tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post5864441594577496016..comments2024-03-10T01:26:13.595-08:00Comments on Trainride Of The Enigmas: The Enigma of Growing UpGeo.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-79048404751786592842020-09-16T19:03:00.626-07:002020-09-16T19:03:00.626-07:00Ha! I guess we got some PE credit, now that I thi...Ha! I guess we got some PE credit, now that I think of it - not an outright exemption, though. For my daughter, no such luck. Fortunately, ultimate frisbee counts - assuming she ever gets to play again.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-79716920145890286032020-09-16T09:21:32.263-07:002020-09-16T09:21:32.263-07:00Lots of popping going on all over. It is our way o...Lots of popping going on all over. It is our way of life now, along with boxes in the mail that contains something wrapped in plastic that is near impossible to open without one or two tools and a few nasty words.<br /><br />Take care, dear Geo. You and Norma are in my thoughts. <br />Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-62251569436041804172020-09-14T14:23:59.681-07:002020-09-14T14:23:59.681-07:00Thanks, dear Arleen. We're doing the best we c...Thanks, dear Arleen. We're doing the best we can right now. Norma's her energetic self but I'm having problems with copd, which I control with very aerobic panic attacks. I hope your daughter keeps safe. I stay indoors except for occasional "trunk-poppin' shoppin'" --a phrase for which I'm forever grateful to you. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-4825191028928060892020-09-14T13:07:29.107-07:002020-09-14T13:07:29.107-07:00Just checking in to see how you are doing. The fi...Just checking in to see how you are doing. The fires and the smoke out in the west are beyond horrible and I am concerned about you and Norma. I hope you are both safe. As I said to my daughter, now is the time to move to Hawaii.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-11930682961732749542020-09-12T22:27:29.197-07:002020-09-12T22:27:29.197-07:00Dear Louise, I've been missing you! Strange su...Dear Louise, I've been missing you! Strange summer indeed. Norma and I are okay, although bizarre pressures of this year have threatened to compress us into and under our scalps --in which case I hope we'll be as pretty as Hairy Tux. Your concern is appreciated...and needed.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-6951289587156535522020-09-12T19:06:42.127-07:002020-09-12T19:06:42.127-07:00Hairy Tux is a good friend to have during these to...Hairy Tux is a good friend to have during these tough times, Geo! I'm glad to see that you you are still here with your wonderful sense of humor. I've not been very good at visiting my blogging friends during this strange summer. I don't know why I'm floundering around so much. It's hard to focus and take care of things I should ~ like checking on you. I keep worrying about you and Norma and hoping that you are okay. The fires in California are horrific, and my heart goes out to everyone who is suffering. Here's hoping Hairy Tux, et al, come through.Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-80799987049067536792020-09-07T06:42:32.707-07:002020-09-07T06:42:32.707-07:00Dear Squid, I was never qualified for that choice,...Dear Squid, I was never qualified for that choice, but Norma was and took advantage of it. She is a flutist, not a flautist --as I pronounce it. Claims she has never flauted in public.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-58649614824493727712020-09-07T06:07:35.537-07:002020-09-07T06:07:35.537-07:00Wow, you got an exemption from phys ed by doing ma...Wow, you got an exemption from phys ed by doing marching band? My daughter would have loved that.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-83360495695576467782020-09-03T16:54:05.669-07:002020-09-03T16:54:05.669-07:00Dear Bruce, Hairy is indeed attuned to tremendous ...Dear Bruce, Hairy is indeed attuned to tremendous operations of the universe, which have funneled down an answer to all problems, challenges and questions in my life: "...enough to eat and a warm place to sleep..." decidedly covers it. With the slight exception of pooping in the potting soil, Hairy and I are indistinguishable.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-90027966694379701902020-09-03T16:36:06.642-07:002020-09-03T16:36:06.642-07:00I'm not sure it works for all species, Lisa. H...I'm not sure it works for all species, Lisa. Hairy is only a year old and has whiter eyebrows than I have at 70. I just can't get that focused.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-58454644491998978842020-09-03T16:28:32.438-07:002020-09-03T16:28:32.438-07:00Dear Beatrice, "'Suits" him'&quo...Dear Beatrice, "'Suits" him'", Delightful. Thanks. Found Norma in the Social Science section. She has almost got me civilized.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-28663055734191938812020-09-03T08:22:59.076-07:002020-09-03T08:22:59.076-07:00Hairy Tux, with his Buddhist intensity and calm, h...Hairy Tux, with his Buddhist intensity and calm, has the answers to whatever comes up in your life. Since you have learned how to communicate with him, all you have to do is make sure he has enough to eat and a warm place to sleep. Voila!Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-5228611902215976822020-09-03T05:41:02.057-07:002020-09-03T05:41:02.057-07:00So that's how one whitens one's eyebrows! ...So that's how one whitens one's eyebrows! Thank you Hairy Tux :-)Lisa Southardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711376747848601409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-32376836728471359982020-09-03T04:04:46.438-07:002020-09-03T04:04:46.438-07:00Hairy Tux is attractive and his name “suits” him v...Hairy Tux is attractive and his name “suits” him very well. This was a sweet recounting of how you and Norma first meet.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-34637621710851648912020-09-02T18:34:46.818-07:002020-09-02T18:34:46.818-07:00Indeed dear Maddie, but they go through such trial...Indeed dear Maddie, but they go through such trials in their lives that we would find hard to endure. Best we can do is offer them ownership to our properties. Home.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-35755959109977805402020-09-02T18:06:04.256-07:002020-09-02T18:06:04.256-07:00Dear Tom, Of course I listen and learn from Hairy....Dear Tom, Of course I listen and learn from Hairy. He's much closer to the wisdom and ways of the universe than I. But yes, I used to climb that rope, up to the ceiling, down to the floor. Last time was 20 years ago when I still worked for the school district. I was a young boy of 50 and had few limits. Now I would hire someone else to do it. Stay safe and healthy, my friend. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-31499694800959068862020-09-02T17:46:53.040-07:002020-09-02T17:46:53.040-07:00Cats...such vain and spoiled creatures. But we lov...Cats...such vain and spoiled creatures. But we love them anyway.Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-22670786851253416822020-09-02T17:43:30.962-07:002020-09-02T17:43:30.962-07:00Dear Margaret, Understood. Norma was 100 pounds wh...Dear Margaret, Understood. Norma was 100 pounds when I met<br />and --2 years later-- married her. She is no longer shy, but still quiet, commanding me almost entirely with her eyes. And yes, all through high school she played flute in marching band.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-13122168393225650822020-09-02T17:34:32.924-07:002020-09-02T17:34:32.924-07:00Dear Emma, admittedly I'm still flattered when...Dear Emma, admittedly I'm still flattered when carded while buying wine; a minor conceit, but at 70 one appreciates the cashier's kindness.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-37755667418773704792020-09-02T17:19:12.108-07:002020-09-02T17:19:12.108-07:00Lovely Arleen, Agreed, Hairy demonstrates far more...Lovely Arleen, Agreed, Hairy demonstrates far more poise and intellect than I did when I was his age. He also possesses restraint and composure except when trying to kill and eat my other creatures. Treefrogs keep to the roof and eaves --squirrels to the upper terraces of trees.<br /><br />And yes, I too was glad to find Norma in the library, and check her out. I have ignored all overdue fees and demands for her return.<br /><br />We are doing well, as I hope your daughter and loved ones are too. My nose runs every time I step outside, but am otherwise ok. Smoke still blankets much of our state. Fire trucks go by every day, but that is usually about prairie fires. We're mainly glad to see the ass-end of August.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-42306105456073133242020-09-02T15:56:36.587-07:002020-09-02T15:56:36.587-07:00Kind Duta, I thoroughly agree and have passed your...Kind Duta, I thoroughly agree and have passed your compliment to the photographer, who thanks you --as do I.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-63438827405695112202020-09-02T15:52:07.780-07:002020-09-02T15:52:07.780-07:00Dear Sage, are you sure we didn't attend the s...Dear Sage, are you sure we didn't attend the same school?Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-47538153835603659842020-09-02T13:11:52.687-07:002020-09-02T13:11:52.687-07:00Listen to Hairy Tux. Anyone who spends a lot of ti...Listen to Hairy Tux. Anyone who spends a lot of time in thought and meditation is someone to pay attention to.<br />I remember one of the trauma's of junior high gym class was climbing the rope. I'd never seen, let alone tried that. And yes, fragrant and warm and soft is vastly superior to teen boys with changing voices!Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-11312388544815232532020-09-02T10:27:51.689-07:002020-09-02T10:27:51.689-07:00Love the cat, hated gym class. I'm small, not ...Love the cat, hated gym class. I'm small, not athletic and was shy. (not any more)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-58247251372650537062020-09-02T10:11:23.958-07:002020-09-02T10:11:23.958-07:00When it comes to it we are all concerned with bein...When it comes to it we are all concerned with being attractive.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.com