So I'm in that span of time that each month I can tough it out before retirement, my monthly Social Security payout will be $13.50 more than the previous month. This place is the most physical job I've ever had, working Wide Format. The print material is often huge and heavy. I work with a good bunch and have an excellent manager. If he ever quits ( Read more... )

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This is so heartbreaking I can't even retweet it ( Read more... )

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So I've been on furlough for a couple months. My employer's definition of furlough has thankfully been keeping my medical insurance for the two of us, and being able to collect unemployment ( Read more... )

Something true that needs to be said and is *really* scary when you stop to think about it ( Read more... )

So my mom died on May 1. It was after a long slow slog through congestive heart failure. My dad was her caretaker even in his advanced years. He suddenly felt like he didn't have a reason left to live. He didn't want to stay in the house with all its memories and yard upkeep. So Renee and I and her mom got him moved to a nice retirement community ( Read more... )

my wife got me a magnetic poetry kit.

Here's one I just constructed.

garden doesn't elaborate
as purple petal shines
beneath languid moon
to lick my frantic feet

Here's another.
forest monkey
a spray of chocolate fluff
delirious
urge to scream at sun
worship cool water
whispers
drunk on luscious honey

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Renee and I were going over to some acquaintance's building project they were showing. They had basically taken an extremely old rickety house and made it into a church. But the sanctuary was kind of an add-on out back and was still under construction ( Read more... )