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Lights Out in June 2024 ...

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  So, this happened. I did something good for all the bad reasons. No, maybe I did something bad for all the right reasons. Yeah, that’s the ticket. A couple of Mondays ago … I cleaned out the freezers. Threw away anything which was frost bitten … which was just about everything. But, I got snake bit ridding us of the frost bitten … I put out FIVE trash cans for the Tuesday ‘solid waste’ pickup. I always put the maximum amount out for the trash day … I feel like I get ‘gypped’ if I don’t … like I don’t get my money’s worth unless I’ve rounded up a lot of trash… kitty commode scoops always top off the garbage take out … So, Monday night … huge storm. Rain, hail, lightning that was so lightening that the darkness-activated landscape lights were blinking … no idea if night had turned into day. The wind was hellish … And … all sprinkler systems came on despite their moisture detection gauges which are supposed to block all high cost waterings … And five trash cans (bins…to use a fan
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Mind is Wandering and Wondering March 9th 2024

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  I’ll be dog-goned … doggonend? I hear it but never see it written … have no way of knowning how it is spelled. Some words are seen only in books but seldom in speech … like ‘rollickying’ … who says that?   But I see it in books all the time:   We had a rollicking good time… I used to read the word ‘vehemently’ in books but never spoken.   I try now to use vehemently in a vehemently manner … I like when people say, “Some thrive on drama” … kind of ignores the ignorant who … well, thrive on drama… Spare me the drama.    At this age, I only like drama on ‘NCIS’ … As a child when I did something awful … which was the norm … I would always tell whoever was with me, “Now, don’t go squealing on me …”   Worked every time … no one wants to be a squealer … One of the funniest ‘put downs’ I ever heard was ‘Just how far up your butt do you intend to place your head?’ … That’s the PG version … I thought it was funny and have it written in red ink on a card I see every day … I try not to
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My, My, My ... My Mind Meanderings ... February 2024

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  I don’t know who Cooter Brown is but I’ve heard all about him.   For instance, ‘That guy was drunker than Cooter Brown’, ‘His brother is crazy as Cooter Brown.’ ‘His sister’s bad luck is worse than Cooter Brown.’ Cooter Brown has many difficulties it seems … I have heard good people say, ‘Goodness gracious’… and the super-sized, ‘Goodness Gracious ALIVE’… which always sounds sacramental and mocking of the Lord. Sometimes people will say, ‘Hey, I’ve been around the block a few times.’   And, me? Oh, I’ve been around the block a few thousand times.   The cars sit in the garage so long without going anywhere; I start ‘em up and drive around the block a few times each week.   So, there. Whenever Mom Goddard hears of something odd, she says (and I love this phrase) … ‘The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing…’   Those hands need to pay attention to one another.   Just like Cooter Brown. Whenever someone has done something wrong, the first thing they say is, ‘Now
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The Non-creepiness of Sleep Walking ...

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  I walked in my sleep last night.   I cannot remember ever doing this in the past.   And, in fact, I cannot remember doing this last night. But, I did. I got it in my mind that there were several folks in our house.   Not scary folks, but nice friends who, truly, were all some of my favorite people ever.   I knew them and was glad to see them… but the house was full of them. I tried situating them all in my room…. I apparently went and got them a box of chocolates because this morning the chocolate box was almost empty… on the couch.   I have a white couch and eating chocolates on it is something I’d never do, awake or asleep. Mom’s room is way, way over on the other side of the house from my little apartment… well, my spacious apartment.   I guess five closets makes it a massive ‘middle child’ apartment. But, it is a long walk to Mom’s room.   I noticed several of these friendly spirits on the couches in the living room, kitchen ‘nook’, and dining room on the way to Mom’s h
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Mind Meanderings December 5th 2023

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  A couple of weeks ago, I truly celebrated a long-awaited milestone birthday.   Facebook friends sure made me feel great.   One message was from a friend who sent birthday message at 12 midnight … one second after midnight to be exact … he said he wanted to be the first one to tell me happy birthday on my birthday … he said it’s not fair when people say ‘happy birthday’ on the day before … But he cared enough to stay up late … just to be the first happy birthday wisher … we discussed this … told him I was surprised he and his family had stayed up so late … on a school night and all … He replied, “Well, I set an alarm to wake me at midnight” … so, he had been asleep, set the alarm, sent a happy birthday message and went back to sleep.   Man, that really got to me … People can be so kind to other people… I guess the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' song is the worst torture ... it is like the Christmas version of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall ... And, I think the worst job
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Mind Meandering September 2023

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  My Meandering Mind September 2023 The other day, a young man who is doing a lot of chores for me … I told him he was the Property Manager … anyway, he was ready to go home and he said, “I’m gonna make like a baby and head out…” I didn’t understand that at all and turned my head like when a German Shepherd doesn’t understand a sound … The young man said it again but used both hands kind of coming forward … Make like a baby and HEAD OUT!... Okay, like a newborn baby … Head Out! I hear sayings in my mind that people used to say but really don’t say that much anymore: --That happened in 'broad daylight'... as opposed to narrow daylight? Confused every time I head this ... --Clobbered … as in ‘Our little league team got clobbered but we still got to go to Dairy Queen for a Dilly Bar…” --I’ve got a ‘crick’ in my neck. Guess I slept crooked. --Come by whenever you are in our ‘neck of the woods’ … I have never understood a neck in the woods and especially freak out when someone in
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Meandering Mind ... Thinking of Thoughts ...

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  At some point in life, people start referring to you as ‘young’… such as, ‘Betty White was 97 years “young”’ … But, you never hear… ‘Oh, he’s 37 years ‘young’…I guess that’s a given … when I'm 97, it will be okay to call me 97 years OLD ... I mean, I won't beat you up or anything like that ... But, when does the breaking point come in age … 80 years young? 90 years young seems like a sarcastic insult … like you are complimenting them but actually verbally smashing them in the face with a complimentary shovel… I’m 64 years old. I cannot believe it … and chose not to believe it … I’m 64 and this when I went to the dentist, (Endodontics) he asked me what music to play … Oh, he thought I’d say ‘Classic Rock’… even ‘Classic 80’s’ or ‘Disco 70’s’ … but I said “Current hits” … behind me they rolled their eyes … but put on ‘Current hits’… which is really what I listen to … I think of it as investigatory listening … With the freaking pain killer swab in my mouth and leaking all over
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