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Today, after almost six days of being held hostage by self in this house, I ventured out to where else, the rectangular box looking store.  Picked some veggies, some eggs, and other essentials, among them my 72% cocoa dark master.   Have to be prepared for next shut down.  Passing by the Electronics Department, I glancedContinue reading “Looked real good…and then he turned around…”

This little one was looking for food, something or a compass?  When I saw him/her (from now on, the gender should be referred to as hh, because we don’t know),  I thought, what the heck is hh doing in this neck of the woods.  Shouldn’t hh be already in the Southern most part of the east coast,  or gettingContinue reading “Go south young man/woman…go south…”

Finally, the soup materialized…very easy and simple to do, but just right for a cold day such as today.  Door bell…I wonder who that can be at this time of the night, oops!, it is only 6:32 pm, but it looks and feels as if it was getting close to midnight.  It is Miss Hannah, (remember,Continue reading “Good things…homemade soup and kisses”

Yes, 11:oo am came on Monday, and not a sight of anything white or colorless dropping from the sky.  Oh well, I thought, no excuses available, so I guess I have to go to the Community Center today.  But because it was a bit later than I usually have been going (2 days last week),Continue reading “Still waiting…”

I am exhausted…it is only 2:45 pm Sunday afternoon and I am ready to sit again to continue the process of the disappearing derriere.  That’s until I go to Wal-Mart to see about those magical balls that will stop the disappearing act.  There’s not worst thing than being your own boss, especially if you are aContinue reading “A quilt… and over 20 years ago…”

Well, there you have three of them…probably you are thinking, what’s with her now?  This afternoon, after sitting at the computer for a few hours, when I was getting up from the chair, I realized how my derriere was kind of sore.  Then, as you probably know a bit of me by now, I thought,Continue reading “My musical chairs and flat derriere…”

Welcome to my favorite winter spot.  It is the warmest, brightest and most  welcoming spot to an always cold body in my house.  Here I take in my daily doses of Vitamin D (whenever the clouds allow the center of our planetary system to shine through), ponder on things to do or not to, and feel grateful thatContinue reading “My winter retreat…”

This is my community center’s inside walking trail.  I went there yesterday morning, around 10:30 am and registered ($5 for a whole year!, I am a resident, big difference), had a nice chat with Miss Linda, the receptionist, and on my way up to the trail, just in a very casual way, I asked her, isContinue reading “My walkabout…”

This morning while I was doing my bed, a thought hit me out of the gray.  The sun was not out yet, so it was still gray.  I had not done any resolutions at all.  But the next second, I went on to realize the routine for my mornings.  Boy, was it difficult to get out of bed. Continue reading “Resolutions…are we there already?”

This was dinner last night.  I took the first bite and I thought, wow! this is the sweetest potato ever I have tasted.  What did they put on the ground?  Then…I remembered, I had put some sliced dates in the stir fry and I was chewing on a piece of date together with the sweet potato. Continue reading “Now you see it…now you don’t”