I suspect that I am not alone, getting lost in memories at this time of the year. Here are some of my fondest of Christmases gone past. My mom loved Christmas, we’d clean and cook and spend the day with family and friends, stomping snow off their boots and settling…
We didn’t sleep much last night, Basura Cat and me, She demanded that the Conjunction, we did see. It was around 2am, when we took to the streets, Basura in my arms, me with warm slippers upon my feet. We wandered up and down the streets, in our neighborhood, We…
As I read about who is getting the opportunity to take the Vaccine, I see politicians who scoffed at the Pandemic, first in line ~ much like the story of The Little Red Hen. The Little Red COVID Hen: "Who will help me wear a mask?" “Not I,” said the…
There was a time back long ago, When off with my equipment, I’d go. I’d set up on stage and sing my songs, Having a grand time all night long. But back in March, when the virus hit, My world of music turned into shit. No more music across the…
Basura Cat upon my lap, together we watched the sunrise and how Jack Frost sits upon random rooftops. Frost is more of a hair coloring that a visitor here in San Antonio, where socks and sandals are commonplace during the winter months. Nothing like my Ohio childhood, where we would…
Basura Cat thinks that it’s kind of mean, That cats are not getting the Covid Vaccine. She wants to get back to life like it was before, When we had lots of friends walk through the door. I tried to explain that she was never at risk, But she just…
One year when I was young, all I wanted for Christmas was a drum. My mom said, “Only boys play the drums.” My argument was that Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters played the drums. My mom refused to budge on her belief, which sent me to the street to play…
A friend quit her teaching job, stating that her school is basically telling its employees to continue going to work, despite the spike in Covid 19 cases. She has underlying health issues, what are her choices? Continue working as more and more students test positive, as more of her co-workers…
Sofia: “I just called to say Hi, ask how your day has been and to let you know that I’m on my way home.” Me: (Silent) Sofia: “Hello, you there?” Me: “Yes...” Sofia: “You okay? You sound sad.” Me: “Well…yes.) Sofia: “What’s wrong?” Me: “You know when I said I…
My cat follows 45 on Twitter and everytime he cries about the 2nd Amendment, she believes him because as she says, "He's the President, he would never lie about such important things!" I have now suspended her twitter account, because I refuse to allow her to be whipped into a…