Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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FragmentsMy head is full of fragments, not bone fragments or brain fragments (well, maybe), but fragments of poems, songs and stories. All these bits and pieces of information have lost their way. They no longer remember the way back to where they belong. A couple of lines of a song will flit through my consciousness and I’ll wonder, where… click here to continue April, 09th, 2006 A Saturday at HomeToday I spent several hours doing research for a poem I’m working on that contains some family history. So I contacted my three sisters by email and they all helped me out. I also went online and looked up Kaiser automobiles. Did you know you can buy them on e-Bay, as well as through other outlets? Another thing I didn’t… click here to continue April, 08th, 2006 The TestToday I had a lactose intolerance test. Had I been savvy enough to look it up on the web before I went, instead of after I returned, I’d have known it was a two-hour test. But, I wasn’t and I didn’t. Not only does the test take two hours, it requires having seven holes poked in a vein (or veins)… click here to continue April, 07th, 2006 Retirement ObsessionsI’m very grateful that my youngest sister is doing the genealogy work for our family. One obsession per retirement is really all each of us should be expected to handle. Mine is writing and I read and wrote for so many hours the last two days that my eyes were burning and I had to take a nap this… click here to continue April, 06th, 2006 Algebra, Ugh!Ever since I left high school algebra behind, many moons ago, I’ve waited to see if I would ever use it. Sixty years later,I’m still waiting. Even when working on budgets, my own or an employer’s, all I needed was simple arithmetic, (possibly augmented by alchemy, not algebra). Nevertheless, algebra was required for college entrance in my day.… click here to continue April, 05th, 2006 Spring FervorOde to joy, ode to spring--the sun has just set in Technicolor on a glorious early spring day. Blossoms are popping out everywhere. I just had to plant a few primroses near the front door for a little more color. It’s been hard to be inside writing and to spend two hours at critique group this afternoon, but… click here to continue April, 04th, 2006 New Travel EntryI forgot to mention that I finished Ship Ahoy Part Four last night and posted it to the travel pages on my website, for those who are interested in our last cruise to the Mexican Riviera. click here to continueApril, 03rd, 2006 |