Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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Open Letter to IRS.orgDear Spammer, I am in my late seventies and the IRS has only once contacted me to give me back money. They did it via an audit that nearly gave me a nervous breakdown. Actually, their intent was to extract more money from me by disallowing a deduction for an employment agency fee. I was able to prove it was… click here to continue December, 30th, 2007 Plunking the KeysThe last few days, I’ve spent a lot of time hunched over this laptop, editing web site entries. I’d like to think I’m making some headway, but in the last few years it appears I’ve written a lot of entries. It’s apparent the editing won’t be finished by the time my web master switches the site to the new… click here to continue December, 27th, 2007 White ChristmasFor years I’ve always dreamed of a wet Christmas, because I knew the odds were that’s what we’d get. But this year we got a white Christmas—the best kind. It snowed enough to make everything look pretty and melted off before it got dangerous. It started to snow just before Noon as I left to go swimming so I got… click here to continue December, 25th, 2007 My Work’s Cut Out for MeMy Webmaster is preparing my website for transfer to another service provider and, in the process, a few minor glitches popped up. I’ve been using Microsoft Word to draft my blog and travel entries and some of Word’s punctuation idiosyncrasies do not transfer correctly. Therefore, I feel compelled to edit the transferred entries before we go on line with the… click here to continue December, 23rd, 2007 In the SwimYesterday afternoon I swam and exercised in chilly water, probably between 70 and 75 degrees. I moved quickly and spent only twenty minutes in the water. Today, the temperature was posted on the dressing room door: 80 degrees—more comfortable, but not balmy. I lasted for thirty minutes. I’m hoping for 85 degrees tomorrow. The best news is that the spa… click here to continue December, 21st, 2007 ‘Tis the Week Before ChristmasTime flies even more quickly this time of year than usual, and usual is faster and faster as the years pass. I finally got most of my Christmas cards and letters mailed yesterday with a few stragglers that have to be finished when I have all the information I need. My new all-in-one printer and I are still in… click here to continue December, 19th, 2007 Christmas SpiritGrinding my way through signing Christmas cards, updating address labels, etc. hasn’t exactly pulled me from “Bah, Humbug,” to “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” Having run out of blank labels and printer ink simultaneously was not helpful, especially since I didn’t have time to shop the last couple of days. Too many errands and a swim… click here to continue December, 15th, 2007 |