Monthly Archives: January 2011

The Dangers of Writing Class

Posted on January 31, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

First of all, I dropped into a Barnes and Noble today to find a nice new journal book with which to follow the directions in the class I’m taking.  To jot stuff down all the time, blah blah blah.  This … Continue reading →

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Guilty Pleasure: Ed the Dog

Posted on January 28, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

After George died, and we brought the wild man Ed the Dog home, we agreed he wouldn’t be allowed on the bed or furniture, as we had been sucked into that with George as a puppy.  Unfortunately George the Puppy … Continue reading →

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Guilty Pleasures

Posted on January 25, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

If you can all hang in there with me, I’m supposed to be writing in my “journal” regularly, and there are prompts for that in this writing class, so I figure this is as good a place as any to … Continue reading →

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Writing Class

Posted on January 23, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Our first assignment is about imagery.  We are to take a bumper sticker we’ve seen, describe the car, the person, what we find in the car etc. etc.  Here goes, for your reading pleasure, my first (since high school) creative … Continue reading →

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Albuquerque

Posted on January 22, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

Why does it seem to happen this way?  I wait for months for a conference and on the flight to Albuquerque the unmistakable fullness of the throat combined with a bit of scratchiness heralded the start of a cold.  I … Continue reading →

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Yes, Officer

Posted on January 19, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

I have been putting off admitting this, because whenever you get a ticket from a peace officer it’s a drag.  But this…this is so…so…so…  I had my phone on speaker.  My friend  said “I can’t hear you” – so I … Continue reading →

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For Chicagoans Only

Posted on January 18, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

So Andy and I were talking about his cat.  He pulled out the receipts from his adoption to check out the vaccinations in preparation for a checkup at the vet.  The agency description of Twister was “a robust kitten.”  They … Continue reading →

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Hary Morton

Posted on January 14, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

When I was in grade school sometimes we’d fool around with words – who didn’t – and exchanged the first letter of our last name with the first letter of our first name – making me Hary Morton.  Talk about … Continue reading →

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And then…

Posted on January 13, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

…the lady from Aurora passed away at 6 a.m. on January 8.  No regrets.

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Aurora

Posted on January 10, 2011 by favoritephilosopher

I had one of “those” experiences last week.  I went in to see a new patient, she lives in a dementia unit in an assisted living facility.  She has pneumonia.  Apparently just three weeks ago she was walking around with … Continue reading →

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