warm soup and a smile...

I dont know why I remembered this story but here you go. ....

A few years ago I was in the business of selling wine. I was in Chicago and running between my retail places that I needed to visit. At a Whole foods there was a man outside who was selling streetwise. If your form Chicago you know what this is. Its a local newspaper that help out the home less by giving them a chance to start working. Any ways I was busy and I rushed in. On the way out it had just started to snow. I was hungry and bought my self soup and watched this man through the window. I bought a second large lobster bisque some rolls with butter and sodas. I went out side in the light snow and sat with this man. I traded him some hot soup for his story ..... It threw him off but I think that the smile he have me was one of the most honest smiles that I had ever seen...... We sat and talked. Enjoying both lunch and each others company. I wish the world was more like those ten minutes.....

Mirror , Mirror......

Last night I was somewhere between bored and tired.... SO I shaved my head with in 1/8 on an inch. Its a little peach fuzz on top. I took a shower and clipped off the stray bits of hair that I missed. The I did something very odd. I took off my glasses and stared in to the mirror. I stared from a close distance and from a few steps away. I'm starting not to recognize my self. I don't see my old eyes in the reflection. My very face seems foreign to me. I feel the same. I just look different to my self..... I am starting to see a few wrinckles around my eyes. A laugh line or two. I just hope I don't become old inside. I still want to laugh and read comic books . May be eat a few wings and have a beer with friends.... But that also seems too far away. Arrg I'm sorry folks It was a weird night and I'm starting to thing I'm going alittle batty. Peace.

stop the noise...

The tv is on, over head music, 100 conversations going on, pages and
phones ringing. I want the world to be quiet. I want to go home and state
at a book until I fall asleep. I want to eat chocolate puff ceral and
listen to each crispy pop. When I work you have to listen to people and
things. I don't even want to hear my self at this point in the evening. Yes
business is good but I want no noise. No "ding....." no talking no engines
starting or horns honking, no phones ringing. Just dead silence and the
noise of my own dreams. ...... If you like the noise then turn it up..... I
want to turn it down from 11. Good night.

St pattys......arrg

Wow st pattys kicked my ass.... a little bar hopping , a long day at work and a touch off beer made it for a very long Sunday. More on that after a long nights sleep......

hhappy Pi day!!!

Sights and sounds.....

Spring is on the horizon. I can hear the birds in the morning as I get up to take the dogs out. Today you could see the snow melting and the SUn on your face, even if was only for a short time. I don't think I needed a Springtime return more than this year. I don't know why I just feel like I need the Sun. To bask in its warm life-giving rays and sit in the quiet. Enough.
*** Well I took a few days off last week and spent them in my basement cleaning and sorting and throwing things out that I no longer use. Old magazines and books. I have a tote of VHS movies that I'm going to take to work and drop off as a donation to the break room.
----I'm having trouble sleeping at night. I remember when I was younger I would hit the pillow and I would not remember a thing until the next morning or alarm clock. Its been awhile but I've been getting up at night and fighting through dreams. It probably are the dogs taking up space on the bed. ( out of ten times its only 1 dog on the bed the other uses a nest. Its just an old blanket we rolled in to a doggie nest. Every now and then I wake up with both dogs in the bed. Taking every available inch and asking for more. These two mutts have become my extended family. My boys love them and I think the dogs need the boys just as much.

Real women???