tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post809765857546735814..comments2024-03-28T16:28:46.120-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: I Have Nothing To Complain AboutMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44822916484477880002020-03-24T15:02:01.122-04:002020-03-24T15:02:01.122-04:00Olga DOES have eyeliner. Some cats do too which is...Olga DOES have eyeliner. Some cats do too which is what I think was the inspiration for the Egyptians and their kohl. <br />I wish I had a picture of that little girl. I would love to see what would happen if she and Maggie got together. Worlds might explode. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10837762057296364742020-03-24T15:00:52.421-04:002020-03-24T15:00:52.421-04:00Oh, it DOES make sense! I know exactly what you me...Oh, it DOES make sense! I know exactly what you mean. I'm glad you like my flowers. They are cheerful. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-11765776698821014302020-03-24T15:00:14.422-04:002020-03-24T15:00:14.422-04:00I think you are probably right about leisure time....I think you are probably right about leisure time. I seem to be doing a whole lot of nothing right now. I suppose I should try to get more motivated. <br />Enjoy your yard. I wish we'd get some rain. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-29282946871503350452020-03-24T14:59:14.643-04:002020-03-24T14:59:14.643-04:00You're right! Her's is permanent! I used t...You're right! Her's is permanent! I used to be okay at applying it. I doubt I would be now. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45658757247881210872020-03-24T14:58:16.738-04:002020-03-24T14:58:16.738-04:00What a beautiful lyric! Thanks for sharing it.
Th...What a beautiful lyric! Thanks for sharing it. <br />The saying about "Good Lord willing..." is an old one from around here. I have always loved it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-46253390499249974322020-03-24T14:57:00.285-04:002020-03-24T14:57:00.285-04:00This is definitely not a good time to wonder about...This is definitely not a good time to wonder about what's coming next. Best to just be here now. If that's even possible. You take care too, honey. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8044199764098546032020-03-24T14:55:43.285-04:002020-03-24T14:55:43.285-04:00Strangely, I think that for those of us who suffer...Strangely, I think that for those of us who suffer from free-floating constant anxiety, having something to truly worry about is helpful. <br />How sick is that? <br />Well, everything's weird and odd and yes, like Hurricane Katrina it is showing the dirty underpants that America wears. <br />You CAN mail order chicks. Have you thought about that? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-41539513349576343752020-03-24T14:54:06.641-04:002020-03-24T14:54:06.641-04:00The time thing is so weird. The time thing is so weird. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61332010902699470672020-03-24T14:53:53.281-04:002020-03-24T14:53:53.281-04:00He/she sure is. He/she sure is. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-81679612502247454152020-03-24T14:38:37.515-04:002020-03-24T14:38:37.515-04:00That Cherokee rose is so beautiful! And I love Cle...That Cherokee rose is so beautiful! And I love Cleopatra and her eye-liner. Very Liz Taylor. Olga has eye-liner too!<br /><br />I love your description of the African-American Maggie and the day slipping by like a shiny eel. Your writing is such a pleasure.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-73006264445683206722020-03-24T14:08:45.889-04:002020-03-24T14:08:45.889-04:00They are strange times indeed aren't they. Eve...They are strange times indeed aren't they. Even though I'm retired I feel so much more relaxed of late because I don't have anywhere to be and couldn't be there if I wanted to (if that makes sense). I love that wildflower bouquet by the way.Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64536933426454956872020-03-24T13:11:22.386-04:002020-03-24T13:11:22.386-04:00I guess in a way it is good that you have work alt...I guess in a way it is good that you have work although I wish you didn't have quite so much of it. <br />I worry about the US too. I don't think we're handling this very well. Okay. Obviously we're not. <br />Let's all stay in touch. So to speak. <br />Sending love from afar. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-55738856746959182502020-03-24T13:02:34.486-04:002020-03-24T13:02:34.486-04:00And you have a peaceful day! And you have a peaceful day! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-72100915007744675842020-03-24T13:02:05.053-04:002020-03-24T13:02:05.053-04:00I can't seem to accomplish ANYTHING. Especiall...I can't seem to accomplish ANYTHING. Especially not today. <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27193861437147515942020-03-24T13:01:35.230-04:002020-03-24T13:01:35.230-04:00It's funny how every day I feel so different. ...It's funny how every day I feel so different. Today seems to be a rough one. Well, to be expected, eh?<br />I, too, am angry at those who are not taking this seriously. I don't understand. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-57088031400170528082020-03-24T10:49:16.538-04:002020-03-24T10:49:16.538-04:00I read somewhere whenever that modern humans work ...I read somewhere whenever that modern humans work more and have less leisure time than we did in the hunter gatherer stage. people don't know what to do with leisure time, time when they have nothing they have to do or someplace they have to go.<br /><br />today is the first day in two months we have had no expectation of workers coming in the house (whether they showed up or not). I slept later than usual and didn't worry about raising the garage door before I was ready to go out. we got an inch and a quarter of rain over the weekend. I'll be out in the yard all day.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10610199461745340882020-03-24T10:26:02.584-04:002020-03-24T10:26:02.584-04:00Oh. My. You are so wrong.Oh. My. You are so wrong.Kindness mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909753736434528107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-67291628539387600462020-03-24T07:19:13.055-04:002020-03-24T07:19:13.055-04:00Cleopatra's lucky. She doesn't have to app...Cleopatra's lucky. She doesn't have to apply eyeliner. The one (and only) time I tried to put on eyeliner, I poked myself in the eye so hard that the pencil was tossed straight into the bin. Imagine folks trying to apply eyeliner these days when you aren't supposed to touch your face. Good luck with that! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-42969165469270361782020-03-24T06:31:29.429-04:002020-03-24T06:31:29.429-04:00Excuse me but what is a "boomer"? I just...Excuse me but what is a "boomer"? I just looked it up. In Australia it is a large male kangaroo and in America it is a nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles. So when you write rather aggressively if I might say, "Screw you boomer!" are you referring to a kangaroo or to a nuclear submarine? Most confusing.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-81055175111364866662020-03-24T04:37:11.589-04:002020-03-24T04:37:11.589-04:00baby boomers are getting put in retirement homes n...baby boomers are getting put in retirement homes now where they are regularly getting abused, neglected, and treated badly by the retirement home nurses, many of whom happen to be African American nurses. This is the future boomers choose when they betrayed and sold out their children's future. Millennials are NOT going to help you boomers. Enjoy your retirement homes, boomer scum! Oh and screw you boomer, i am NOT staying home! I will enjoy my life!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5201193388526064272020-03-24T04:11:08.159-04:002020-03-24T04:11:08.159-04:00(No apostrophe in the third line)(No apostrophe in the third line)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-21234633101831088702020-03-24T04:10:07.798-04:002020-03-24T04:10:07.798-04:00In moments you write like William Faulkner or John...In moments you write like William Faulkner or John Steinbeck - "the day has slipped by like a shiny eel", "...the creek don't rise". Marvellous! Yesterday, a song by Jackson Browne kept playing in my head...<br />Let the music keep our spirits high<br />Let the buildings keep our children dry<br />Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by, by and by<br />When the light that's lost within us reaches the skyYorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-56500417297367180442020-03-24T01:11:35.328-04:002020-03-24T01:11:35.328-04:00I think we are living in a strange new world, or a...I think we are living in a strange new world, or a bad movie, or a Stephen King novel. Where I live, the past week we were encouraged to stay home and most businesses had closed. This week we are under orders (can be fined or jailed otherwise) to stay home and everything but grocery stores, pharmacies and medical offices are closed. I do okay at home but watching the world as it is and wondering what is next is what gets me. <br /><br />I love your chicks. Cleopatra is a beauty and looks like she might have an attitude. You two take care.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-60013509431444152612020-03-24T00:07:45.331-04:002020-03-24T00:07:45.331-04:00aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. good god I want some chicks. Ins...aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. good god I want some chicks. Instead, I spent hours today trying to block all the tunnels the &^%$$# rats have made into the chicken coop. I'm sure there will be more tomorrow morning.<br /><br />what a weird time. i alternate between realizing I'm so much less anxious because Jonah is home with me, to terror that i'll get sick/lose people i love, to molten anger at our withered intestine of a POTUS and the ways this pandemic has laid bare the inequities of our society.<br /><br />Love you.Ramona Quimbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308882206677929003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68285646606690101672020-03-23T23:58:26.430-04:002020-03-23T23:58:26.430-04:00I feel like each day gets more and more strange. I...I feel like each day gets more and more strange. It's almost like hospital time.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com