and thinks, "Won't that get all dirty and nasty if people are always scratching it?"...
raymond-mallette's picture
Jun.26.2012
     Having breakfast with the old timer before he and I went to work on his chimney, George asked if I wanted anything to eat.     "No," I said casually. "I ate on the way here, but thank you."      As I sat there waiting for him to finish his...
michael-seidel's picture
Jun.01.2012
Open the depot. Wait. Select My View. Wait. Select part. Wait. Modify.  Wait. Edit. Wait. Change values.  Wait. Next doc.  Wait. Change values. Wait. Next doc.  Wait. Change values. Wait. Save. Wait. Submit. Wait. Submitted. Repeat. Six down, seven to go, fourteen minutes each,...
teresa-vratil's picture
May.24.2012
No resemblance to me whatsoever. Patience:   Creating a sense of peaceful stability and community rather than suffering, hostility and antagonism. "Do you have a reservation?" The airport parking lot attendant asked me. "No," I said rubbing the face of my watch, hoping to erase a few minutes...
raymond-mallette's picture
May.22.2012
     The door was closed as our son was asleep awaiting the robotic procedure that would go into his kidney through a series of tubes with cameras, and operational tools to perform the task necessary to open the blocked organ.      "This will not repair the...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Apr.16.2012
April 16   NAPPING     Too often, I have lifted the edge of the lawn in an attempt to join the worms for a bit of a dirt nap.  Or I crawled into a self-constructed cave to bear my feelings and hibernate from life.  The times I sprint with the deer, jumping the fences in...
rina-macasaet's picture
Feb.08.2012
I was late for class. I hate late.    I lose my cool.   My cooking has not been up to par either.  The lack of appreciation has led me to think that my cooking is off. I can tell from the faces of my daughters.   Been busy interviewing applicants for a position in the...
annette-talbert's picture
Jan.04.2012
Small Stone 4: My Talisman Small, smooth dark gray stone.A talisman, my comfort,waiting in chaos, hoping for the best. My little stone today is an actual smooth, gray stone that for some reason I placed into my pocket this morning on the way out the door. Throughout the day I have reached...
michael-seidel's picture
Nov.22.2011
I've been experiencing problems, both at home and at work, and I blogged about it. Some fellow Redroomers read my frustrations and counseled me. One told me not to curse my computer. It was an awareness lifting comment. I believe and practice positive thinking and positive energy. I'm an atheist...
rina-macasaet's picture
Oct.19.2011
I finally made time to have my left arm checked and repaired.  Last year I tore some tissue in the process of lifting my heavy suitcase.  I was unable to have it checked then because I was taking off for a long trip.  In between I was knitting endlessly and the strain on my arm...