The Leaning Cow

Yesterday afternoon I pulled into Malcolm Court and looked up and saw the welcoming committee waiting on the balcony.

Sitting there in the camping chair is Arctos, Great Polar Bear of the North, resident emeritus of the Ohio Redoubt. After I got my stuff in, we hung out for a while and then he held down [...]

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East Noble went straight to closing. Straight . . . to . . . closing. And then I took Alison to work and stopped at the grocery on the way home, just because it was on the way home. Now I’m home and we’re all home because the school is closed.
The snow is blowing horizontally [...]

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I am wandering from thought to thought about possible things to do – not doing anything, mind you. Just moving from spot to spot in my goal-less mood. My mouth, however, wants to eat; I am not hungry, but my mouth wants to eat – turkey sandwiches. And I can’t eat them slowly; I gobble [...]

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Okay, a few days ago I WROTE a little post about heading back into The Peanut Butter Cafe & Roadhouse . . . and I sort of got on my old theme of  HOW I CANNOT STAND THAT MAN  (JB) and then I clicked on a news page and saw that his mother had died [...]

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My father used to tell me that a lot; no, he used to shake his head and say, “I tried and tried to teach you patience.”  I just couldn’t catch on and with today’s technology, I find I am reminded of it often. Like today, when I am expecting a package and the store has [...]

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Der Bingle sent me this link to some videos of dogs welcoming their soldier owners who have just come home. Little Ann was like this – especially the first time he returned from a prolonged stay in San Diego. She jumped straight up to a level equal to his chest – all four feet, not [...]

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A while back, I mentioned in a post that the patrons of the Peanut Butter Cafe & Roadhouse (and the Foo Bar) were distressed that I appeared to be ignoring them, going off in my own fugues and distractions. Heck, take my word for it; I’m not going to search and link to it. (Well, [...]

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There is a good thing about being in my early sixties: I know Walter Cronkite’s voice the second I hear it. So if the television is playing in the background on the Military Channel or the History Channel International as it so often is, I am alerted that there is a good show coming on [...]

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I thought I was sleepy; apparently, I am not. I have been lying down thinking about Of Mice and Men, thanks to my granddaughter’s English assignment. Of course, there has been talk of symbolism and foreshadowing has made an impression on her. More so than on me. I’m a lot older – I can deal [...]

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I have a cold; I thought last evening I might possibly be a little sinus-y or newly allergy prone. But, no; it is a cold. It is Summer’s cold.  She gave it to Der Bingle as well and he went back to the Ohio Redoubt of the West Facing Cave at noon. We ichatted – [...]

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