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Days Off
Wonderful madhouse at work yesterday. What a happy crowd. I stayed in the back room and did the best I could. Today we are staying home and Zicaming our colds. Probably sleeping too. ...
Set Up Day
Thursday: I’ve officially come down with a really mind numbing cold. This first day, I am not coughing or sneezing, so will go in to work for the big set up. I will do what I can. None of my...
A Boutique
It’s that time of year for those of us who work for the Discovery Shops. All year we stockpile and price Holiday goodies from “Ugly Sweaters” to ornaments, trees, other décor, and even books. ...
Thinking Again
1950’s at DA’s Piano…thinking. Thursday is the big Holiday event at the store. Now that I have seen the other store and all they have done, I think we are in trouble. I promised to be there...
Soul Satisfying
I’m skipping Latkes this holiday season. I love latkes. They melt in the mouth and bring generations of memories home to you. But I’m not supposed to eat those wonderful carbs. Instead, I wi...
Shopping Till We Drop
Showing a fragment of the kitchen counter at the hoarders estate sale. Saturday: This wasn’t a big house, but it was a gigantic garage sale. Two weeks of it, in fact. It was the biggest we...
A Progression
Incoming books at the shop. Some paperbacks are $16.00. Yes, I didn’t think about it before now. Yes, I was truly shocked. Hardbounds are vastly more. I read, and those kinds of prices are...
Second Half...
23) Are you flattered or annoyed by gentlemanly behaviour? Charmed. I am so used to leaping out of cars, of opening doors for G, that I’ve fallen out of Victorian manners. I think it good if b...
A Reminder
Flags at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. The end of WWI and the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany is celebrated on this day…the eleventh month, eleventh day, and the eleventh mi...
The Newest Survey
A thought provoking survey from a Prosebox friend. She wrote lovely, long spiritual answers. I’m just writing off the top of my head. Because of my denseness, I’m posting this on two days. ...
Notes on an Election
• The New York Times has been free the last few days. In an article on news coverage they discussed how the press coverage differed between the two candidates. Trump was covered with “devast...
Laundry
Napkins, placemats, and tablecloths. Today my laundry is going around and around down there in the garage. I’m giving myself permission to have the election news on while the machines do my wo...
My Pica Stick
My pica stick on three of the “weeds.” What’s a pica stick? Briar Press tell us that, “The inch is 6 picas, each pica is 12 points (72 points to the inch) what you have is 4 picas which is 48...
Not Keeping It Simple
Brushes. These from the tool show at the Mingei. They look like mine. Yesterday wasn’t at all simple for most of the day. We stopped at a hoarders estate sale and read that a second half w...
Sunshine and Crowds
Rarely do I get depressed, but this week I have been slightly down and out. Not badly, but I let my aloneness come out from behind my words. I had gotten used to crowds gathering in my living r...
No Pictures
This morning, I found that all my pictures on my Blogger Postcards site are gone. I don’t have time to dig around this morning. Work is calling. Instead I’ll post to Blogger straight from my...
A REal Halloween
Zoe and Margot 2008. Sometimes the years bring such surprises. Halloween of 2016 has surprised both Grandpa George and I. Zoe, Halloween 2016. Photo: Joseph P. Then again, here’s the real...
Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that has been welcomed in the South Western part of the US. It is a time to celebrate and pray for family members and friends who have died. Colorful alter...
Food Holidays
Whipping cream with my 1938 Mixmaster. It’s the time of year that I get in deep trouble. The food holidays are upon us, and I love to eat. It’s also NOJOMO again….November Journaling Month:...
Not Your Usual Monday...
Fall décor with a little Halloween. He’s been working long hours, and up until recently, I have been lazy. Not working just worrying about the quilt is lazy. Halloween has motivated both of ...
Dead People's Stuff
I’ve been taking a lot of photographs lately, but nothing artistic. “Editorial” be me. I’ve been getting in to work a little early each day, and I shoot whatever catches my eye. I post to F...
Smalls
Both kids… • Our balconies are repaired but they forgot to paint one. They got it later. • It’s going to be a skimpy holiday season, and I have to begin planning now. • I should go in ...
Occam's Razor
Our Halloween décor is still waiting for reinstallation. The biggest advantage of living in a condo is that they have to fix the insides of the walls. Replacement of fascia and the top cap on ...
More of That sort of Stuff
Halloween lights up; Halloween lights down. We pass in the daytime here. He’s headed to the gym at 0600ish and I head to the pool at 0645. Today we passed in the Y parking lot. He handed me...
Is it in focus?
USS Midway Museum. The Retention Excellence Award (previously known as the Golden Anchor Award) is an award given by the United States Department of the Navy for success in re-enlisting their...
