Author Archives: The Chronicler
SP*
In the last post I did not pluck this rather *Misspelled words will often be circled and/or marked with the letters SP to indicate the spelling error. Please note, there will be more to come. “SP”
SLAM!
There is no sound quite like it. A solid, definitive wood-on-wood noise and you know, at that moment you are on the wrong side of open. After every mask wearing visitor, I always open both the front and back doors to let a flow of air through the little sitting room/kitchen. This time was no …
The ‘Pot’ Warmer
In another life, in Washington DC, a dear friend and I had a minuscule business. She painted teapots and I made the cloth cozies to cover them for warmth. We sold these colorful combinations at the National Cathedral Gift Shop. Due to lack of volume, after a while, we took the hint and stopped making …
Three essentials in life…
and the third one is an oven. My first winter here noted there was no oven in my little house but I was so busy paddling to keep my head above water, it was alright. Last winter, recognized I missed the options having an oven gave me.. There is a certain warmth to food that …
He Didn’t Want to Wrinkle His Suit
This was the text under the photo of a dead man slumped over the steering wheel of a car. It was an advertisement in the early 1970’s in Holland to induce citizens to follow the new regulation of wearing a seatbelt. There was a time [ancient] when motorcycle helmets and seatbelts were not mandated. Once …
That < in the middle of the bill.
When a bill arrives, be it taxes or the tandarts -[that’s dentist in Dutch-for the alliteration] on the left-hand-side in the middle of the page is a <. The reason for the < mark is indeed to point to the middle of the page as it aligns smartly with the > in the paper punch …
Icelandic comedian
His name is Ari Eldjarn and one of his standup performances is on Netflix. The reason I recommend him is in reference to the last minutes of his show. He rifts on what I have come to recognize as the “American Manner of Saying Thank you”. If you watch him, I won’t have to explain …
More or is it Moo
Am collecting discarded handiwork found at the ‘Emporium’. Given the fact that I can not imagine the patience one musters to start and then bring to completion such works, I’m more than pleased to rescue these discarded pieces. [More harmless than needy-cute-cats from the Pound which I resist at every turn.] This is the latest. …
2020
Have always appreciated the concept of 2020 hindsight. This New Year 2021 is a time to look back with 2020 hindsight; to evaluate what can be learned from these past 12 months. For me. it reinforces the ‘power of now’. A year ago I was on a wonderful, first-time-in-years-holiday. It was a first time solo …