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A friend I used to work with and who is now also retired as I am sent me an email this morning with the following statement: "Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, Press here to lock end. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand... Read More
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. by Robert Frost ... Read More
Who Is There Today, I’m going to see my grandmother, who is locked in the halls of thoughts that escape in slapdash patterns spilling past dry, cracked lips and coloring her cheeks with a flush of life now spent. Her daughters cannot visit. Their pride carves pain for a face that does not recognize life delivered from her flesh. But I marvel at the places she now recalls, hoping the most precious envisage she has owned will give way to the unfolding of her youth’s coveted and cherished... Read More
By Chance When first I caught a glance of you from the corner of my eye I thought of peaches clean sweet smelling soft to the touch juicy peaches I wanted to squeeze you and idly wished my skin was half as firm my essence half as sweet seeming all I had managed to retain was the bruises and fuzz When first we met you offered to share a bit of yourself with me to enrich me with antics so clever and seemingly owned only by youth at the peak of cleverness indeed it brought a sense of rain t... Read More
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s in Good old England: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting mar... Read More
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