January 23, 2020
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Am I the only one who’s noticed that Amazon’s prices on a wide range of goods are…well, exorbitant? Surely not… Okay, admittedly: it’s worth something not to have to traipse around the city to get this, that, and the other … Continue reading
January 8, 2020
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No. Not in Kansas. We now live on Dystopia 3, a world whirling around some iridescent monstrosity of a distant star. Two sure signs: 1. The neighbor’s new cat… Other Daughter, the airheaded and evidently mentally ill creature who had … Continue reading
December 6, 2019
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Occasionally when I chat with folks — especially strangers — I’m reminded that living in a central-city neighborhood poses certain risks that those in middle-class suburbs escape. Truth to tell, most of the time I don’t dwell on the dangers … Continue reading
October 30, 2019
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So now for the usual two to four weeks of nagging, barking cough, the inevitable follow-on when one of these ailments afflicts me. Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough…. I … Continue reading
October 2, 2019
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So when I moved into the Funny Farm, lo! these many years ago, the flowerbed under the front window hosted four strange and rather dowdy plants. These things, a variety of bamboo (we’re told), were planted by Satan and Proserpine … Continue reading
September 10, 2019
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So once again Harvey the Hayward Pool Cleaner has choked on a palm-tree seed, and I’ve dragged him (and myself…) up to the Leslie’s Pools store to be dissected, cleaned out, and put back together. This process is free, but … Continue reading