Ten-Finger Exercises (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/oldcactuswren Well, tomorrow is. Half past April and the dreaded tax day. I could write about that now, but I have only a few minutes before the dinner will be ready. Cabbage is cooking, to go with pork roast. What trivial thing that inspired me to write at all--and probably not nearly as worthy as many others that inspired me but didn't get me actually sitting at...[Read Full Post] Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:14:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/722282 Well, I guess I know by now that doctors usually say one of two things: "Why didn't you come in sooner?" or "If it doesn't get better, come back." I prefer the second one, even though I always feel a little foolish to have: a.). Bothered them ???!!! b. Spent the money to see them, and ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:05:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/714743 I had a nagging pain in my right lower abdomen last night, and it has remained all day, maybe gotten a little worse. So after our morning meeting I went to the lab for a UA and then came home. Pretty boring day. I felt more like sleeping than anything else, so that's about all I've done. I have a stack of laundry to put away before Bill comes hom...[Read Full Post] Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:59:55 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/714664 We didn't do much today. Started with the Rose Parade of course, did a couple loads of laundry, added a few more things to the soup I started yesterday. Watched that great old movie Silver Streak. I'd forgotten how funny it was. We were invited to an open house this afternoon, and just as we were heading out to the car, an old friend d...[Read Full Post] Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:52:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/714524 What! I didn't write a single word here in the month of December? I can hardly believe it. And here it is, my very last chance of the year. I picked a new "skin", whatever that is. Firefox pushed them too, and I picked one there also. They're so small, such a tiny sliver of the page, that I hardly know what all the to-do is about. And can...[Read Full Post] Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:51:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/714435 Here I am on Cyber Monday, looking thru the ads for things to buy for sundry folk who say they don't really want or need anything, and for their kids who think they want and need everything. And even for the grandkids who we're taking on a cruise for Christmas, because I don't want them to be disappointed on that long at-sea day with n...[Read Full Post] Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:57:20 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/712662 The snow has been coming down heavily since last night, with a partial melt during the day to make the roads more calamitous. if that's a word. Fortunately I got to ride with a nurse in her Expedition as we made our way north to the Snake river, a fifty mile trip up on poorly marked and sparsely traveled country roads. It's a good thing she'...[Read Full Post] Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:53:05 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/712070 Can't say why exactly, but I'm happier tonight. Bill came home a little after midnight for a few hours of sleep before it became light enough for planes to search for the downed aircraft. I'm not sure when he left, much earlier than I got up to go to work. The wreckage was sighted around mid-morning, no survivors. It was a single engine plane, a little ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:51:47 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/711490 [Image #1122646] I ran across an old friend from grade school on facebook. When I looked through the pictures she posted of kindergarten and first grade classes, I remembered the names of more than a dozen faces, even though I hadn't been in that class. Pretty good, considering how very many years ago I moved away from that little town. She filled me in on what had ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:57:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/711321 Thanks, Alfred, for your good answer. I think your example is very similar, even though the subject matter and techniques are so different. I suppose there are several common points as well, I think. Nobody actually "gets" it immediately, if ever, not religion or musical ability. Both require faith that there's something worth going a...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:44:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/700633