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  • Betwixt fevered husband and snoring retriever, Atop twisted soft flannel, bunched quilts, Lies the space where pain comes from contact too close. Left to my own devices, I must write lest I peel off my all Too stifl…

  • I was unable to find the recipe, but did concoct a passable version based on memory and a few entries on line that at least jarred my mind enough to produce a passable version for a pot luck birthday party we attended la…

  • HELP! I LOST MY RECIPE FOR TANZANIAN COCONUT CELEBRATION BEANS!!!!!! ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE THIS RECIPE? Blessings abound

  • Sometimes I find myself wondering what would have happened if certain people had entered my life earlier. Last week the wondering was about Gert. Today the wondering is about Mook. I had dinner with Mook last night. …

  • Admit it. You really want to Quit, don't you? Beat yourself up. It's become the habitual moan Released now and again upon the winds of cyberspace Grace My eye ears with your soulful keen of self pity and contem…

  • Piercing cold floorboards, Blues emerging from the dawn, Six o three a.m. Lightening in my soul, Sense of satisfaction reigns Balanced checkbook. Sipping hot Earl Grey, The day is growing better, Honeyed Ber…

  • Today's start at 0300 does not bode well for the rest of the day. The good news: I didn't step in it. The bad news: Loraboralabradora has had some vicious dog farts eking out of her in a valiant effort to hold in whate…

  • Merrow_Mistral asks: 1) are there exercises to keep the knees from creaking and overextending before a person fences? Lunges help stretch things nicely and are an essential move in fencing. Anything …

  • B) Ask me three questions, anything you want.From Daeshii:1. What do you like most about where you live?The Privacy and the quiet and most of all the trees. I like that I can step outside at night and see the stars …

  • From la_chatte_gitane's site. She got it from andromediva's site:A) First, recommend to me:1. a movie 2. a book 3. a musical artist, song, or album 4. another Xanga userB) Ask me three questions, anything you want.C) Go…

  • Merrow Mistral asks how long I've known my Vermont mom, Gert. I've known her for twenty two years. She was a unit clerk on the three to eleven shift when I started working as a brand new nurse. Gert had worked at the …

  • One of the problems with watching movies like The Green Mile, for me at any rate, is my inability to relax afterward. Compound that with free floating anxiety about my children- hey, they're collegians, I should let it …

  • Haven't been saying much lately. Have been ripping out large, ugly sweater project in an attempt to make it worthy of being worn. It is now reduced to several balls of wool. Would that doing life over were that easy. …

  • going to the dentist today. Having a permanent piece of work put in. Wonder if I'll be able to whistle "The Bridge Over the River Kwai" after all is said and done. Which will be pretty neat if I can- I never could b…

  • I sought surcease beneath the trees, Swaying, cleansing myself of caustic ire , No tropical zephyrs these breezes, No murmurs of oceanic ease. Stoic stripping of pretense , Ruffling my soul from without, Arctic g…

  • My goals for the day were to get there, get a touch on every one I fenced and not finish last. Turns out it wasn't such a misguided impulse to follow after all. I came in 26th out of 28. There was only one person u…

  • I'm fencing tomorrow for the first time in six months. A somewhat sedentary six months. And I'm not fully recovered from this cold, but I wanna play, damnit. I even called Big Watts to make an appointment to get my as…

  • Tumult kept me in my bed, sleepless, searching for something.....something for the day........something I forgot. A snatch and a snippet of a word I wanted for my last poem, elusive save for one nonsensical syllable no…

  • Sitting in my Venetian blind slatted light, Unassuming, Looks like a nurse to me. But, OH! the volcano writhing beneath the surface, Wanting to write it's way to eruption, Resolution of ebony porous stone, Flinty …

  • Did you ever have your jaw POP! and instantly feel your soul start spilling out your mouth? I did. Just today as a matter of fact. I felt looser, freer, more easy with in my skin than in a very long time. Now all …

  • Cool,pure tones pour from speakers, Cold hard words from my heart to my finger tips, This makes me think of you. Probing, hot breath, fingers, tongues Violation remembered in the innocent uniform Anonymous state tr…

  • I remember now, that time when I felt this grounded, Before corruption made me afraid of my shadow, Sure she would tell and everyone would see the marks. Now, I'm careful to whom I show the scars, One never knows …

  • I face my errors in judgement in different ways, at different times. Today I was released from work early due to the pittance of a snow storm and the threat it glowered at the region. I ran some errands, restocked my…

  • We've officially made it through our two site visits. One, done yesterday, was from the state coordinator from the vaccine program. She was delighted that I had things in place she usually has to instruct people to have…

  • Nothing makes bill paying more interesting than a good shot of Nyquil before shuffling through the accumulated detritus generated by living in a consumer society. One of the things I love about going through envelopes u…

  • Today I return to work. I'm a regular Ronco Snot o'Matic. She spews, she snorts, she snuffles. She takes DayQuil. A hefty, deep mug of Throat coat will accompany me to work. Blessings abound

  • My throat feels as if someone's skateboarded down it dragging a long line of razor fence behind them. At least today I've been awake and upright longer than I've been reclined and comatose. We went to Snaps today for b…

  • THINGS THAT SUCK: vacuum cleaners elephant trunks porn star actresses kids sipping soda through a straw yankhauer's porn star actors making mature decisions to stay home and not spread disease or worsen one's own …

  • Tis not looking very promising for the long-planned, much anticipated birthday trip to Maine. I'm feeling washed out after going to work today. I suspect that unless I feel markedly better by tomorrow morning, I will b…

  • Thankfully, the fever has abated and I am no longer shaking like Beyonce. Off to work tomorrow. Regarding my earlier inquiry- I do believe it's true. Somewhere, I'm sure there's a scientific study that shows the resp…

  • Does being emotionally vulnerable make one more vulnerable to microbes, bacteria and viruses, oh my?! Probably so, if you consider the bodymindspirit all one entity. that's enough for now. Blessings abound

  • Tuesday afternoon, Christine started looking pale and wan about four and had a fever of 101.1 by the time we left work. She didn't work Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon, I followed in her footsteps. Blessings abound

  • One of the problems with exploring my fear of weight loss and of being thin is the feeling of vulnerability and stupidity that remains like a hangover from a bad binge. Monday evening I continued to explore this issue…

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