Category: The Daily Grind

Garden-variety musings

Origin Stories

Why do I spend so much of my time angry at the world? I am so furious now I could spit. Though I did come upon a raccoon stalking my trash heap last night, when I checked at dawn I was relieved to see that no two- or four-legged creature had torn bags apart. I’d left my car out at the curb to hold the parking space until the Waste Management truck arrived. But the […]

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Camping Fool

As of yesterday, I may be up to three scheduled camping trips this summer. In addition to the two I’ve told you about, I’ve potentially added another in July: three nights in the Trinity Alps (if there’s available space somewhere) with my once-boyfriend/now plain-old-friend. We’ll see if that actually happens. After well over a year of being mostly shut in, with little to look forward to, it’s nice to have these upcoming diversions. Since my […]

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Almost Perfect, But Not Quite

I remember the time (actually, one of the times) that I aggravated my first husband nearly to the point of fury (and he was not generally inclined toward rage). It was about 45 years ago and we were scoping out an organized campground somewhere in southern Utah where we planned to spend a couple nights in the great outdoors. In our loaded car, we meandered our way through the various loop roads so I could […]

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Love Hurts

The trouble with temporary crowns and multiple missing molars is that it’s challenging to eat. I’m trying, but a few pounds have disappeared in recent weeks, and sometimes I have to wear a belt to prevent the risk of indecent exposure. Inexplicably, I’m still on a serious possession-purging binge, now that I’ve nearly restored order to my basement. One day I tackled a bathroom cabinet and seven drawers and the linen closet. In the process, […]

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