Neogy Titwhistle
"I could perhaps like others have astonished you with strange improbable tales; but I rather chose to relate plain matter of fact in the simplest manner and style; because my principle design was to inform you, and not to amuse you."
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Rummikub night. in A small but passable life.
Since yesterday evening was Rummikub night at 6pm and it was a cloudy afternoon only in the mid-nineties, I decided to go over to the pool for a couple of hours beforehand and then shower before ...
Desert rain. in A small but passable life.
At about bedtime last night the rain started. I love the smell of desert rain. It’s not going to cool things off by much. The forecast calls for below normal temperatures for the next week even t...
1180 miles West. in A small but passable life.
First thing I want to do is thank everybody for the notes of condolence left on my last entry. There really are good people hanging around this small space on the interwebs. A phone call from my...
The call. in A small but passable life.
Daughter just brought her phone upstairs and told me to call her grandmother. I called. Mom couldn’t talk. My Sis-in-law got on the line. My sister had died quietly. I’ll call Mom tomorrow. R.I...
Deathwatch. in A small but passable life.
Mom called last night. She wasn’t crying this time. My little Sis is now at ‘home’ in hospice care. She insisted that the feeding tube be removed before she left the hospital. She is surrounded ...
Accomplishments? in A small but passable life.
I guess you could say they’re accomplishments. I finished reading “Exposing Lies of the Empire” by Andre Vltchek. 800 pages that took just shy of three weeks to read. The author is amazing. I f...
A done deal. in A small but passable life.
No phone call yet. When I do get a call I hope it’s just an update. Daughter, finally, on her third try, made it completely through the line and the process at the license bureau. The van is now ...
Really bad news. in A small but passable life.
There was a phone call with Mom Tuesday evening. My Sis has been in and out of the hospital since starting her second round of chemotherapy. Complications of one sort or another. Now she has had ...
A walk! in A small but passable life.
Sunday morning upon awakening I fired up the laptop to see how Ronda’s fight went the night before. Yep, she knocked her opponent out in 34 SECONDS! She said she’d do it and she did. 12-0 right n...
Busy, kinda. in A small but passable life.
I know I’ve said I won’t talk about politics, but come on! Seventeen republican morons now in the race. And that fucking scumbag Trump leading in the polls? And Clinton obviously a corporate shi...
Overrated. in A small but passable life.
Another week has passed. A week in which I never changed out of this T-shirt and sweatpants. A week in which I never donned socks, shoes, or even my flip-flops. A week in which I never went outsi...
Too much time? in A small but passable life.
Friday the daughter and I went for a grocery run. We went by the credit union first and then to the square so I could drop off the last book. Daughter had her grocery list and I had a few craving...
Number crunching. in A small but passable life.
Last Saturday the daughter and I made a trip to Crackerville North, to her mother’s house. It was nice to be in the van on the highway again, even though I was in the passenger seat and the A/C i...
1984ish. in A small but passable life.
What have I accomplished since my last entry, whenever that was? I finished reading “The Scarlet Gospels” by Clive Barker. It is a horror story. Even though it’s fairly hard to be horrified at so...
Ironic, eh? in A small but passable life.
I just can’t do it. I cannot watch the stupidity of politicians any longer. I’m just going to have to face the fact that probably half this countries population is insane. And leave it at that. I...
Up early. in A small but passable life.
Sunday morning. Both the youngsters are at work this morning and most every Sunday morning so I decided to go back to my Sunday shave and shower, whether needed or not. My darling daughter celeb...
A gravestone and illumination. in A small but passable life.
I finished reading “Steps to an Ecology of Mind” by Gregory Bateson and “The Present Age” by Kierkegaard. Heavy, heavy stuff. But worth the read. When I took those two books back to the library I...
Pop it's not. in A small but passable life.
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It never fails. in A small but passable life.
It never fails that as soon as I post an entry I realize that I’ve failed to mention a few happenings. It was last Saturday when Jassy decided that we all needed to go to George’s for lunch. Whe...
Busy. in A small but passable life.
Wednesday’s entry: I finished reading “I Am Radar” by Reif Larsen. A nice little novel. Liam Dog and I walked to the library on the square to return the book. I had picked him up and carried him ...
Catching up. in A small but passable life.
Sunday’s entry: The last day in the desert went as planned. After my bowl of cereal and one cup of coffee I walked over to the pool and took a long hot shower. When I returned I started a load of...
All good. in A small but passable life.
I finished reading “Stone Mattress” by Margaret Atwood. It was a very nice collection of nine “tales”. Very nice. Mom got the results yesterday from all these tests over the past month or so. She...
The Twilight Zone? in A small but passable life.
Mom got a call from my sis today so we headed off to Maricopa. Mom let me drive. Oh goody! Eastbound towards the city then south. Freeway all the way. Mom had wrote down the directions so of cour...
Impossible numbers. in A small but passable life.
I made it back to the pool yesterday. It was a fairly cool day, only in the mid nineties. It was Mom’s 78th birthday yesterday. She wanted to go to Olive Garden to eat. So we headed out about 4p...
Maybe. in A small but passable life.
I finally got the sarong http://www.amazon.com/Sarongs-Celtic-Sarong-Interlace-Knotwork/dp/B00IV54W8W/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1430581735&sr=8-7&keywords=men%27s+sarong from Amazon. And...
