Barbara J. Hamby

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In My Day

The saga of the errant telephone company resumed today. When I returned from shopping, there was no dial tone on my phone. I waited a few minutes and tried both the cordless and the cord phone and, again, no dial tone. So I began the tedious process of reporting the outage to a recording. To each question the disembodied voice… click here to continue

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November, 16th, 2006

Just Another Storm

Not much to report tonight. Just another stormy day. The wind and rain on the roof at the swimming pool this evening was extremely noisy. The one other brave soul who came to do exercises asked me several times if I thought we were safe. I assured her we were, even though I remembered a pool in Portland where… click here to continue

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November, 15th, 2006

Excitement, Not

There’s very little excitement around here today. Even the weather was calm and pleasant. We ran a few errands this afternoon. I caught up on some paperwork earlier and answered emails.

I’m reading a novel that was a finalist for the National Book Award. The most fascinating thing about it is the lack of quotation marks around… click here to continue

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November, 14th, 2006

Quantity v. Quality

In today’s newspaper, I found a website where you can answer their questionnaire and the program will compute your possible life expectancy. Based on my answers, I was advised that, if I continue my present lifestyle, I may possibly live to age 98 or more. I’m not sure how I feel about that. As far as life is concerned,… click here to continue

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November, 13th, 2006

Rainy Sunday

It’s pretty nasty outside, but warm and cozy in here. I burned the remaining stack of shredded paper, tax returns, credit union statements, and other financial documents. When that fire goes out, I think we’ll throw a log on.

After my swim, we made a fast trip to Hometown Buffet for a mid-afternoon dinner. Because of a… click here to continue

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November, 12th, 2006

Scorecard for the Day

Today I accomplished something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. It’s not a task I can just will myself to do at any given moment. I wrote down what some poets call a “found poem.” It came to me as I looked out the kitchen window at a nearby tree. It’s very short. In my experience, short… click here to continue

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November, 11th, 2006

Smug Time

We had a fire this afternoon in the fireplace and it worked well. We burned a fancy log made of mysterious ingredients that burned approximately three hours, as promised. Prior to lighting it, I discovered the damper has been open ever since I moved in. No wonder I could smell cigarette smoke from time to time with all the… click here to continue

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November, 10th, 2006

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