That is the question

July 25, 2008

I noticed her from a distance. She headed toward us as we walked through the airport. If my mother noticed her, too, she said nothing. The woman’s clothes were elegant, crisp and unwrinkled. Tasteful jewelry, expensive shoes, posture that was confident and unbent. Her hair and makeup were exactly right; her lipstick didn’t overstate its […]

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And you’re on

July 23, 2008

For almost two hours I sat in a big cushy chair at Starbucks with a book, The Outlander, open on my lap. From my spot, I could watch everyone who came in or walked out. I listened to the impossibly long orders for coffee, or something like coffee. I did fly through quite a few pages of my […]

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The middle-aged and the restless

July 23, 2008

I may have mentioned once or twice that I’m feeling restless. This summer is doing that to me. So today I’m going to pretend that you all live nearby, especially you, Madge. (Hey, guess what, a couple of you do live close!) If you’re all game, this is what I have in mind to shake […]

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Why do I bother?

July 22, 2008

Why I won’t be wearing capri pants or shirts with sleeves that hit above the elbow, for the next several days. Or a bathing suit (okay, so that’s a bonus)… + = ______________________________________________ A note: I’ve appreciated all the comments on my post from yesterday, and am delighted to find a common thread with so […]

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Hi, society

July 21, 2008

I’ll let you all in on a secret (those of you who know me, you know this): I’ve spent a good part of my adult life feeling quite sure that I didn’t enjoy being around other people all that much, with exceptions made for a few good friends and a few family members. I was […]

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The Cowboy Way

July 19, 2008

For selfish reasons, I’m digging out one of my favorite posts from my archives. It was somewhere around my 10th post–I had just started this blog–so a lot of you may not have read it. (As I mentioned in my last post, I could use a dose of open road and cowboy sighting.) In it, […]

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You can trust me. Really.

July 17, 2008

If you’re hanging out here, chances are you’re not at that conference that shall not be named. Clearly, I’m not either. And this week I’m really antsy. I haven’t been on my Thursday drive for weeks because the kids are out of school. Oh, and because of this: So lately, there’s been none of this: […]

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Neither rain, nor debris, nor gloom of night

July 16, 2008

Last Thursday night, through the worst storm we’ve had this year in the Phoenix metro area, a number of people were willing to do this: * But how willing would most of us be to camp out all night through a monsoon storm, in 60 mile an hour winds, with debris flying about and ants […]

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Bleep bleep bleeeeeep

July 15, 2008

I don’t normally use the F word on my blog, and maybe I won’t start now. BUT. You might want to cover your ears if you’re sensitive to fake F words. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Eff the effing mothereffer that looked just like this little effing bastard and was in my house 10 minutes […]

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The presidential race

July 15, 2008

Seen and heard this week… This, on a t-shirt at the casino: 01-20-09 Bush’s Last Day The End of An Error ____________________________ And a story from my friend Ms. W–who does not have a blog, but who gave me her cheerful permission to peddle this story about her child on mine: My friend overheard her […]

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