Author: karenlee

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Retirement–Day 4–Relapse

OK, are you sitting down? I had a relapse yesterday, but the way I figger, all was not lost. Let me explain. Everyone had scattered, the house was eerily quiet. With my current mental state, it’s probably not wise to leave me alone. They may later need to reevaluate their behavior. While the hubby prepared…

Retirement–Day 4

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ~ Stephen Hawking Gandalf saw his doctor, and he didn’t want to go. Sinks must feel much safer, a thing I didn’t know. He assessed his new surroundings, thought it through and through. He took immediate action and said, “Forget, you!” If he can do it, so…

The Rhodora

On being asked, Whence is the flower? In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay; Here might…

Retirement–Day 2

Got up. (Tripped over the rug, actually, but I stayed vertical.) Had breakfast. (I LOOKED AT the fruit bowl; does that count?) Brushed my teeth, used inter-dental brush. (Once a hygienist….BTW, have you flossed today? I’m talking to you, yeah, you. Don’t be messing with me; we can always tell, and you know I’ll ask…