Author: rugby843

I am a widow since 2013 and live by myself in a small apartment. I use a wheelchair to get around, but I wouldn't consider myself disabled. I'm 11 years away from having bladder cancer resulting in a urostomy and I'm doing well. This cancer was a result of having radiation in 1995 because of uterine cancer. So have faith in yourself, a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. My first try at blogging was an attempt to help other people with my condition. I am a mother of three married children, and a grandmother to eight gorgeous kids, featuring them often here, and a great grandmother to two as of today, 6/7/25! I enjoy exploring my feelings and like to try the challenges. I like humor, music, movies, games, and some sports. I absolutely appreciate your reading and commenting on my blog. I am happy to read all of your blogs and learn more about you. Please comment however you like, ask whatever, and I'll answer honestly. Thanks for reading! Cheryl

MLMM Tale Weaver 1-28-21

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Of course not everyone was grim. It was mostly the oldsters–those that started the union conventions over fifty years ago and stubbornly refused to accept any changes.

The new enlightened generation thought it was time to accept more variety in lamplighters and put ads in the local newspaper saying so. The ad explained that the Grimsters convention was originally organized by lamplighters who hated their job and started a union of sorts, thus the name, but times have changed. The inclusion of J.J.J.J. had set new standards.

Lamplighting was a timely tradition, often called “lanmiters”. The mispronunciation started in the days of John Jacob Jeremiah Jones who had a slight speech impediment.

It was no wonder, with his strict parents insisting on him saying his full name in front of anyone he met. His stutter remained throughout his lifetime but he was also known for getting every flame burning on the street lamps before dark.

We can all be thankful to J.J.J.J for his faithful service and the beginnings of a new era for lamp lighters.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/01/28/tale-weaver-312-making-sense-of-nonsense-january28th/#like-21226

Three Line Tales 1-28-21

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

My eyes are wide

My plea is real

I need your help

Do we have a deal?

I promise to use the box faithfully

Everytime, you can count on me

I won’t scratch at your chairs

Or ruin your sofa

I’ll lay with you and lick like a loofah

Give no kisses that smell like tuna

And at night I’ll prowl in the lunar

I won’t topple plants

Or laugh when you dance

I’ll be perfect you’ll see

If you let me be

Your constant companion

We’ll have lots of fun

If you adopt me, we’ll
be as one!

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Three Line Tales 261

5 Things Cold Remedies

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

I don’t know if there is a remedy, but visiting my in laws, my father in law would make me a bourbon hot toddy. We were usually playing bridge at the time and even though I disliked bourbon, after the first one, the second went down well.😄

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The following are what we’ve always used to comfort, not cure.

Hot tea with honey to coat a sore throat

Vitamin C

Humidifier

Plenty of kleenex

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https://saltedcaramel670.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/5-favourite-cold-remedies/

dVerse Poets Quadrille – Faith

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

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“I am the way, the truth, and the life” John 14:6

First heard in childhood readings

I believed, and wonder with all

Happenings now, if it is still believable

Is there salvation for people believing in the statue of liberty’s words?

Faith, hope needed.

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https://dversepoets.com/2021/01/25/dverse-quadrille-119-no-way-way/#like-21192