Tag: Coronavirus

Boots

Posted on April 1, 2020 by

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I washed the mud off my boots and then set them to dry on the porch railing. And then I wiped down the porch table and got the camp chairs out of the garage. I put two six packs of beer and a giant… Continue Reading “Boots”

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One Bird

Posted on March 29, 2020 by

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Parts of this are very hard. It’s not staying at home and not seeing people. I’m actually good at that. It’s not stretching groceries and being conservative in using what we have. We’ve been through some very thin times so we feel prepared for… Continue Reading “One Bird”

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Saturday with Pandemic Polly

Posted on March 28, 2020 by

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Hi Polly! Do you have some time to chat with us? Not sure. I’d have to put my darnin’ down. Darning? Mendin’ socks. It’s somethin’ they did on Little House on the Prairie. You have your darnin’ egg and your darnin’ needle and you… Continue Reading “Saturday with Pandemic Polly”

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Sharing a Cell

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

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All I can say is Thank God, after all these years, We still get along

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Apocalypse Shopping

Posted on March 22, 2020 by

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Not pictured is the can of turkey Spam. Amazon was all out of regular Spam which I know other people eschew but I like. It’s about my dad cooking Spam and eggs in a cast iron frying pan on our old green Coleman stove… Continue Reading “Apocalypse Shopping”

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Afraid to Touch the Mail and Other Horrors

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

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If you’ve lived any kind of normal life in the past month, you are waiting for the axe to fall. Who amongst all the people you talked to, walked by, touched on purpose or by accident, bumped in the elevator, blessed when they sneezed,… Continue Reading “Afraid to Touch the Mail and Other Horrors”

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Peeling

Posted on March 11, 2020 by

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Our stockbroker sends us emails about the COVID-19. He tells us how to “mitigate emotional decision-making by viewing the crisis in phases.” But, despite watching our investments curl up like so many dried fall leaves, the president tells us, “This is not a financial… Continue Reading “Peeling”

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