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
August 29, 2019
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Or is that any port for a bum? Lordie! Started the morning out with one of the ‘Hood’s signature Happenings. Ruby and I headed out for the daily doggy-walk right at 5:30. We step forth through the side gate and … Continue reading
August 21, 2019
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Human to Ruby: Y’know: you’re my favorite dog. Ruby to Human: I’m your only dog, you chucklehead! The sun is coming up a little later each day, so we’re not getting out to avoid the blast furnace heat at our … Continue reading
August 2, 2019
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Comments Off on Lost in Dystopia???
Okay, I’ve either come unstuck in time or I’ve come unstuck in space. Or from reality. Quite possibly, in reality we live in some imagined dystopia, more horrible than Aldous Huxley or George Orwell or even Mitch McConnell could dream … Continue reading
July 23, 2019
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These jamborees get better and better. Arizona’s “monsoon” has finally arrived. What IS that? Rain, that’s all. It’s a late-summer rainy season. This is the time of year when reasonably tolerable 110-degree “dry” heat gives way to unreasonably intolerable swamp … Continue reading
July 5, 2019
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Out the door at 5 a.m., in early July well after day has dawned. It is just gorgeous at that time of morning: cool, clean, and quiet. Most people are still in bed; the few who are stirring are not … Continue reading