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Covid
"You can never be too careful," some say. "Let's put safety first." And I have. I have kept away from crowds and have taken every step I could to avoid getting Covid. Contrariwise, I have friends...
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Kumbaya
Still sick, but better. It has been a week. I read an article this morning in the Times, though, about all the long-term health effects Covid patients are having. It both scared and depressed me....
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The Stink of Death
My life, as miserable as it is, is still a source of comedy. You might get a kick out of this, at least. I began to smell it a few days ago. The odor has begun to dominate the house. Something,...
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Djinns of Smoke, Genies of Hope
The air was pungent last night after I closed up the house. I had the doors open all day to air it out. But the carcass beneath the floors must have been reaching its bloated maximum. I had eaten...
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Tropical Visions
The stink of death is fading. Perhaps in another day it will be undetectable. One is happier with undetectable death, of course. Ignorance is bliss. I spent a very lazy Saturday that rolled along...
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Interminable Solitude
I made a romantic dinner for one last night, at least I thought so--ginger/soy halibut over jasmine rice. It doesn't sound like all that, but there was a lot of prep and clean up that went into that...
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The Tale of the Blade
"I just got a beautiful bracelet. It is part of the Jennifer Lopez collection."I don't know. It just sounds dumb. I had a wife who liked buying David Yurman jewelry. I went along, but it was a...
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Filling the Pantry
I've fallen in love with Trader Joe's again. I had not been during the entire pandemic even though it is near my house. It has the worst parking lot in the world, always full, tiny and shared with...
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Business Acumen
These are weird times. Game Stop stock is a good example. Bitcoin is another. I don't understand any of it, really. The N.Y. Times tried to explain what a hedge fund manager does this morning....
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Not Right on a (Lone) Wolf Moon
I have been at loose ends all day, unable to settle down. Perhaps my anxiety was due to my appointment with the surgeon in the afternoon. That is over and done, however, and my gyroscope is still...
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O.K. I'm Over It
It's o.k. I'm over it. I slept pretty well through the full moon last night. My sleep and dreams are colored by what I watch on television before bed, I've found. No more dramas before bed for...
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As The Day Fades Westward
It is four o'clock on a Friday afternoon, and the big question is whether or not to have a drink. Yet, I mean. If I start now, there are six hours until bed. I can do a lot of damage in that time....
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Nighttime Navigation
Last night, I took a scotch to the deck to smoke a cheroot. Yea, I know. I had two, but that is all. And I only smoked half of the cheroot. While I was sitting there, the cat came out from under...
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Futile
I've been sitting for a long while this morning staring at the computer screen, wondering what to write. Nothing is coming to me. Nothing. The morning is clear and cold. I stare through the window...
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I Grew Up Playing Tarzan
Yesterday C.C. asked me if I had seen the 1931 movie "Trader Horn." I hadn't, but I began to do a little bit of Googling. Now it is a must-see. Everything that could go wrong in making a movie went...
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Very Sleepy, Long and Blonde
I must have been exhausted. By what, I haven't a clue. I do nothing, really, but maybe it was some sort of worry fatigue. I spend a lot of energy on that, I guess. As you know, I was up early...
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Groundhog Day
It's Groundhog Day. In more ways than one. I don't care if P. Phil sees his shadow or not. My stars will be misaligned for awhile still, or so they say. I'm starting to believe it, believe that...
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Covid Lockdown Syndrome
I am up late and still drugged by last night's Advil PM. It is unlikely that I could follow the old doctor's recommendation of "take two and call me in the morning." My fingers wouldn't work the...
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Maybe It's a Fairy
So. . . WTF is that?!? That's the query I sent to friends last night. I had eaten dinner and was halfway through a movie when I decided to take a drink and a cheroot out into the cold night to...
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Foxfire Galore
Well. . . if it is a fairy, it is still there. And it has been joined by others. When I went out tonight to look, I walked around the tree and then around the yard. I have many bits of Foxfire on...
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