by PJColando | Aug 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I met Predatory Pam for tea-and-me-and-thee. I hoped for mutual benefit. When I arrived, in an area not in my ‘hood, she was posed in front of the coffee shop window, as if ensconced on a throne, well perched and poised, ready to – Strike. Me....
by PJColando | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
How would you have liked to awaken to the “Star Spangled Banner,” rendered on guitar by a black guitarist, one who invented a new way to work the strings with his overlong thumb? One who famously set his guitar on fire, actually as well as metaphorically....
by PJColando | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
I carry in my wallet a picture of a heart: a schematic of my dad’s blockages and remedy shunts. On the back, listed in his own hand, are the dates of his pacemaker operations. It’s a small plastic-coated card, meant as medic alert, the size of Master Card...
by PJColando | Aug 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Are you aqua-fit or aqua-fat? I don’t have to choose: I am both. You see, my mindful fitness routine includes water aerobics. I’ve just attended my 100th class. Feeling tready, I am. However, my unmindful imbibing infuses its own routine: each week I lose...
by PJColando | Jul 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
All of us desire a natural glow – even if it comes in a tube. Just as many people grant their desire to be a blonde by pouring the genie from a bottle. While I don’t need the bottle, I definitely need the tube. Yeah for Jergen’s Company scientists...
by PJColando | Jul 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve heard a friend or two say that they have old age onset ADD. I guess that, in the land of initials, that would be OAOADD, which sounds too much like the “Old MacDonald” refrain to me. Initially I plugged into the concept, especially when...
Recent Comments