Monthly Archives: September 2012

Day 239 Certainly I have never been a squirrel in a former life. After today’s doings I am fairly sure of that. This afternoon I collected acorns for a friend. Since I have 3 huge oak trees on my property … Continue reading →

Day 238 Every once in a while the dog will smell like a mouse. I don’t mean that the dog has the same sniffing capacities as a mouse, but that she actually smells like a mouse. Tonight, when I got … Continue reading →

Day 237 How many of us, as kids, would lie on our backs in the grass, faces toward the sky, searching for animal shapes in the clouds? My guess would be a lot. Though I don’t have even one single … Continue reading →

Day 236 Before I made this move to Chicago … I had searched the country for THE PERFECT new home town. Over 3 years I traveled to 9 states, drove thousands of miles, scoured the areas for just the RIGHT … Continue reading →

Day 235 It gets to be this time of year … the sun sets a bit earlier, the temperature drops, the nights loom long. And the fall season of television programs begins. I like to think of myself as not … Continue reading →

Day 234 Well, the day has finally come … the day when, alas, I have picked the last tomato from the vine. I could have given it another week … but our nights have been quite chilly and, knowing me … Continue reading →

Day 233 Well, I thought their leaving would have been more ceremonious … like the scene of the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. Flocks of cicada flying off into the sunset … flocks or herds or whatever of … Continue reading →

Day 232 Back in the 70’s Saturday Night Live had the recurring character Roseanne Roseannadanna (played by Gilda Radner) as a guest bit on their “Weekend Update” portion of the program. She was a brash, opinionated, loud-mouth who always got things mixed up … Continue reading →

Day 231 It’s a good thing Halloween is coming up. No one will think too much of the lovely witch-black my hair has become thanks due to contents of the box of Garnier Dark Chocolate. I would have been better off if I had … Continue reading →

Day 230 I am sickened and saddened, once again. A week full of tears and anguish. Not good. This morning, as the buzz saws worked their way into my dreams, I awoke knowing what was going on … My neighbor’s … Continue reading →