Tag: random musing
member name: Ruth MacGill
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October 10, 2007 10:01 AM EDT --
My new Dell computer is a gem, gleaming silver and blue on the bench before me. It seems to be telling me, "Ok, Hotshot, Let’s have at it and unload some old stories and new ideas before that . . . more
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February 27, 2008 11:35 AM EST --
Decisions, Decisions!
I'm off to a good start this morning. I took my pills, fed Chatterbox, my sick old female cat, cleaned the cat boxes, filled my 7-day pill boxes - one for morning pills and . . . more
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February 26, 2008 11:56 AM EST --
I Only Wanted a Doughnut!
Early yesterday I picked up a friend to take him to a spot where he would pick a ride to work. He is an old licensed electrician who supervises a crew of younger fellows . . . more
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May 04, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
Requiem for a Little Sofa
It has been more than a month since a little sofa appeared beside the road by a dumpster not far from this rural horse camp. It was the size of a love seat, but overstuffed . . . more
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December 27, 2007 09:20 AM EST --
Writing About Writing
About an hour ago, at 4 A.M., I woke up with a soft furry body nestled on my shoulder and a contented purring in my ear. It was my white cat Forrest, the most cuddly of all my . . . more
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August 01, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
Summing Up the Day
This is the day, the first of the month, when I always go to town for monthly supplies. It turned out pretty good. I went alone, and on the way in I stopped in Alpine, a halfway . . . more
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March 03, 2008 09:39 AM EST --
Odds and Ends
This has to be fast, because I have to pick up Jane at 8 A.M. for a trip to town (San Diego). I expect I will be gone about as long as I will if I go to the Congress of History event . . . more
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April 03, 2008 01:40 AM EDT --
The wind has been blowing hard for days and days, and during that time I have been trying to shrug off some reflective blues. You know the kind you get when you are trying to go to sleep, and you start . . . more
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May 25, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
This is supposed to be the biggest weekend of the year at this Indian Horse Camp. Every Memorial Day weekend they conduct calf-roping contests, but this year there are probably no more than 20 rigs, with . . . more
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June 05, 2008 01:08 AM EDT --
Was This a Russian Treat for American Visitors?
I have no business starting an article so late, but I keep chuckling about something I read in one of Barack Obama's books - "Audacity of Hope", . . . more
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June 19, 2008 11:22 AM EDT --
I feel utterly 'blah' this morning, but I still want to say hello to Gatherworld. I'm totally without a glimmer of inspiration to write anything worth reading today.
In fact I have felt . . . more
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July 14, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
The last article I read last night before retiring was a well-written discourse on the coming collapse of our economy. It predicts the end of life as we know it for the foreseeable future. There wasn't . . . more
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July 19, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
I can't decide what to do with today, or tomorrow either. Since I am sooo retired, I hate weekends. Even when we have a good number of horse campers here in this Indian reservation horse park, . . . more
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December 24, 2006 01:54 AM EST --
What Would Tickle a Terrorist?
By that, I mean how would you make an evil-intentioned person chuckle, at something other than torturing their enemies? Surely these stern, self-righteous people . . . more
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November 22, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
Slowing Down in the Fast Lane, or Down the River and Over the Falls
This is one of those days I feel as if I am reclining in my Lazyboy in the middle of a freeway, or another analogy would be that . . . more
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January 05, 2008 12:17 PM EST --
First of all it is RAINING! Hallelujah! We need it badly. The winds are strong and the lights went out momentarily causing the loss of the first draft of this article, but they came back on in a . . . more
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November 17, 2007 12:23 PM EST --
A little Random Musing - 11/17/2007
Good morning! It is 6:15 as I start writing, and the sun is about to come over the eastern horizon. I have done my chores, taken my pills, and I’m ready to . . . more
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December 19, 2007 10:49 AM EST --
GOOD MORNING GATHER WORLD!
The series of storms continues to blow in from the Pacific Northwest bringing lots of rain and snow to the Sierras north of San Francisco, but not much . . . more
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May 08, 2008 11:04 AM EDT --
With the advent of Mother's Day fast approaching, there are advertisements abounding about gifts to give Mother, especially flowers. I want to talk about the flowers.
As I reflect on all the beautiful . . . more
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December 05, 2006 12:04 PM EST --
Early Morning Walkabout in a Pickup Truck
It isn’t cold this morning and the wind is calm, so my wayward dog, Rocky, did not choose to come in the trailer after two hours of running loose . . . more
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