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Malodour lingered long after the bash, the blow out had ended.So did Stenchy.Neandering about picking and flipping up the Solo cups and napkins, throwing the brown bags of empty this or that in the giant bin out back.Maladour initiated the damage control plan as the two of them walked about assessing the turned over and chaotic scene before them. The character assasins and the evil doing takes a depth of character all its own. And these two were two peas in a pod.Would it ever be possible to channel ...
Do. Not. Disturb.Look.Don’t touch.I need my personal space.Away from you.Don’t Look, Don’t Touch.Disgusting.Who?YouOr.Me.Learned.Innate.What makes you, you?Genes versus environment.🍷🍩💪🏻🍺🥊Bring it On.Bring your “A” game.If you have more than one, may God have mercyOn you.No worries.Unafraid.Not scared.Won’t even flinch.Things are about the get “fugly”Wo...
Surreal.Is this really happening?What just happened?I, for one,Didn’t see it coming.Whew.Talk about aging gracefully.I would settle for not aging before my number is up.Times are tough. Rough and tough. Tough and rough.There are moments when the brain waves are not able to keep up.Before.After.Yesterday.Tomorrow.Whenever.Yep.Stand together if we’re gonna survive. (gb)Provided th...
Apocalyptic.UnveiledRevelation.PropheticCoincidence.Pick one?Pick one.Which one?Were we all to live in a state of euphoria, what might life looks like? Would we all be floating around the sky, smiling at one another, exchanging glances of regard and neighborly waves?Magical.Logical.Practical.Mathematical.Pick one?Pick one.Which oneWhere might this mystical place be…..Here. T...
Death at the Vanity Table.Open to interpretation.Human nature provides us a template of principles and tools to live with and by.(rg)Today is a day of bewail that has been a dreaded thing long and coming.Opposites attract.Opposites attack.The vituperation became quiet, loud, ever present and definitely not proud.Sometimes. The intended original use of the matter becomes skewed beyond anybody’s recognition. Forgetting is not an option. Remembering ...
Aced out.Based out.Maced out.Blessed is the man holding the four aces. 🔥 Good ole’ Mark Twain does it again. Philosophically astute and willing to speak the quiet parts out loud.Twain furthers:”I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.Knowing the game. How to play the game. The art of the deal. Gambling has never been a thing for me. Not that I don’t appreciate the pomp an...
Into the wild blue yonder?No.The mules with no rules continue to ignore the by ways, by laws and boundaries. Broken morality the only vice leading their way.The only answer worth its weight in salt.Is.No.There is more than one way to skin a cat.There is more than one way to stop the madness.There is more to moving the goal post, than thinking you can,Move the goal post.On a whim.Your whim.His whim.Her whim.In the most de...
Trouble.The trouble with trouble is it takes no prisoners.It takes, all prisoners.Get what I am saying?As a young child, we are told not to do this or that or we will get in“Trouble”.There is a way to avoid trouble.🤔It is called trouble shooting.🤨The state of being difficult or bothersome.Effort or exertion made to do something, especially when inconvenient.A source of bother or irritation.A particular aspect of somethi...
Two of life’s best smells.🙂.103 years.Of a well lived life of family and responsibility. Delicious sugar cookies too.And.She drank coffee and ate bacon for more than half of those years.When I smell either, it brings me back……To a tiny home filled with welcoming love.To a time when seven of us piled into the station wagon (with parents who smoked cigarettes😮💨at the time) and headed to the magical place of fun and love. For celebration of family a...
It is never an easy thing to say for some.For others, it rolls off the tongue much too easily.Too rehearsed like the word”Um”.A filler phrase in the sentence filled with a lifetime of regrets.Yours.Mine.Ours.Taking the ownership that is due,One or the other.Who will make first move?Who will make the first move matter?In the long run.In the short run even.Who will make the next move better?Who will make the next mo...
Put your seat belts on kids.Egads!We are in for a rocky ride.Ahem!We will not be lovin’ eye contact anytime soon.Hurrah!We have each other to hold on to.Er!What do you mean by that?Boo!I don’t like you. I like the other one.Jeepers!Where’d you get those peepers.Ouch!I did not think you noticed.Phooey!I don’t care if you noticed.Amen!He is around us to hold our hand.Wow!To the Amen he is aro...
Variety is the spice of life.Arguments, debates and debatable questions for or against this concept are out there. Way out there. Here. There.Everywhere.Gift wrapped. In the strangest of times wrapped up in a tightly wound bandage of contradictions and challenges.Sometimes ya just gotta rip off the band aid.(rh)Ouch.What comes oozing out may be grosser than gross.Some may argue that routine is security. Routine is good.Finicky Fastidious is a monster to some. To...
Don’t judge a book by its cover.I think I smell cheese, or mold.They kinda are the same thing.One eventually turns into another……🐭🧀🐹🧀🐭🧀The quiet ones.The cute ones.The quiet and cute little ones.They are the ones to watch.The drive by’s and the agents are salivating, foaming at the mouth even.There is a whole lotta lurking going on……..The walls may have ears.Or it may really be the rodents up there having a f...
The funny thing about life….As young children we are taught to wash our hands. When we come into the house from our play, when we sit down at the table to share a meal. The thinking behind such a practice is we will learn to respect those around us, the effort they put into us for our well being and growth. Our growth of good and kind and giving individuals.Problems, complications and gossip arise when the perception of the action changes over time. If we “wash our hands” of someone or something you wer...
A lie of omission?A sin of omission?What is your mission?The traveler who comes to the wounded man’s aid is the least likely to show sympathy.How do you like them apples?I, for one, go bananas.At the thought.Of another person struggling, their struggles.Our neighbor is the one who needs the help that we can give him, whoever he may be. (wjb)The idea of compassion is challenged in the story of “Echo and Narcissus” by Thomas Bulfinch. ...
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