I know it is not me who is bewildered by the age of my mother and the “burden” of what to do with her. I hear it from all of my friends who have an aged mother. But the drama at the other end of the line is increasing on a daily basis, the flood of tears driven by fear, paranoia, and utter self pity are increasing, and the anxiety it produces in me on…
Among Other Things The rest have driven to the mall. Any second now it’ll be too dark. This close to the edge, among other things, I read. Leaves rattle overhead. Little pockets of canned applause sift through the screened porch in next door’s yard. CONOR O’CALLAGHAN
The Spanish Custom House is having open house every day leading up to the auction. Today they had two women in antebellum dresses and parasols hanging around the house. We walked over with the dogs and poked around – a dream house for sure. Everyone walked in with curiosity and walked out with the dream of what they would do if they had this house. Later, I went to look at a house for sale…
From Sunday to Saturday there has been monkeys on my back juggling major to minor challenges and constantly hitting me on the head and chattering in both ears. The noise ranges anywhere from what are you going to do about your mother to how are you going to pay your mortgage if you lose your job to Wolfie. The times they are uncertain, annoyingly so, and just when you think you got it all under…
If you haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire, go now! I’ve been over the top stressed with work, not able to leave my desk and get any yoga or pilates or exercise in, barely even walking the dogs, not even hula hooping (which I did for only 15 minutes on Wednesday). It has caused me to feel, how shall I say, TENSE. So I’ve been mopey and pouty and in a general clenching teeth mode. Last night,…
If you did not already know President Obama signed into law today the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act granting equal pay for equal job. Believe me when I tell you THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I’ve heard since he won the election.
When we found Wolfie, she was emaciated, had had at least one litter of puppies, was not spayed, had heartworms, had fleas, and was filthy. She didn’t have the tag but I never looked for the owner. Whoever owned her, shouldn’t have. Since finding Wolfie, I’ve heard from people who have jobs like you and me, who perform extraordinary miracles on the side. One woman has rescued 500 German Shepherds in her lifetime. Another woman…
The word of the day is malediction – the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil. Well, consider that the malediction the cosmos dinged me with is impatience. Patience (?p?-sh?nz) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. It is also used to refer to…
Wednesday that feels like Monday – a friend used the acronym – BOHICA – I’ll let you figure out what a day like that means with an acronym like BOHICA. But meanwhile, Wolfie, she is becoming more family member like – funny how that happens. Her heart worm treatment will start very soon. When she is going through it, we will have to keep her and her new found best friend Loca apart so that…
I was walking the streets of Boston and was impressed by how many beautiful men Boston seems to always have. What prompted this was a man crossing the street, with gorgeous eyes and a chiseled face and how he looked right into my eyes. I mentioned this to this person next to me and he said, “What’d you care?” Later, I was speaking to a colleague about the bar in Nine Zero where I stayed.…