Monthly Archives: March 2014

Thursday night – cakeu

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I'm down in Sherburne again… Checking in on my folks. My dad is back in the hospital. I went and visited him today which was hard. It's tough to see him uncomfortable

My cousin Leslie and her husband Bret were there which was great. I haven't seen them since my brother's 50th birthday. It was so nice catching up with them. Leslie has an amazing memory and remembered all the times we pulled her pigtails as a kid… She seems to have forgiven us though.

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Leslie had this great picture on her phone. It's a picture of my grandmother, Madeline, my father (on the left) and my uncle bird (on the right). There's a birthday cake on the table. Judging by the six candles, it must be my father's birthday, As he was the younger. It's great getting this picture of him as a smiley kid.

 

Nice to have in my mind right now.
That's it for today
Michael, night Sam

-me

 

Wednesday night – ash Wednesday

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Today is Ash Wednesday. It's always been a mystery to me.the tipping point between the craziness of Mardi Gras and the long slog of Lent. I'm not a Christian. So I've never observed it directly. But I've observed other people observing it. I remember the mystery of seeing people with smudges on their forheads when I was a kid. It was is mysterious to me as our weird fasting and crazy candles were to others.

I like the idea of Lent though. It is giving something up. I think this Lent I'm going to give up something really interesting like cranberries or tire chains.. Or arsenic… Or maybe i will give up a letter.. Like the letter ' '. (Rhymes with sn'w)

That's it n' m're letter 's f'r the rest 'f the m'nth. W'w this is harder than i th'ught it w'uld be. Its hell 'n the spell checker that's f'r sure .. This is g'nna be t'ugh !

I feel m're pius already

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Tuesday night – 777

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Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..  that’s the sound in my head right now. I have had 4 hours of sleep, a high fever,  1 claritin and 1.5 glasses of wine and about  13 hours of really, really intense technical phone calls. It’s a pleasant feeling, but I’m no longer really coherent .   In fact.. i don’t think i was any better at the beginning of the day

i did one really useful thing today and that was … i voted. today was town meeting day, which I completely missed.. but Diane did scourge me to get dressed, stand up., get in the car, and perform my civic duty of voting. It’s a right which i cherish.. and I really love the way democracy is practiced in our little town. I love the fact that I need to ‘state my name’ to  my neighbor and friend that’s managing the voting.

one cool thing that did happen after I voted my liberal/commie line was that Diane’s ballot was 776.. that made mine 777 .. an auspicious number because.. ummmm.. because.. it just looks cool. here’s the grand count before my vote. a pedestrian ‘776’

then my vote made it the hyper auspicious ‘777’

 
that makes my day complete.. All it will take is another night of fever delirium and insomnia to contemplate the significance

nite all, nite sam
-me

Monday night – Claritin-D

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I have a mini version of the flu which kept me from takign a trip to California this week and has me sneezing, coughing and aching.. but…… It also has me floating around on a cloud of Claritin D

oi don’t know what makes something ‘over the counter’ but this stuff.. billed as a decongestant is an abusable drug.. Ever since taking one this afternoon i feel like im in some sort of 1960’s movie.. where my head is floating about 10 feet above my body, I’m getting psychedelic flashes of color in my peripheral vision and the walls are breathing (they are,man !) .. my typing even sucks worse than usual..

I think i must have a delicate constitution.. but this stuff has me orbiting Planet 10… .. and I have this great soundtrack goign in my brain

One pill makes you larger
and one pill makes you small
and the ones that Mother gives you
don’t do anything at all

I’ll share it with you if i can find it.. it’s Gillian Welch channeling Grace Slick..doing “White Rabbit: ah.. here it is: .. you may have to do a few clicks.. but it’s worth listening to

Remember.. what the doormouse said !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me