Tag Archives: Relationships

Benevolent Nuns

Posted on February 23, 2018 by elroyjones

My mother was a comfort to the incarcerated. Continue reading →

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Open Conversation

Posted on August 14, 2016 by elroyjones

I feel guilty that I don’t love all of the people I’m related to. Continue reading →

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Lawn Poop

Posted on July 19, 2016 by elroyjones

  Good Gawd!!! There is so MUCH that annoys me at this moment. I’d like to cry in frustration and rage that The Donald is the very best the GOP can do. “They” must have the lowest possible opinion of … Continue reading →

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Wrong Answer

Posted on July 15, 2016 by elroyjones

My husband told me that we have luna moths that fly in dipping, circular patterns all night. Luna moths are magical, like fire flies. When I got up to pee, I looked out the window, and sure enough, they were … Continue reading →

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Individually Independent

Posted on July 1, 2016 by elroyjones

You don’t want to hear this again, I know you don’t. That won’t stop me. For a while I forgot who I was/am. I need new bras and a shower curtain. I spend more time devising ways to keep people … Continue reading →

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Love’s Force

Posted on July 1, 2016 by elroyjones

My husband and I are in diametric opposition to quite a lot. Sometimes we surprise each other and ourselves. *Spoiler alert- do not buy Marvin push out windows if you live in an area of high wind velocity. Those windows … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Views

Posted on June 14, 2016 by elroyjones

In the past little while, a month maybe six weeks, time escapes me (it flees), we’ve worked with a couple of veterans. They’re veterans of wars that never were, Iran and Afghanistan. Congress has not made a declaration of war … Continue reading →

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Anyone Anytime

Posted on June 4, 2016 by elroyjones

Joan Baez is on PBS tonight, Diamonds and Rust, 75 years old, can that be right? Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue, which brings us to the Bob Dylan Republican. There’s a soft spot in my heart for … Continue reading →

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Lingering Loiterers

Posted on June 4, 2016 by elroyjones

Just to let you know (I preface questionable news with that same statement for my husband) Hippy Hall is sometimes more like Hippy Hell. My husband is a workaholic and a fucking entrepeneur extraordinaire. Oh, and by the way I’m … Continue reading →

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Bert & Ida

Posted on June 1, 2016 by elroyjones

My siblings and I grew up in a working class community, one of the last strongholds of the east coast fish cannery industry. We were lucky because we were raised by two generations of educators and influenced by an assortment … Continue reading →

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