... why I still don't have a passport.

Where in the world could I go that's safe?

Just because you were conceived on the back seat of a Jeep,

it doesn't make you part Cherokee.

I didn't get the time to write anything earlier today.

I had to leave early to take a longer route to work, because the RR decided to work on a stretch of tracks from by my house all the way through to the other side of town.

Luckily, having lived here for so long, I only had to make a short detour to be able to drive through the underpass in town and miss a lot of delays and traffic.

I should be back at my regular time tomorrow.

Ciao, baby!

No, I'm not saying goodbye.

My new spectacles arrived in the mail today.

I wear reading glasses, or 'cheaters', when I'm either on the computer or reading.

I also seem to either lose them or break them.

They are relatively cheap to replace - you can buy them everywhere for 5 to 7 dollars.

I happened to look online and found a great deal on 6 pairs for around 13 dollars.

Now I have spares for whenever I get either clumsy or forgetful.

AND they are polarized to take the glare away from the computer screen.

Happy Day!

It's my birthday.

I'm not trying to solicit greetings. It's not a big deal.

I just wanted to say that I've learned my lesson about answering birthday wishes on FB.

Better to post a group thank you than to spend a couple of hours answering everyone individually.

I need a break!

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Not the kind you have while sleeping.

I had a hankering a couple of days ago for a deep dish pizza.

I checked online and sure enough, we don't have any local pizza joints that make them any more.

At one time we had a Noble Romans and a Siciliano, but both are no longer here.

And before you say it - no, a pan pizza is not a deep dish pizza.

I then looked to see if any grocery stores carried frozen deep dish pizzas.

One did, but it was a far enough drive out of my way for just one item that I just figured I'd put it in the back of my brain for a time when I need something else at that particular store.

Imagine my delightful surprise today when, doing my weekly grocery shopping, I found one in the frozen food aisle.

That will be my dinner tonight.

I will eat it, fondly remembering all of those times years ago when I could get the real thing whenever I was in Chicago.

Bon appetit!

First dream:

People are shrinking while everything around them is normal sized.

I woke up, used the bathroom and went back to be.

Second dream:

People are growing, while everything around them is normal sized.

I guess I covered both sides.

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For years I wondered what happened to the love of my life.

Oh, I knew where she lived and how big a family she had,

but that was all.

Until 4 months ago, when I found her on (of all places) Facebook.

We have talked online quite a bit about how our lives turned out. Complete honesty.

We broke each other's hearts, but life goes on.

I suppose the biggest surprise to me was finding out that, after 36 years, her husband, who moved her to Alaska, divorced her.

I was also surprised to learn that she had a breakdown. For 2 years she was bed-ridden and had to be cared for by one of her sisters.

When we first started talking, all she remembered of her past was me... and that was foggy.

I have been filling her in on people and places she had forgotten.

More than once she has thanked me.

More than once she has asked me if my intentions for doing this are romantic.

I have been honest with her.

Although (as she knows) she was the love of my life, time has changed things for us.

She lives there and I live here. Neither of us wants to live anywhere else.

To know that we once had an exceptional love and that we still love each other today -

well, that will just have to do.

Knowing that she is now healthy and happy makes me smile.

No longer do I have to wonder what might have been.

It just wasn't meant to be, but I will always have the memories to comfort me.


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Yesterday I saw a man walking backwards down the street.

I asked him why and he said it was a Zen thing and that I probably wouldn't understand.

I told him that all I know is that sometimes you need to look back to see where you've been if you want to go forward.

He smiled, said "Right on, brother" and kept walking.

I'm glad that I talked to him and could share his truth.

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I find it ironic when someone who has so much more than I says they don't believe in God.

When you have money, a nice home, children & grandchildren.

When you do volunteer work, help the homeless and rescue animals for pets.

When you're doing God's work, have a caring heart and yet don't believe.

That is the biggest irony of all.

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