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Archive for January, 2013
Water Your Plants! ~ January 30
Water Your Plants!
But don’t overdo it! Read the rest of this entry »
Back in the Day
Somebody put a post on Facebook a few days ago, reminiscing about the way it used to be; how we would fix things when they broke, instead of just throwing them out and getting a new one. It struck a nerve with me, and I thought how sad it is this is true not only with things but with love. Back in the day, “Until death do us part” meant something.
Back in the Day
In the old days
When things were broken
You didn’t throw them away
You fixed them
Your sock had a hole in it
You darned it
Darned if I know why
They called it darning
When a sock got too thin
Or the holes were too big
You used it as a rag
To polish the old furniture
I remember grandpa and grandma
It seemed like they fought a lot
Sometimes nothing more than
Grandma’s steely stare
Grandpa bent over the sink
Washing his hands
Seeing her anger over his shoulder
Reflecting in the kitchen window
Next thing you know, they’re in their chairs
Side by side, talking about the day
Making up, but not saying so
Just loving each other quietly… easily
Back in the day
Things and love got holes in them
You darned them, patched them
Glued them back together
Throwing them away… never crossed your mind
Copyright © 2013 C Mashburn
When Someone Tosses Us a Lifeline ~ January 29
When Someone Tosses Us a Lifeline
It’s up to us to grab onto it Read the rest of this entry »
I Hope She Knows
A light, steady rain was falling this morning, so for my exercise I rode my stationary bike in the den. As I finished the ride, and as happens often these days, thoughts of my little old dog drifted into my mind. Read the rest of this entry »
I Ain’t Skeert! ~ January 28
I Ain’t Skeert!
Well… maybe sometimes Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Not Only Better to Give Than Receive ~ January 27
It’s Not Only Better to Give Than Receive
It’s absolutely necessary! Read the rest of this entry »
My Way or the Highway! ~ January 26
My Way or the Highway!
Is usually the goodbye way Read the rest of this entry »
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January 27, 2013 at 6:42 am · Filed under fun stuff, Poems, Some truth to it, the good old days ·Tagged baseball, color commentators, fights in the parking lot, football, poetry, sports, sports fans, the media, TV
When I was a kid, I used to love to watch baseball games on Saturday. Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese were a fun part of the show. Not as many cameras back then, so Pee Wee would tell us what happened, and Dizzy would make a joke about it, or say how we should use Burma Shave when we got old enough. They took Dizzy off the air because he used bad grammar and some teacher said he might teach kids the wrong way to talk. He’d fit right in today. I don’t watch baseball too much anymore, but tune in to a football game now and then. I’ve gotten to where I sometimes turn off the sound, so I can enjoy the game without all the “facts”. Read the rest of this entry »
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