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WRONG WAY

I’m 90, have a-fib and am post-heart attack, and headed in the wrong direction. I’m purchasing more books than giving away, and the files kept for my blog overflow my containers. I quit my poetry group due to impaired hearing, but retain hundreds of poems shared by members over the years. I’m trying to whittle down my files–way down–so here goes dumping:___________________ The man who mocked…

I WONDER

Night fell early that day, the roiling black clouds a vengeful slow-moving spider stalking across the city on stilts of lightning. Amber grabbed at the railing, along the few steps leading up. She did not hear the thunder as it continued across the city, nor the wail of the siren as it arrived and then departed, hastening her to the hospital, where staff awaited her arrival. She s still…

The Long Way Home

Does anyone recall Let’s Pretend, the regular radio show on Saturday mornings? I do and it was a highlight of my week. So, I’ve decided to escape to Pretend Land, via fiction. My heart stopped in more ways than one when suddenly I could no longer hear the overhead fan. My son was holding my hand–or I, his–and I sensed rushing fluid in my veins, as though I was urinating inside myself. I had…

NO CAN DO

tHIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY LAST, FINAL BLOG BUT GOING THROUGH MY FILES i CAME ACROSS AN OLD JOLLY cHRISTMAS LETTER i THOUGHT i’D SHARE FIRST: “i LET MY PSYCHOLOGY LICENSE LAPSE OVER A YEAR AGO AND PROBABLY A GOOD THING, TOO, BECAUSE I’ve become somewhat sharp-tongued, judging from those who run (away) when they see me. (JUST JOKING, you dumbass!) Fortunately I’m only sending this card to…

Better Than the Firing Squad

I’m against murder, but the story in the ny times yesterday brought a laugh: Breaking news: Tennessee calls off execution after staff can’t find prisoner’s vein

Whither the Blog

Alright, I’ll tell you what happened…On September 15, 2025 I turned 90, and on February 23, 2026, my daughter found me in bed with no signs of life. When 911 arrived from a nearby hospital, they asked if I had any “do not resusitate instructions. They paused at the nearby hospital, where a friend said, “Hi, Nan,” to which I opened my eyers and said “Hi. Elaine.” So they took me on to Columbus for…

Here goes

MAYBE… I cannot watch starving dogs on tv nor bomb hits on small unsuspecting boats, nor the NEWS, which covers a lot. A chicken, I settle for No Kings demonstrations and sooth myself with memories…LIKE…Dagwood and Blondie; Mr. Dithers; Stella Dallas; Little Orphan Annie; The Shadow Knows; Lets Pretend; My Gal Sunday; Arthur Godfrey; The Lone Ranger; Dick Tracy; Kookla Fran and Ollie; Mr.…

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OOPS--Halfway Back

It’s true I had my 90th birthday, but…lost touch with the newfangled way this thing works. More to come, hopefully.

HELPING, NOT HURTING

Tree, giving nutrients and life to “trunkless tree. They can share nutrients directly like this, but Usually it’s done through mycelium networks under the ground byu/squarepusher6 inDamnthatsinteresting

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MIX AND MATCH

Oh poo. I thought folks would welcome a little escape from reality, but since Ben didn’t give the answers to me, I’ll do a quick guess and move on.: So as not to repeat myself and use up AI’s valuable time, I’ll just list my guesses here, and ignore formal titles. Oh come, all ye faithful Angels we have heard on high Silent Night Joy to the World Deck the Halls Hark the Herald Angels…

HOLIDAY PUZZLER

I was still trying to thin out my fat files while feeling chastened by another of my errors on Gutenberg last week. (In responding to a comment, I didn’t know who the “author” referred to was, since all of us were authors–all three of us for that matter (authors)….Dr. John Persico Jr, Ned Hamson, and moi.___ At any rate, today’s column has but one major entry, a puzzle, and the answers will be…

Do Conservatives...

Write poetry? Give me some examples please…(Oh no I think my comma’s bit the dust…) Oh no another idea: Does Grandfather God speak to us in Classic or Gutenberg? I’m talking about the Father of them all; Catholics Unitarians Quakers,,,,,,, Agnostics Israelites (told you my comma was dead didn’t I ?)… Even Muslims and those who believe in stoning miscreants. Or mass killings in the name of a…

Neutering

I could have called this CASTRATION, but that sounds a little more provocative, doesn’t it? And I’m trying to at least calm myself. No, I’m not going to talk about either one today, [OOPS] but to reflect on how I can build my readership. I don’t believe I’ve availed myself of the platform’s methods, and that’s a pattern with me. (I did nothing to publicize my book). Since I’m forced to use…

BUBBLE TO BURST?

Is it me about to burst or the bubble? I know I’m about to burst…as in the toilet overflowing…but surely the USA won’t be able to continue to live with the “gang’s” selfish quackery much longer! What was that movie about the mafia? So blatant as to skip mention. What do we have against Venezuela anyway? After pointing out that Venezuela is not the problem with fentanyl, silence. While apparently…

WHAT WHAT WHAT?!

I’m not talking Republicans or Democrats–just flesh and blood humans. Can you remember back when our best wish for our child was to grow up to be president some day? Today I wouldn’t wish it on a dog–That is, not our current president and his collected “hood.” How can anyone willingly trade their precious humanity for merging with behavior typified by Lying, cheating,…

What to Save and Why

I’m planning on dropping out within the next ten years, and after sewer overflow/black mold I am faced with what to save before then, so my children won’t have to deal with them. (Friends and other relatives are dropping like flies.) There will be a file drawer (of 7) dedicated to Genealogy and another for my 53-year old daughter with Downs Syndrome (currently with incipient dementia). A big…

A New Word to Me

Vance, is reported to be in the middle of a conflict between what’s left of the traditional Republican Party and the so-called groypers, a far-right movement of disaffected extremists whose chief representative, Nick Fuentes, is arguably America’s most prominent neo-Nazi. Here is a taste of what you might hear from Fuentes during a typical episode of his show: “Hitler is awesome. Hitler was…

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