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Who Knew I Needed That Skill

All the years I worked in the hospital, all the times I went into rooms with patients with highly infectious diseases, I never considered the act of gowning, gloving, and fitting the mask to filter every molecule of air that entered my lungs while in the room as anything more than what was needed at that moment. Little did I know those skills of containing the disease to that room would stand me…

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MRJones turned 6 today!

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I could talk to Nick himself. Seriously, I can practically hold a conversation with myself although some people might think that’s not a good thing. This morning I was discussing this very fact wit…

I think I might have had one too many chocolates over the Christmas. I might also have had a bit too much turkey and ham. Then there was all that pork, beef, and I did eat a lot of bread for some r…

Today being the shortest day of the year brings back a particular memory for me. It reminds me of school trips when I was a nipper. God be with the days when school trips were crap and educational.…

I have an eighty-four year-old friend who has grieved the murder of his childhood friend for fifty-seven years. Until Friday, December 8, 2017, justice was on hold. A jury in Hidalgo County, Texas…

Justice: Better Late Than Never

I have an eighty-four year-old friend who has grieved the murder of his childhood friend for fifty-seven years. Until Friday, December 8, 2017, justice was on hold. A jury in Hidalgo County, Texas found her murderer guilty and sentenced him to fifty-seven years in prison. The man is now a frail 85 year-old man, so it is a life sentence. This is appropriate because, he lived his life after taking…

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Believe it or not, I’m very popular with hotel receptionists and it all comes from one simple thing – my name. This doesn’t apply in Ireland, only when I go abroad. The sex is irrelevant, (how oft…

Turns out I’m getting old. Well old-er. I still haven’t quite got the grasp of falling into a stereotype for my age. Probably because I’m a bit of a bol**x when it comes to doing what I’m supposed …

Boys are idiots. I should know I was one. A friend of mine once ate a church candle to impress a girl, I kid you not. We were twelve years old and rehearsing for the Easter play in the local chur…

People shouldn’t be allowed to die on days that are marked by celebration or festivity. My mother died 23 years ago at Hallowe’en and it has changed the time of year for me without a do…

Well thank Fup that’s behind us! Red alert, Hurricane warning, lock up your daughters the Vikings are coming! I don’t know. I suppose the auld met office have to give us the heads up, but social me…

The first tentative drops of rain, a precursor to the on rushing Hurricane Ophelia, tip-tapped on my window pane as I bushed my teeth this morning, and I reconsidered my choice of coat. It is unsea…

Weeds or Wonderland

My backyard is a challenge for me in that it is a semi-tropical jungle back there. Over the years, I have dealt with over growths of all sorts of plants. My most hated is the hybrid blue morning glory vine that tries to smother everything. I tear it out by the truckload only to see it growing through the grass to strangle yet another plant. Seed companies sell the seeds as annuals. They are…in…

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#MRJones #SoutheastTexas #Weeds. Birdfood

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a book on Kindle that promised authors they could make a million dollars selling books on Amazon. A quick search yielded dozens of titles promising writers they c…

I think it was the shadow in the water below that most disturbed me. It could have been anything but the only thing I could think of was “Shark!” The full moon offers quite a lot of ill…

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