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Yes, yes, my panic is incomprehensible to most. After all, I am still within a healthy BMI, but I’ve gained 8 pounds in five months on these meds — 8 POUNDS — and it MUST stop and reverse itself. Feh. Three to six weeks until they can get me into some sort…
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Dead pool
Ken plays a little differently than we did, but it’s delightful to chat about the Dead Pool again. It’s Halloween and that’s when the levity (or levitation) begins in his pool — he told us all this during our weekly meeting. We used to do it on New Year’s. It got…
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Eight hours, 42 minutes
I tenderly pick at the jagged edge on my right pointer fingernail. Despite my best efforts, the nail breaks off right above the quick. “Shit!” I say looking at the pathetic state of my cuticles, et al. My friends have gone to great length to get me a manicure and pedicure…
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Man at the gas station
It’s a splendid October evening in Colorado and I’m walking Route No. 2, the 40 minute jaunt around Alexx’s and Michael’s Pondin the Broomfield Open Space. Deciding to combine important responsibilities, I’d trudge on in the beat-to-shit black tennies quickly at my disposal, the burgundy ‘Alaska’ sweats my brother bought my mom…
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Denver streets
A couple sits together on the bus, except he gets off two stops before her. He exits at the rear and, as the bus waits for the light, he looks up four or five times to see if maybe she’s looking back. She’s not. He frowns and veers off into…
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Running suit
It’s drizzling and gray and the sun has faded early behind the Rocky Mountains at dusk. I go outside, taking my time as the icy drops strike my face and hands before reaching the spigot to unhook the garden hose. It feels like snow. On the way back inside I chirp, “Hi…
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Wisdom
I was telling my boss this morning about meeting the man yesterday who is going to semi replace me at my old position and how, after hanging with him for about an hour, the dude told me I looked tired. I told the guy, “Oh, NEVER tell a woman she looks…
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Bang, wade, trifle
A word game! How marvelous! So I am to come up with text in which the above words comfortably rest or blend. Delightful. It reminds me of when, in high school, we had to write an essay that included several random words, such as beans. I took such joy in writing…
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Actually in decent shape
I shan’t go into detail, but to summarize my dealings and reconnections with old friends the past few months, I’ve come to realize that I’m doing simply fine, despite what my daughter would like me to believe. The occasional over imbibing, the frustration about where I’m at in life, the mental fatigue…
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Trip
Stepping onto the bus, my attention was drawn to a striking young man, likely a decade younger, who was staring at me. So being the cool person I am, I sat down daintily and I tried to look sophisticated while casting a glance back at him to see if he…
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