Quiet day

at the office

outside, April drones

its pollen tune--

Achoo!

“I got my Zyrtec in the morning,

and Benadryl at night.”

Spring’s splendor

tugs at my heart

and waters my eyes

awake to its glory,

ragweed and all.

  Friday afternoon.

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Happy Friday, everyone!  I haven't posted in a dog's age because I've been feverishly working on and performing my solo show--the goal is to finish this weekend and have a complete show by spring!

I wanted to share something very special that I found this morning posted by the Alzheimer's Associ… Read full post »

Clint.  Why, oh why, oh why?  Who made the decision to let you speak at the Republican National Convention last night?  And with unkempt hair, no less.  His talking to the chair where imaginary Obama was sitting reminded me of the film Harvey with Jimmy Stewart (now a Broadway pla/… Read full post »

I was the recipient of a PM from grace dajkpa female this morning, and I see in the comment section in fernsy’s latest post that I’m not the only one.  Gdf wants to spread her love around, and that’s okay.  Seems like we need some peace and love here at OS. … Read full post »

Lest we not forget our spammer/bot friends in cyberspace, let me introduce you to my newest friend.  Her name is Vannessa Mbogo.  And she wishes me “best Compliment of the day.”  I have no idea what that means since she didn’t tell me what the compliment was.  Pe/… Read full post »

“Boy, boy, crazy boy!
Stay loose, boy!
Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it.
Turn off the juice, boy!
Go man, go,
But not like a yo-yo schoolboy.
Just play it cool, boy,
Real cool!”

                Stephen Sondheim (ly… Read full post »

Who do you love?  Grammatically speaking, "whom" would be correct in this case but "who" sounds better.  Apparently “Jessica” loves me. This is the PM I received from her yesterday:

NICE TO MEET YOU.
my name is Jessica. here is my privet e-mail' ( nechwajessica@yahoo.com )
i wi/… Read full post »

In February I went to California and my Dad and I took a trip along the Pacific Coast Highway towards Santa Barbara.  This is not really "my" sky since I live in New Jersey, but rather views of the Pacific sky through my own lens (iPhone, to be exact).   The first… Read full post »

Don’t know why there’s a fog inside my brain, foggy brai-ain!  Can’t seem to get my poor self together, it’s raining all the time.  (to be sung to the tune of “Stormy Weather”)

Lately I’ve been experiencing what can be best described as &ldqu… Read full post »

In the wheelchair

rocking

pushing forward from the hips

seeking that thing

that fell to the ground

in the day room

after breakfast.

Was it a last bit of muffin

or a hidden gem

no one else could see

but she knows is there

She reaches, straining

nobody notices… Read full post »

OS has been a second home for me this past year and a half.  I started writing here last January at my husband’s urging—he felt it would help me write more and provide a venue to express what I was going through with my sick Momma.  I was very fearful when… Read full post »

“Well I’m gonna get through this world
the best I can if I can.

And I’m gonna get through this world

And I think I can.”

                        Woody Guthrie

&nb… Read full post »

“Insanity:  doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

            Albert Einstein

That’s me, insane.  Einstein was a genius and he said this, so I must be.  I made a vow to myself/… Read full post »

1.  Don’t Let Physical Impairments Define You.  (Quincy has asthma, is totally blind in his right eye and has 30% vision in his left.  He's already lost one of his nine lives.)

2.  Do Something Weird or Ridiculous Whe/… Read full post »

The lady who sits outside the elevator

on the third floor,

who always wears a necklace

of chunky multicolored plastic beads

isn’t smiling today.

I call her “The Smiling Lady”

because she always smiles,

and sometimes compliments me,

but she isn’t smiling today.

She glowe… Read full post »

Good morning, all.  I was wondering if anyone else received a lengthy email from Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, and if so, how you are choosing to respond (or not) to it?  I would call this part spam and part scam or spam, spam, spam, spam and eggs and spam.  What do you t… Read full post »

"They call it Stormy Monday

But Tuesday's just as bad

They call it Stormy Monday

But Tuesday's just as bad

Lord, and Wednesday's worse

And Thursday's all so sad."

It’s “hump day,” the Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend:  the perfect time for a mental pick-me-up. … Read full post »

“All I have left is my skin.”  That’s what Mom told me today when we were sitting outside.  It wasn’t the easiest visit with her.  As my husband Lorin says, every visit costs.  It costs me emotionally, if in no other way.  I may leave elated after a go/… Read full post »

“Well those silly bully boys

They lost more than their toys”

           The Tiger Lillies

At Blessed Sacrament School (also known as “BSS”), which my brother called “Bull Shit School,” the atmosphere was… Read full post »

Mireille Enos (Linden) and Joel Kinnaman (Holder)
photo by Frank Ockenfels/AMC

It feels like the perfect day to discuss The Killing:  it is dark and rainy in New York and I pulled my back out, so I’m feeling a bit other-worldly.  AMC’s The Killing is one of those spoo/… Read full post »

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”

            Matthew 7:15 King James Bible

Prophet Manasseh Jordan called me on my cell phone Friday afternoon. … Read full post »

I realize that I am responding late to the open call for “awesome stories” by the new editor, but I am hoping that he/she will take into consideration that I was indisposed yesterday while undergoing a colonoscopy.

My awesome story commenced on Wednesday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. when… Read full post »

“Is that all there is?
Is that all there is?
If that’s all there is my friends,
then let’s keep dancing
Let’s break out the booze
and have a ball
If that’s all there is.”

                Jerry Lei/… Read full post »

This is a follow-up piece to my post of April 16, "Robin Gibb in a Coma". 

I am delighted to report that Robin Gibb surprised his doctors and awakened from a coma while The Titanic Requiem, his first classical composition, was playing, son Robin-John said on Monday.  The symphony, which… Read full post »

“I have a place where dreams are born,
And time is never planned.
It's not on any chart,
You must find it with your heart.
Never Never Land.”

        --music by Mark Charlap & Jule Styne, lyrics by Comden & Green

In my freshman year of high school, I… Read full post »