Author: maggie

Circular Saw – I Love You!

I saw an ad for a little mini circular saw today. What a nifty gadget, and small too! I want one, I need one, and besides – it’s a personal…
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Mother’s Day Blues Again

Mother’s Day Cake…No Consolation Here. It’s been almost six months since Mother’s Day and I might be finally over it. I felt like a total failure on Mother’s Day. I…
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COVID-19, Boredom, and Me

Another COVID-19 surge has come and gone.  It seems that we emerge from one viral storm only to go into another one.  The virus lurks everywhere, just waiting to replicate…
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Mindless Drivel

Woke up at 330 AM from a weird dream in which I was in an argument with Elon Musk. Why him? Probably because he’s been in the news so much…
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Curses!

I’ve tolerated a lot of  bad moods lately, most of them mine.  Some of them are simple sulks – others  downright hostile. Other people – especially family- can really ruin…
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Surviving Christmas

Another Christmas season is almost gone. I’ll be so relieved. Not that I’m a bah humbug person and not that I don’t have at least a few Christmas memories that…
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In Memoriam for a Vacant Lot

Today, in the town of Moola Moola, development was begun on the last piece of open,  unpaved space.  It was a fragment, an abandoned piece of land, long since bull-dozed…
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Chicken Spray

Today Howard and I had fried chicken for lunch.  We both had our usual 3 pieces and ate them without the skin. I never eat chicken skin.  I have a…
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A Writer’s Frustrations

“You should write a book, a humor book. After all, you like to make people laugh,” they said. I thought about it. I blog, so how much harder could it…
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Sweet Potatoes

I really hate sweet potatoes. Almost as much as I hate rhubarb. Nutritionists say sweet potatoes are very healthy for you. I bet they’re not. They probably cause something awful…
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Breaking Bad – Habits

You read about all those good things that writers should do to be productive.  And then there all the things a writer shouldn’t do, bad habits that lead to non-writing. …
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Insiders and Outsiders

. I’ve heard a lot of people complain about the political insiders in government.  They believe elected officials who spend a long time in office become ineffective.  But I’m not…
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Stupidity-An Analysis

I was watching somebody do something incredibly stupid the other day.  And I wondered just how stupid can somebody get?  How low can they go? There must be some law…
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Resolutions 2017 – Never Too Late!

It’s two weeks into February and I still haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions.  That may be a good thing because if I had made a resolution on indecisiveness or…
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A Retiree’s Last Trip to Costco

This joke has been making its way around the Internet for the last few weeks.  I have no idea who wrote it, but it’s funny!    Yesterday I was at…
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Cat Conversation by Maggie Millus

Cats are enigmatic.  They want something and they will let you know.   Sooner or later. Usually later.  Sometimes never. Here is a typical “conversation”: …
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Just One More… by Maggie Millus

The other night, Halloween, was a long night. No sleep for me, whatsoever . I had apprehensive moments all night -dialing in the numbers to call Ralph on the great…
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From A Past Life: Teaching Chemistry

From A Past Life:   Teaching Chemistry: I once told my chemistry class if they wanted evidence of a chemical reaction, all they had to do was eat hardboiled eggs and…
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On Idiocy

“Idiot: A member of a large, powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.” -Ambrose Bierce   I just realized that I have to adjust…
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Florida Living: Chasing Hogs by Maggie Millus

This article is from the local grassroots magazine, “Florida Pestilence”.  Originally intended to enlighten readers about the feral hog problem in South Florida, this article interviews a dyspeptic Florida homeowner…
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50 Shades of Fowl by Maggie Millus

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Disclaimer:  Naked Chickens- to whom it may concern-these chickens may be wearing  little or no clothes.  If that bothers you, go dress your own chickens.     Introduction.  I…
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Interesting Night by Maggie Millus

  Tonight was an interesting night.  I fell asleep early.  Out in the living room as usual.  In my favorite chair.  I was dreaming away, but I didn’t know I…
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Mindless Meditation by Maggie Millus

I just read an article on mindfulness meditation.  The idea is to spend time to oneself focusing only on the moment and one single thing, like breathing.  The author described…
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December Worries by Maggie Millus

It’s the holidays  and we’re smack dab in the middle of them.  As a matter of fact, I can smell holiday peppermint eggnog breath everywhere  which tells me the holidays…
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Grits by Maggie Millus

I love grits.  But grits are confusing to a lot of people.  Especially northerners.  I once tried to order grits with breakfast at a Boston restaurant and the waitress had…
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Just Passing Through by Maggie Millus

This week I had an important reminder that I was not immortal.  One of  Murphy’s Laws  hit me right upside my head: “If everything is going right, you must have…
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10 Seconds by Maggie Millus

There are at least 10 things I will not think about in my last 10 seconds of life.   I usually don’t have enough time for that kind of nonsense, and…
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Knee Deep by Maggie Millus

I woke up today hearing voices – one of them said, “Clean the garage.”  The others said, “ Go back to sleep.”  So I rolled over and went back to…
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Silly Marital Issues by Maggie Millus

Vacuum cleaners.  I hate housework, especially vacuuming the house.  Not that I won’t do it, but before breakfast???  It was 6 o’clock  this morning when Howard emerged from the bedroom. …
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Brain On Squirrel by Maggie Millus

Today,  the mail brought an advertisement from a prominent medical bulletin.  I won’t say who it was, but you’ve probably received at least a few, if not too many.  They…
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Malaise by Maggie Millus

If there was a virus for causing procrastination, I’d say we’ve all been infected. But I like to look at both sides of an issue, or in this case, a…
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Frustration Over Nothing by Maggie Millus

Over crowding causes anger issues.  I could do free castrations… with a butter  knife.  Hell, I’d even use two bricks for anesthesia.  As if being on a crowded roadway isn’t bad…
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Hollow

  My husband, Howard, says Barmy Bottom isn’t really a hollow, it’s more like a slough. Hollows, he says, are Tennessee and this is Florida. Nonsense, I say. This house…
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Fowl Play by Maggie Millus

I hate stupidity.  I could say that stupid people drive me nuts but I’m not nuts or crazy (yes, there is a difference).  So I’ll just have to say, I…
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