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Back to Work in Packrat
…in all sorts of ways. Memorial. My friend lived and worked an hour away from the settlement where we have a lot of relatives, including my counterpart and his wife. My mom and I rode to the ser...
I know I’ve been whining about needing a vacation, and I do, but the prospect of getting my hands on the paper again pumps.me.UP! I don’t really want to travel in December, and with various matt...
News Reporter in Packrat
Again. Temporarily, although the job was offered to me on a permanent basis. I said I’d help out, as I always do between reporters, but, although conditions have improved since the job was actual...
The Daily News in Packrat
Work. Well. I’ve been doing this job for nearly 20 years in some fashion, working part time, working without pay for a month while I tried to get my program funded, being appointed as a member of...
I VOTED FOR HILLARY and am not a part of the mad descent into Hell caused by the bigoted, racist, sexist brain dead. I’m ashamed of this country that the orange won, that they put trash in the Wh...
Empty Chairs in Packrat
“Empty Chairs At Empty Tables” (from Les Miserables) There’s a grief that can’t be spoken. There’s a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone. Here th...
Count to Ten in Packrat
I’ve noticed around the Box that diarists are writing about at least ten things. 1) I thought, “That won’t be hard to do.” 2) Until I tried to think of what to say. 3) Then I thought, “It’s not r...
I'm still here in Packrat
I’m still here, but my little brother is not, and I’m trying to survive that fact. He’s been gone for six months now, and, as when the Coyote died before him, I can function, look forward to thin...
You’re gone “life” now seems an empty wasteland I don’t want to have to be strong, to breathe through days that last too long it’s not my choice to awaken to pain I want God to explain but why wo...
My little brother died.
A Spirited Entry in Packrat
Happy Halloween Eve! Appropriately for the season, it’s gray and raining out. A chill is in the air. Atop my printer is a ghost changing colors, and another haunts me from my desk, next to my key...
Old days, good times I remember Fun days filled with simple pleasures Drive-in movies, comic books and blue jeans Howdy doody, baseball cards and birthdays Take me back to a world gone away ...
I want to write, but I don’t want to say what’s happened. Still, it’s time to move on. Lawsuit. We lost our bid for the Supreme Court to hear the case, so a bad decision stands. Frankly, I believ...
I Feel Good! in Packrat
I feel good I knew that I would now I feel good, I knew that I would now So good, so good I got you written by Naomi Neville, performed by James Brown “You”, of course, being my bottle of T...
I Will Survive in Packrat
I overthink and work myself up into a lather that likely wouldn’t happen if I could keep in mind the Serenity Prayer, particularly the lines about accepting what I cannot change. I really am tryi...
Governing Council surprisingly ended at a decent hour when the sun was still bright, and we got through the whole agenda plus some. Of course I kept myself occupied with my journal, but S had bee...
Working for the Weekend in Packrat
Council. I’ll be working on the weekend. Tomorrow is our annual governing council, and all directors have to be there so we can answer any questions that may be asked when none usually are, excep...
The Beat Goes On in Packrat
Asylum Cemetery Project. The drama just goes on. and. on. Last week I sent an email stating that my nation will not take part in the project and cited the reasons why - no permits, no permission,...
Free Spirit left in the wee hours this morning and is probably just now touching down in his home state. He had planned to be here a week, but he ended up working with his business every day. He’...
Catching My Breath in Packrat
Activity has slowed a bit around here so I can stop and catch my breath. Travel. Last week I went to Wisconsin, the land of the Wordsmith, but because notice was so late I didn’t get to call wit...
Later that same day... in Packrat
Not really - I’m just giving updates. Budget. Turned it in without the utilities, communications, and building insurance that our accounting department and not our elected leaders wanted. I state...
Days of Whine and Roses in Packrat
I’m spazzing with everything that needs to be done - so of course I’m here rather than getting it done. After my barking, things seem to be settling down. …Our budgets were due a couple of weeks...
A Broken Heart Beats in Packrat
Last night my dear, beloved companion M’ow went on to new adventures and left me behind to remember her. She had been with me since a kitten; she was 18 years old, almost 19. Animals know, and t...
Good Day, Sunshine in Packrat
Good day sunshine, Good day sunshine, Good day sunshine. I need to laugh, and when the sun is out I’ve got something I can laugh about, I feel good, in a special way. I’m in love and it’s a...
I Survived in Packrat
I survived the week from hell. …As reported, my sweet little girl died, and I still cry for her every day. Silver lining - she had good days and no pain all the way to the end. …A relative I see ...
