Retirement Measured in Scones

I watch as schools are closed, sold or leased, the already outsourced maintenance workers forced to move on or merely shift locations. If it is Tuesday, we clean “The Latest Healthcare Facility to Replace a Dead, Large Retail Space” instead of the empty, boarded up school of last year. Where do the battered, aged Chromebooks… Read More

The Evil Crone of the Dog Park

Really, the crone is rather fascinating. It takes a special person to decide to weaponize a dog park — a special person to pull up to a park and immediately start taking movies to send off to animal control even though there are only three dogs in the whole park, they are all pretty close… Read More

Before the New Year’s Goals: Shasta and Mommy Take Another Airplane. No Demons on the Wings.

Conversation with Shasta: (End 2023) (Shasta and Mommy are on an airplane, flying to Chicago after a five-day visit. Mommy is comfortable in her loose, gunmetal-gray, Free People travel outfit, although she ended up getting patted down thoroughly because of her voluminous clothing. That TSA woman even tapped across her chest and inner thighs. Mommy… Read More

My Haiku from the November Vestry Meeting

Leapt into the van,My protein bar disappearedDinner gone again. Where exactly did dinner go? I looked all around before I went into the meeting. Anyone else identify with this? Protein bars, protein bars everywhere, and not a bite to eat. Meanwhile, a larger problem lurks behind my confused attempts to find the missing peanut butter… Read More

Expiration Date

Today’s haiku: Expiration dateCall it “Best by” but in truth –At some point it’s done. Jocelyn Turner In food and in life — it’s important to recognize that, whether you call it “Best by” or Expiration date,” everything in the universe will end, including the universe itself. And printed dates cannot always be trusted. “Best… Read More

Cough Cough Cough Cough Cough

Sigh. If we are looking for an operational definition of entitlement… Those coughing people who anonymously plunk themselves down, face uncovered, in the midst of crowds provide a perfect definition. My plea for today: All you coughing people (who do not suffer from a chronic medical condition that causes your cough) — STAY HOME! Or… Read More

To-Do Lists: A Syllogism

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.To-do lists are written expressions of good intentions.Therefore it follows that:The road to hell is paved — or at least ornamented — with to-do lists. Jocelyn Turner I’m thinking of putting the lists down. Except for the good ones, of course. The below was worth my time… Read More

The Brilliance of Pup Cups

Starbucks has had a quiet win that hasn’t gotten much notice in the press. The “pup cup” is a small, 2 ounce cup of pure whip cream, its size varying a bit depending on how the barista adds that white peak on top. Pup cups are free. For anyone who is wondering why Starbucks would… Read More

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