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This is another haiku dredged up from the recesses of my notebook, but this one I rather like. I was actually surprised to find that I haven’t already posted it.
 
tears pour down my face flooding my arms warm hand on my head 

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Sunday afternoon Samuel L. and Elsie came over to retrieve a Lansberry coffee carafe and a soon to be Lansberry bag of tortilla chips. I was very touched by Samuel’s gentlemanly gesture when he asked Elsie what she wanted to carry. At first she couldn’t decide, but then she said, “Oh, I’ll just take this” [...]

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 Last night was dinner at Lansberry’s. In case I haven’t mentioned it we moved dinner to Wednesdays. If I have mentioned it’s still moved. We ate a rice-spinach-cheese casserole with your choice of cheddar or feta cheese and really good fresh bread from Great Harvest Bread. Garlic-cheddar bread. Mmmmmm.
During dinner we did One Good Thing [...]

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Haiku of the Day (Raquel)

Yes, this is still part of my old mediocre haiku run, but this set is somewhat amusing.
tangled cables manual of gibberish Help!
cables straightened computer hums– thank you

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Haiku of the Day (Raquel)

One hundred seven miles to Indianapolis– just the beginning 

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Haiku of the Day (Raquel)

you’re really not at all amusing– can’t help laughing 
 

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Not Every Day (Raquel)

 I might say that it’s not every day I walk past someone wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat and holding a lightsaber. But around here that might be an everyday occurence. It was the red vest that was new.

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The People Who Love Me (Gabrielle)

Raquel is my friend. James and Theresa are also my friends. Sometimes being my friend, or any one’s for that matter, means caring about stuff that really shouldn’t be a big deal. But for some reason this thing is a big deal to your friend and so then it’s a big deal for you. Thursday [...]

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A Day of Small Things (Gabrielle)

Yesterday was very much a day of small things. Small pleasures in small errands that had to be run and small pleasantries with various people. Small irritations I couldn’t figure out and small miracles.
Yesterday afternoon I got a call from Raquel. Kathey had called them and asked if someone could come over. Her granddaughter’s glasses [...]

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Amusing Spam (Raquel)

We generally get a fair number of spam comments coming through moderation, but lately I’ve been amused by several of them, and decided to share my amusement.
Perhaps I’m the only one who finds any interest in this; I was also the one who listened intently to the message from a telemarketer who truly [...]

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