True story #1.
Observed while volunteering at a local women’s shelter thrift shop:
A man came in and asked the salesclerk if they had any wife-beaters.
She didn’t skip a beat. Said, “No, we don’t handle men’s underwear,” and went back to folding clothes.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has cautioned the top official of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) that using his denominational news agency to oppose Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani raises federal tax law issues.
In a Jan. 24 letter, Americans United advised SBC President Frank Page that the Internal Revenue Code prohibits the [...]
Women — you will relate. Men — go click on another blog, this one will just pass you right by.
The wrong underpants. The only pair left in the drawer. You discover it as you’re dressing for the day. Your worst pair. Too tight? Small rip? No elastic? Cotton not silk? Giant Mom pants from a [...]
Okay, so as long as this blog’s been hosted on godaddy, it’s had stats available from the server. Duh. Der. Weewee. Looked at them today on account of I figured out the password and user name!
From Jan 2007 to Jan 2008, here’s what I see on the report:
Weekly Page Requests range from 2,510 to 10,173 [...]
Illustration for Amanda, the muse.
Yesterday, watching the workmen pull a Trane… installing Peggy’s HVAC in less than four hours.
Such events lead one’s imagination astray. I thought of my story “Pleasant, As Pie” in Ducts.org and wrote this:
Frank’s wife left for Philadelphia last week. She was to attend a quilting conference. She wore denim dirndl skirts, [...]
Got inspired by my new used copy of Dona Z. Meilach’s 1973 book — Box Art: Assemblage and Construction. It’s marvelous!
Today found me finally finishing some of my projects and beginning some new ones.
and this one:
and some more works in progress:
Tomorrow…
the world.
“He’s selling the pop-up camper, wants to buy Muscovie Ducks and raise ‘em… No, in the side yard. Where Mama used to have her chicken coop. They won’t fit in the coop, though.
When the police got to Bill’s Hot Dogs, they found him sitting in his car. Officer Fred Lee spotted him first, they said. [...]
We create our verse and watch it flow back and forth. She dwells in poetry sublime. Wordsisters.
I have so many wordsisters.
Living My Own Fiction
Fiction never knocks
It walks straight in
Sits at the kitchen table
takes off its shoes
and bellows for attention.
Poetry sends its verse
through the smallest crack
in the back porch window
and whispers its words
into my slow fond [...]
Order your garden gnomes early, spend time — real quality time — getting to know them before placing them among the tulips. Use them in your living room or den as stunning statuary for indoor enjoyment. Gnomes… they’re not just for breakfast anymore.
Order from SouthernYardArt.com and make my paypal account very happy. Profits go to [...]
