Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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PatienceLooking back on my life, I realize many situations I’ve been in were destined to teach me patience, not a long suit as I grew up. The three men I married, all veterans of World War II, damaged in different ways by war, eventually exhausted my patience. Enough said on that subject. Post-traumatic stress disorder was unheard of in those… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 25th, 2011 Buried Memory TidbitsLast night at the Memoir Writing group meeting, someone mentioned working at a radio station and triggered a memory I’d forgotten. I’ve written a long story about all the jobs I’ve held during my life, but omitted the brief time I typed logs at a local radio station where my then-husband had a talk show. He called it Your Opinion,… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 23rd, 2011 Body ChangesYesterday morning I went to the dentist and got the permanent crown to replace the temporary I’ve been wearing for weeks. The old tooth broke off on the Fourth of July weekend, and the replacement has been in process ever since. It’s really great to have that over with. My mouth is happy; my bank account is not. After that,… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 21st, 2011 Spam ScamsYesterday morning I was notified that I won a BMW and $45,000 cash in a lottery in Spain, and I’ve been selected by Hundai Corporation to receive big bucks for my personal development. Wow, am I lucky. I may wear out the delete button on my computer if this keeps up. Ever astute AOL did pop those emails into the… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 19th, 2011 So Many WordsProbably a good reason I’ve never been successful at writing fiction is my tendency to conserve words. In high school creative writing I was taught précis writing—condensing an article to a sentence or two or a book to a paragraph. Some assignments were articles from The Readers Digest that had already been condensed, a bit more of a challenge. To… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 17th, 2011 Water Table/Ground WaterThanks to the vast treasury of information on the internet, I just read about the above subjects. I didn’t understand a lot of what I read, but I’m convinced we have a lotta water around us in this complex. I’m told the rental office for the apartments was moved to the apartment across the street from me, because it kept… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 15th, 2011 Read and WeepRead and Weep I did. From last night’s Republican debate ... CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, the event’s moderator, posed the hypothetical question to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas): What do you tell a guy who is sick, goes into a coma and doesn’t have health insurance? Who pays for his coverage? “Are you saying society should just let him die?” Wolf Blitzer… click here to continue 0 Comment(s) about this entry. | Permalink September, 13th, 2011 |