Archive for July, 2003
Thursday, July 31st, 2003
Shrinking the Big City
In my father’s business, a laundry and dry cleaners, the front counter came up past my waist, the perfect height into which to lean your upper body, arms resting on the counter itself and pass the time of day. When Papa did this he had a certain way of cocking one knee while holding the [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2003
Wednesday Walkabout
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2003
Making An Angel
For more than a week now I’ve been working on a present for my Mother’s 80th birthday next week. For this occasion, R., D., J., and I will be making a pilgrimage to the Little Town, my first in almost a year and a half. I’ve seen Mother during that time, once at Aunt K.’s [...]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2003
Baby Laugh
Leaning over the cart I spoke to the delighted baby girl inside, “You know you have him wrapped around your little finger, don’t you?”
The beaming father laughed and held up each hand, pinkies extended. “Her big sister has this one,” he said, gesturing with one hand, “and this one’s all hers.”
The baby giggled, and he [...]
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Monday, July 28th, 2003
The School Bell Tolls
Yesterday at the grocery store a donation bin for school supplies jumped out in front of me. As I stopped to rub my shin, which I’d smartly barked on said receptacle, I read the “fill a school bus” theme on the banner soliciting donations. Some echo of dreaded first days blew across my mind. “August,” [...]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2003
Mommy! Horsies!
Walking through the grocery store on my way to the deli this afternoon I heard the delighted cry, “Mommy! Horsies!”
Turning around I saw a young wannabe cowpoke dancing up and down in his little Justin Ropers at the sight of these stand-up steeds. Mama whisked him up and into the grocery cart in an instant [...]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2003
People Watching – Clie Cam
I almost called this entry “Before, During and After.”
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Saturday, July 26th, 2003
Kuno, The Dog-Eating Catfish
Surfing around this morning in search of inspiration I came across the tale of Kuno the dog-eating catfish, a five-foot leviathan that washed up dead on the shores of a lake in Germany. The good folk in the neighborhood referred to this little minnow as their local Loch Ness Monster. They really need to come [...]
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Friday, July 25th, 2003
Quite A Pair
After several false starts and stops this week R. and I made it to the bookstore yesterday. And we made quite an entrance thanks to yours truly. During the engineering feats required to install the trunk lift for the power chair one of the chair’s fenders was scratched. Scooter Boy came to the house a [...]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2003
Caladiums in My Windows
The caladiums in the bed outside the window by my chair have grown high enough that I can only see the traffic in the intersection between thick green and white leaves. It just happened some time in the last week. One morning I turned my head toward the sound of a passing truck and saw [...]
