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Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

June 3, 2025June 2, 2025 Posted in Bill Withers, CD player, children, cleaning, dogs, Isley Brothers, memoir, music, musicians, pandemic, plumber, poem, purge, reflux diseaseLeave a comment

(re-run) The plumber said he’d be here by mid-morning, but it wasn’t looking good. I worked on a review for a new children’s book coming out next month. I watched some Dry Bar Comedy while I digested my breakfast. That is no longer a multi-tasking feature of my aging body. Reflux. It’s best to let… Continue reading Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

Bad Luck Comes in Threes

May 18, 2025May 17, 2025 Posted in bad luck, cancer, eye llid, memoir, Mohs, plumber, rats, rodents, skin cancer, water leakLeave a comment

(re-run) The first bad luck, or maybe good luck depending on how you look at it, was me finding out that the colorless bump above my eyelid turned out to be nodular basal cell carcinoma. The Mohs surgery went well, and I’ll be able to change the bandage and take a shower by the time… Continue reading Bad Luck Comes in Threes

The Visitor from the Crawl Space

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Posted in alligator lizard, cleaning, crawl space, creature, dogs, memoir, plumberLeave a comment

Two weeks ago, a plumber came over, crawled under the house, tried to sell me new pipes for the entire house and an overpriced water heater, then left without closing up the trap door in my master bedroom closet. When I discovered the open hole a few hours later, I was sure a rat had… Continue reading The Visitor from the Crawl Space

Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

September 2, 2023September 4, 2023 Posted in Bill Withers, CD player, children, cleaning, dogs, Isley Brothers, memoir, music, musicians, pandemic, plumber, poem, purge, reflux disease1 Comment

Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 Posted in Bill Withers, CD player, children, cleaning, dogs, Isley Brothers, memoir, music, musicians, pandemic, plumber, poem, purge, reflux diseaseLeave a comment

Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Posted in Bill Withers, CD player, children, cleaning, dogs, Isley Brothers, memoir, music, musicians, pandemic, plumber, poem, purge, reflux diseaseLeave a comment

(re-run) I am cleaning today. The plumber said he’d be here by mid-morning, but it wasn’t not looking good. I worked on a review for a new children’s book coming out next month. I watched some Dry Bar Comedy while I digested my breakfast. That is no longer a multi-tasking feature of my aging body.… Continue reading Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Posted in Bill Withers, CD player, children, cleaning, dogs, Isley Brothers, memoir, music, musicians, pandemic, plumber, poem, purge, reflux diseaseLeave a comment

I am cleaning today. The plumber said he’d be by mid-morning, but it wasn’t not looking good. I worked on a review for a new children’s book coming out next month. I watched some Dry Bar Comedy while I digested my breakfast. That is no longer a multi-tasking feature of my aging body. Reflux. It’s… Continue reading Musical Cleaning Day (waiting for plumber)