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Chasing Wild Geese ... not just a single goose...

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  I’ll tell you this: If I am ever on a chase… it will be for wild GEESE (plural). I’ll not go on a chase for one wild goose. Higher expectations … get more geese …Yesterday, I saw a flock of geese flying in formation and heading northwest … honking encouragement at their leader goose … We all make mistakes when we were young … and for the record, I was young last night …I tell myself often … Words in my head … You know how sometimes you get a song in your head and it won’t go away. I have that same phenomena with words. The little voice in my head is really like that cartoon character who could blow holes into a mountain saying, “Kaboom” … Ugly as homemade sin. A drip. A drop. A dweeb. I can’t get over the phrase, ‘in broad daylight’ … is there a margin of difference in daylight when in becomes ‘broad’ … I never hear of ‘narrow’ daylight but might try to start that saying … might go ‘viral’ … which is another word I hate … viral is like a spreading virus … so much of our ...

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...

Mind is Wandering and Wondering March 9th 2024

  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 c...

My, My, My ... My Mind Meanderings ... February 2024

  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 Non-creepiness of Sleep Walking ...

  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’...

Mind Meanderings December 5th 2023

  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...