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• It Was Five Years Ago

  

  But my story, our story goes back even  further.    It was 1999 when we met and at a hair salon of all places.      She invited me back to her home which was... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Well, This is a New Low

  

  In the 12 years I’ve been keeping this blog alive by daily publishings, sporadic postings and avoiding death by keeping it in a literary induced coma for a few... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Impeaching Trump

  

  (Martha…don’t bother reading) I hated Civics. I think I took two classes worth in HS, but then again, I can’t remember what I did an hour ago. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Stockings Always Know

  

  If they’re smart enough to be able to hide from you in plain sight…as in never making it from your washer to your dryer as a pair, then don’t you think they’d... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• God Called (Redux)

  

  I don’t pretend to know all the answers. Hell, there are questions of which I can’t possibly conceive.Conversations, even one sided ones about God and man,... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Purpose

  In the strictest, most vulgar terms, we are shit with out it.I am told to find purpose….create it.    But as each day goes by and I make every effort to forge... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ah, The Past & Fun With Crank Calls

  

  I love crank calls.    But not Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers”.  I’m talking about the old school kind.   Now, when sound boards first cane out 20 years ago an... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Correcting Corrective Lenses

  

  As I teeter perilously close to the precipice of well….death…especially at my age,  I’m becoming keenly aware of all the things that happens to the body at the... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Halloween 2019

  

  There was a time in my life when I loved dressing up in some kind of get up for Halloween…..even if it was just a cheap Kmart skeleton shirt and a Groucho Marx... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ultimate What If

  

  I have a distinct /love hate relationship with certain questions geared at me specifically:  questions posed for the sole purpose of making me think. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Rx: Write

  

  “Write”, the neurologist said.But…but….I told him at night, I already do at least an hour’s worth of  deciphering word jumbles, crosswords, I play solitaire  an... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ugh…ick…meh…ouch

  

  Today, I feel a lot lot like TV’s first outer space queen, Dr. Smith from Lost In Space.Please indulge me in this particular blog offering because well,... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• This Blog Is Apparently Funny!

  

  This will be a short post today.  No puns, word play, nothing about angst or lost loves or an aging metabolism gone awry.      I’m kind of in shock to be... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Koncept: Америка

  

  Theme restaurants? Meh…..But let’s just suppose for one minute, there’s someone out there who’s creative, hip, forward thinking and loaded to the gills with... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Great Advice From Uncle Bob

  Dear Laurie,I know it’s October and your were born in April but I wanted to send you this no to be the first to wish you a very happy 61st birthday. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Watching TV

  

  I LOVE my Friday nights.    Plus, a cool front blew through this morning and it’s windy and currently 41 degrees here in the Texas Hill Country.“Dis is cold? Yo... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Indelicate Donald Trump

  

  Of the tens of readers this blog has, this post will likely cost me a few.   Some might applaud, many will unfollow me, others will leave vile comments under... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Fall In The Texas Hill Country

  

  Which means it’s fall everywhere, of course, but for some reason the autumnal equinox doesn’t mean much to this part of the country. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Niece, Emily

  

  My baby factory was shuttered more than a decade ago.     And even though it produced nada other than cramps,  I have no regrets about whatever miscreant I migh... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 SELF EXPRESSION

• Yeah, It’s Been A While

  Two and a half years ago, I was diagnosed with MS.   Hardly fatal, but I do think it’s killing me.     Know what I mean by that?It hurts, I hurt. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 SELF EXPRESSION