Life That’s great, it starts with an earthquake Shawshank, October 5, 2020 From what the calendar says, it’s Monday, and it’s sunny, and windy out. It’s probably cold. I haven’t opened my weather app, and at this point I’m afraid to. But I have coffee. We’ll see what today brings. I believe my dads taking a half day, so he and my mom can go into SlightlyBiggerTown,… Continue Reading
Life It’s oh so quiet shh shh Shawshank, October 5, 2020 Please, for the love of god, I just want silence. One of the cats is yowling, and hasn’t stopped. My grandmother is following me around. I cleaned the ice tray from the ice maker; because slimy mould and she’s telling me she never does the dishes when there’s not a lot to do. I told… Continue Reading
Life These fragile bodies of touch and taste Shawshank, October 6, 2020 Good morning everyone. Time to get up and greet the day – the day of Tues. it looks sunny and bright outside, and it’s warm enough to already have the door to the garage open. I slept like a log again last night, only getting up once in the night, and I was able to… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Sometimes I’m a strong man, sometimes cold and scared Shawshank, October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 So I emailed the local library asking when the next book sale will be they didn’t have a date planned, but they said I could come down and poke through their shed of books. Nothing jumped out at me – a lot of Readers Digest Condensed books, kids books, a couple of James Bond novels,… Continue Reading
Life So throw on the black dress and mix in with the lot Shawshank, October 7, 2020 It’s always hard writing this as I wake up, plus it’s getting harder and harder to think of things to write about when nothing really happens here. Lots of change happening back home, the house is really starting to empty out. Even more so in a couple of days. Soon Crystal will be packing up… Continue Reading
Life I’d encourage your smiles, I’ll expect you won’t cry Shawshank, October 7, 2020 We mustn’t dwell. No, not today. We can’t! Not on Rex Manning day! Now listen, I know it’s not actually Rex Manning day today. But whenever I feel a little down, I make believe it is Rex Manning day, and I feel better. If I knew how to post YouTube videos here, you’d probably be… Continue Reading