I’ve often used the old line, “It’s easy to quit smoking! I’ve done it a dozen times!” That line, though, actually gets to the core of why I kept smoking for so long. I’d quit, then six months later I’d figure that I had smoking kicked – and I’d have “just a puff.” To really truly quit, … read more 10th Anniversary
Tag: 2006
Day 93: Improv in blue
I was on a hunt for chorizo. You never know where they’ll put it in a big grocery store. A Publix employee in the meat department, who was standing maybe eight feet away, gave me a huge smile and fairly bellowed, “Hello! How’re you doing?” I jumped – her greeting was that big. “Oh, hi, I’m fine!” I … read more Day 93: Improv in blue
Day 72: Wearing what I choose
My choices in clothes just never seem to work out. On the last day of kindergarten, Mom allowed me to pick what I would wear. I chose an emerald-green corduroy jumper with little evergreen trees all over it. It was June, too hot to wear corduroy anything. But I insisted on being granted this privilege of choice. As I … read more Day 72: Wearing what I choose
Day 11: Does copper melt in a flame?
When it is soooo hot out, I think of everything melting… the whole world melting. And I wanted to melt a penny. Just to see. Keep in mind that pennies aren’t solid copper and never have been. The ones before 1982 (and some of that year) were 97.5 percent copper, and 2.5 percent zinc. But … read more Day 11: Does copper melt in a flame?