Gazpacho

Three days before Christmas, I told her, “I know what I want for Christmas.” She stopped and gazed down at me –looking for a smirk, a smile, a grin, or a twinkle in my eye. Was it a joke or was I having her on? I stared up at her, suppressing my smirk, my smile,…

Talkin’ To Myself

I added a few links a while back, and I have not received any subscription requests. This means either there really isn’t anyone looking at the site OR people ARE looking at the site (doubtful, I see the stats) and don’t care to subscribe OR there are PPL looking, but the s*** I am posting…

Pens

How many pens do you have? Do you know what they are all used for, and/or do you use all your pens for what they are supposed to be used for? I have a LOT of pens. It is part of my overall FOMO attitude and my collecting sickness. I have fountain pens, ballpoint pens,…

Busy

All of a sudden, there are not enough days in the week. I am busy, busy, busy — with periods of uselessness/sleeping/doom-scrolling. I’m taking three classes — not just free ones, but real ones that cost money. The first is a self-study course in poetry that I may have mentioned before. I am taking too…

Small Town Shopping

No CVS. No Target. No factory outlets. We do have a combinationAce Hardware/Pharmacy, if you can believe that. We do have a few good restaurants, a ski resort, and even a Starbucks. It costs $5 to see a movie. So, life isn’t grim. However, when I NEED something, and there isn’t a place to get…