Saturday, May 09, 2020

Water seeks its own level

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I'm so glad I live in this community! It was sunny, clear and cold for this time of year (45ยบ). I had to pick up prescription cat food ...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: I'll Always Love My Mama (1973) 1) This week's featured artists, The Intruders, sing that they don't know how t...
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It can hit anyone. Even Gregory.

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Friday I heard about Gregory. He's tall, slender and handsome. And sophisticated -- Gregory knows which wine to order and can explain t...
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May Music Meme -- Day 9

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A song that makes you happy. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Friday, May 08, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 8

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A song about drugs or alcohol. Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Thursday, May 07, 2020

Working from home, spring 2020

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From the New Yorker

May Music Meme -- Day 7

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A song to drive to. OK, this one is tough because I don't drive. But I do recall one night, after a birthday dinner, when my friend Bar...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2020

I miss the pear salad!

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Stumbled on this photo in The Sun Times and it touched my heart. How well I know that corner! How often I made my way down Randolph, past ...

May Music Meme -- Day 6

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A song that makes you want to dance. Ba de ah!  (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020

I, Me, Mine

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The pandemic has not brought out the best in us, I'm afraid. I'm not just talking about selfish and silly live-free-or-die, fight-t...
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May Music Meme -- Day 5

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A song that needs to be played loud. I dearly love this one ... loud . (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Monday, May 04, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 4

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A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget. We broke up briefly. This song was popular. We reconciled, and I wasted an addi...
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Sunday, May 03, 2020

When every choice is of consequence

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I've now received four letters in all from Darius, the lifer at Western Illinois Correctional Center that I correspond with through my...
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May Music Meme -- Day 3

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A song that reminds you of summertime. Hearing everyone's favorite Cubbie blue monster singing the stretch fills my heart with sunshine...
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Sunday Stealing

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CONVERSATION STARTERS 1. What is your favorite song lyric? Why? "You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches on ahea...
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Saturday, May 02, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 2

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A song you like with a number in the title. This not only has two numbers in the title, it's perfect Beatle symmetry. One of the first...
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Friday, May 01, 2020

Saturday 9

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LITTLE THINGS     1) In this song, Bobby Goldsboro celebrates the "little things" that delight him, like seeing his girl smi...
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Nothing but good news

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Wednesday night, Chicago's athletes participated in a telethon to benefit those feeling the negative effect of the corona virus crisis. ...
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Those who pay the dearest price

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I am, naturally, appalled by the self-important whiners who act as though their civil rights have been severely impeded by a once-in-a-centu...
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May Music Meme -- Day 1

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A song you like with a color in the title. Aha! This song has two colors in the title! And I do adore it.  (Play along! Click here for pro...
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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Hello, Moto!

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Here's my brand spanking new phone, the Motorola Moto E6. It took me just under 3 hours to be up and running -- apps, contacts and all. ...
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Answer these musical questions

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Join Kwizgiver! Click here for prompts.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Sign of the times

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Yesterday, when I wandered over to my favorite coffee shop for brunch to go, I saw a sign in the window of a local salon. Through the wind...

One Gal's Truth Bomb

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'Truth bomb" is a much-loved phrase among a subset of Americans, employed when they're about to say something they feel isn...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

"I'm your doctor now."

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The sweetest words I've heard in a long time! I had a teleconference with an internist yesterday and it was so cool! I've been w...
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Tuesday 4

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Extremes 1) Besides a house or car, what is the most expensive thing you've ever bought? I've splurged on vacations, but I think ...
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Monday, April 27, 2020

Lucky Me

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Sunday afternoon I took a long, 3 mile walk to and from the CVS on the other side of town where everyone is nice. It was warm enough to get ...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020

Sunday Stealing

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FILL IN THE BLANK 1. Right now I'm _____. in my jammies 2. _____ is my well known quirk. Sloppiness 3. Are you _____? fucking kiddi...
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Me and Dad and Frank

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There's a game on Facebook where you tag a friend, asking him or her to share the 10 albums that had the greatest influence on their m...
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