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absentia  

wickedeasy 74F
11204 posts
10/27/2013 11:28 am
absentia


it's not like i don't have a million things to say

it's not as if i don't wonder what folks are up to and fret that i'm not keeping up.

it's more a sense of season i think. it's colder now and when i come home, i find myself making tea and pulling up a quilt and reaching for a book. the computer looks so far away and chilly sitting by the window.

a sense of pulling inward and charlie and i are comfy on my bed.

work is very hard right now as we prepare for winter and some of the other shelters on the north shore are limiting guests. we will see a good deal of overflow. the push is still for rapid rehousing but with no housing it's just a push against a door that's nailed shut. been nailed shut for three years now.

i feel like i could sleep forever. like a bear going into hibernation. curled up under a pile of quilts because i refuse to turn the heat on until November. i only crawl out for food, a book and to take charlie out to do his thing. he is like me for now; content to curl up with me and in a soft circle by my side huffing gently, sleeping his day away.

would that i were wealthy and could afford to do this for more than two days a week. that laundry didn't pile up and demand my attention. that we didn't need food in the house.

i've gone adrift. my pile of books is 17 high, held and read. i feel gluttonous for more words. i watch only movies made in the 30's and 40's. i've become absent from the world.

are you fonder of me? grins

You cannot conceive the many without the one.


rm_19harley86 74M
45446 posts
10/27/2013 11:58 am

I stay warm,,,I turned the heat on

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hippiechick1967 60F  
13154 posts
10/27/2013 1:59 pm

i've gone adrift. my pile of books is 17 high, held and read. i feel gluttonous for more words. i watch only movies made in the 30's and 40's. i've become absent from the world.

I usually start using heat November 1st and turn it off April 30th, but I may break it by a few days this year.

I thought I saw you far off in the foggy distance, from my perch drifting with 7 books, movies from the 70s and 80s, and Netflix. It's ok sometimes.

Elevate me...


LadyLuck2 67F  
9091 posts
10/27/2013 2:01 pm

Books, movies, a loving dog, an a quilt...what more could a girl want?

You've been missed.

Never ignore those who care for you
you will have lost diamonds
while you were collecting stones


christylovesfun 51F  
16880 posts
10/27/2013 2:33 pm

I would bring you tea and sit in silence.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. Other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies. For vilest things
Become themselves in her, that the holy priests
Bless her when she is riggish. ~~ from Antony & Cleopatra


canyaz 56F
17128 posts
10/27/2013 3:35 pm

We wimps here in the south turned the heat on yesterday morning when the house was 67 inside and it was 41 outside. I have missed your mind but totally understand you need for words. I have been visiting books like old friends lately.

There is a difference between a good BJ and a bad BJ.
canyaz


smartasswoman 66F  
35813 posts
10/27/2013 4:12 pm

Oh for heaven's sake, turn on the heat! (Here in MN, the "thrifty" people refuse to turn it on before October - just pretend that you live in MN)

The rest of it - reading and movie watching - sounds great. I've been trying to do more reading, less internet, as well. Enjoy yourself...


warmandsexy52 72M
13158 posts
10/28/2013 3:11 pm

Dearest WE - always fond of you

Hugs

warm xx


chas4037 75M
4119 posts
10/30/2013 7:02 pm

Indeed you were and are missed, dear WE. I am not much of a regular here either, but pop back in now & again to see who is where. What a great pleasure to see you highlighted again.

I'm in the resisting hibernation mode myself, but not terribly successfully at times. IF I'm chilly when I get up, and have put on my robe & slippers (oh my gawd do I sound that OLD?) then I visit the thermostat right now. Then, mid-day, when the sun has warmed everything, I turn it back down to 55, my default temperature. IF I'm lucky, the house isn't back to 55 by next morning, but I sure do sleep more comfortably in a cooler room.

At least, I know I'm lucky to have the option of choosing my comforts!

I get to the environs of Boston, now & again, WE; somehow we'll have to find a way to communicate so that we can share a pot of tea someday.

Chas


39lawless 58F
6864 posts
11/9/2013 6:52 am

Christy can bring tea and I'll come crawl under the quilts with you and just be. Ahhhh. Just thinking about that makes me feel peaceful. xoxo

Always tell the truth
Use kind words
Keep your promises
Giggle and laugh
Be positive
Love one another
Always be grateful
Forgiveness is mandatory
Try new things
Say please and thank you
Say your prayers
Smile

~Author unknown


chas4037 75M
4119 posts
11/14/2013 3:34 pm

Hi WE

next visit to your fair city (or at least the neighborhood) is late afternoon / evening on the 19th and to mid-afternoon on the 20th.

Chas


rm_CharleyB223 62F
1004 posts
11/15/2013 1:32 pm

I'll always be more than fond of you.

*[blog charleyb223]*


ShyWhisper2006 60F
15173 posts
12/15/2013 12:01 pm

I have always been fond of you my dear and that shall never cease. I have missed you but real life..well we know how it can be and I got lost for a bit again. *hugs* Be well my dear sis ^_^


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