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Poetry on the road again.

Roadside Poetry. She was all alone In a room so dreary. She needed a companion. She shouted, Hey SIRI! BURMA SHAVE Google Burma Shave signs.

This must be the year of the dog. Rick Bragg Pulitzer prize winner when writing for the New York Times. Bragg a Folksy story teller has recently written a book about a scrubby dog he found wandering around his mother’s rural Alabama home. Then he decided to keep the dog against the advice of hisContinue reading “Yet another Book Report.”

A Poem.

Soaring. A poem, By C. Ronald Curmudgeon As a cloud schooner Soaring into new once never achieve heights. Seemingly effortlessly levitating into An Azure sky. While floating ever so gracefully over crowds of Olympians on measured fields of lime green turf. The sleek cloud craft It soars ever so Effortlessly and it wings so easilyContinue reading “A Poem.”

Blind guy reading the Newspaper.

Yes, I am blind and like to read the newspaper and books as well. Millions of blind folks such as me read the newspaper by phone almost daily. We all have access to a dial-up newspaper service called Newsline for the blind. Accessing by phone hundreds of national and international newspapers. But to bring realismContinue reading “Blind guy reading the Newspaper.”

What real men like me eat.

Real men don’t eat quiche. Except for me. Not only do I eat quiche, I bake quiche.. I bake a quiche Jose. A bit more peppery than the normal quiche. Lots of jalpeno pepper, white onion and green. Seasoned with a bit of celantro and garlic. Swiss and cheddar cheese mixed with a quarter cupContinue reading “What real men like me eat.”

Beware of this man. Not Santa Clause.

Post Card from the Land of Enchantment2

Christmas day. We were forced out of our comfy beds by the grandkids. Let’s get this thing going, they insisted. So after a good cup of coffee we quickly left the hotel and drove as fast as we could to the house with the tree and presents. Got my stocking and an electric tooth brushContinue reading “Post Card from the Land of Enchantment2”

On my resume

Many years ago in a faraway place called Inglewood, California I worked for Sears. I performed customer service work. Solving problems with products and services that had not lived up to its guarantee. The stores mantra was “Satisfaction Guarantee or your money back.” So day after day I came to work and listened to theContinue reading “On my resume”

Butchy the Chicken Whisperer Final Chapter.

But Santa needs a chimney doesn’t he? It was simple to surmise there was a serious problem here. The problem was not only one of utility and movement up and down but access. Access as in a convenient entry and subsequent distribution of goods. And If I, an entry-level elementary student, could see this puzzlingContinue reading “Butchy the Chicken Whisperer Final Chapter.”

What happened to my zipper?

Now here is an article I found in today’s Chicago Tribune about a subject I’ve been railing about for a few years now. It the article comes from a weekly column called “Answer Angel.” Mostly a fashion advisory column. None the less I absolutely concur with the writer Charles. No relation. Here it is: “DearContinue reading “What happened to my zipper?”