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I leave the bedroom door open a crack at night. For the cats. I've learned that Marcus and Sabrina can combine their scratches on the door with soft meowings - let us out, or let us in. So it's easier to leave the door open, a crack to allow peaceful travel to and fro. Call …
After the death of my road buddy Bill, I continued wandering alone. A fancy word for this is solivagent. Like Pius Itinerant, I like to toss these words around because they seem so much more cultured and eloquent than bum. But It's all the same thing. Now food, as in where to get a good …
Big plans for that career? Get the degree, go for the Ph.D, professorship and, oh yes, the adoration of your students! Sounds familiar, a sort of long-range plan that maps out your future. But as my dad, Nicholas Carreras, always said, have a backup trade or career just in case. You can be tempted by …
Query most people who've led an "interesting" lifestyle, and they'll sigh and say they prefer their current lot of peacefulness. They've had it with lots of upsets, curious interruptions in the flow of normality, relocations, challenging romantic entanglements, and even some spots of violence or mental dislocation. I kid you not! No, I'd prefer to …
I was, depending on how you view it, lucky or unlucky enough to have two high school experiences. I came away with two very different outcomes and perspectives from each one. But each had life-changing effects on me. But the overall lesson I came away with is that you shouldn't let one bad experience stop …
You can, and indeed must, make something of yourself.
I found it after searching in the 1940 Bluejackets Manual in my maritime collection. It's not something that I refer to very often. However, I have it on hand when I need to look up obscurities, which was one of those times. I had made some stupid comments that upset my wife, and wincing, I mentioned that I should do the 99-count manual of arms 99 times. She had no idea what I was talking about, but appreciated that I was apologizing.
Look! You can see the floor! Yes! The annual Spring Clean Up of the shop is about two-thirds done. You can see the floor! A rolling tool chest (out of view to the left) now stores many tools in a manner in which they can be found when needed. It's revolutionary. There were three brands …
Daily writing promptWhat animals make the best/worst pets?View all responses Shhhshh! That's the sort of question that will really get you between a cat and a dog in our house. It's definitely not polite parlor discussion material. Please take a safe approach and only discuss clearly poor choices for pets, such as venomous snakes or …
Daily writing promptWhat job would you do for free?View all responses Free is such a confusing term. Here's an example. Back in the day, there was a family of vagabonds that hung out in the Boston Common. They'd accost strangers and tourists, offering a free flower, a daisy, or a daffodil. After accepting it, they'd …
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