Month: February 2025
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Let every eye negotiate for itself
She was just another old person waiting in the tiny cubicle to have her eyes examined at the optometrist. There were only three seats available; the rest of the office was dedicated to displaying ocular frames, and current items offered on sale; the walls were plastered with posters of happy-looking models delighted with their choices…
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Give every thing thine ear
I admit that there are some things I don’t think about very much anymore: my ears, for example. I mean until I had to get hearing aids and needed to find a place to put them where they wouldn’t come off along with my hat, or snag on my hair as I walked around, I…
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To sleep, to die, perchance to dream…
Just to be clear, I don’t actually have a wish to hibernate; I am still quite happy with sleeping: I like the large selection of dreams. I also like the idea of waking up if and when my bladder needs me or, I suppose, if the refrigerator signals to me in the middle of the…
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Confusion now hath made his masterpiece
Funny day: I was accused of being a stalker -or was it a pervert? I had been waiting patiently at a bus stop for what seemed like an inordinate amount of time and decided to re-check the schedule posted on a nearby pole. Nobody else was waiting except a lady leaning against the sign, talking…