Skaterina's email / part two

she received this email yesterday :

"We have an ongoing discussion in our house regarding the phrase
Shoot phooey. I use it a great deal; my 16 year old thinks I'm making up stuff. Is this a phrase you've heard others use, or are we the only two cool people in the world who understand the power of the two words together?"

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Posted by Anonymous to skaterina at 10/19/2005 06:34:58 PM

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now this is an email that is the exception to the former post

this commenter actually appears to have read Skaterina's blog for she does, indeed, use the phrase Shoot Phooey

and has done so for many years

she usually says Shoot Phooey aloud with an understood comma between Shoot and Phooey

like this :

shoot, phooey

and, yes, we are prolly the only two cool people in the world

smile

Skaterina's email

everyday she gets an email from an "anonymous@blogspot" claiming to have suddenly stumbled onto her wonderful blog and they immediately bookmark it it is so fine and tasty and when she has time will she please visit their blogs which sell wine dog coats cooking lessons and many other desireable objets d'arte or activitease

it is fairly obvious that this is some form of spam

one wonders why the email and not a comment since a comment with the link enclosed would then be available to all her 1-3 readers

one guesses that these poor blogspots are in need of readers and this is one way to drum up a little biziness

sorry / it is not working

oh i got old part three

the exact moment ?

i was sitting outside in the outdoor room appreciating my vision and my vision quest

when i saw myself as an old lady with a Seeing Eye dog

what a great comfort

to be able to take a dog where only Seeing Eye dogs can go

meanwhile

i memorize the digital button controls on the washing machine

major set back ~~~~~

~~~~~~ in the weight loss program

i got a new digital scale / it weighs me five 5! pounds more than the other scale

sheesh

oh i got old part two

first there was crossing the line / gradual but inevitable / like being pre-menstrual and later pre-menopausal

a line that zigged and zagged / sneakily took a serpentine path / there were random detours and loop de loops

sometimes the line took a long ride on a merry-go-round or on a roller coaster

there was a lot of to and fro-ing and considerable time gazing in to a mirror

i was still me / post menopausal / officially a senior citizen / shoot i even collected social security and have medicare

William Saroyan wrote once that he didnt know he was going to get old

i always knew that / i just didnt know what it would be like / aging presents one with a fair amount of surprises

and then One Day there was The Moment when i clearly realized OH I got OLD

after all is said and done i will never again be who i was but Get This :

in becoming Old i also become someone New

i mean if Skaterina isnt going to skate what's the next best thing ?

old lady characters simmering on the back burner

Mrs. Foley springs to mind / with her little psychic side kick, Miss Tickle to beat the drum

so Oh i got Old and it's cool and i am ready

oh i got old

smile

what will i wear ?

what about my hair ?

answers soon

on being a denizen of the blogisphere

i read quite a few political blogs

favorites are bookmarked and likely favorites are bookmarked too

but

when a blog is not updated Every Day i bump it off

heh

i should bump me

! calling all skaterinas !

skaterina is receiving e-mails that mention topics she is writing about but she isnt exactly doing that

someone refers to her writing about breast cancer

not i, said the little red hen

weight loss ?

er / who ? us ?

intelligible design

if It is So intelligent
why isnt it smarter?

we went to the mtns ~~~~~

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we went to the mtns to see the fall colours

we picked two hatfulls of high mountain rose hips

caterina is now slumped in the recliner *

picking the little fuzzes off the rose hips so they can

go into the dehydrater

and then provide the potential for rose hips jam

syrup soup puree leather most likely tea

they are no doubt an essential element of

pemmican



* the recliner is an updated version of the old 50's butterfly or sling chairs in that structural elements are metal pipe and the seat and back is a one piece padded piece slips over the top struts / extremely comfortable / low enough slung to provide an impromptertou exercixe moment as it takes a bit of ooooomph to lift oneself out of the chair

the leg rest of the recliner is a large exercise ball / the blue one has little legs on one side so it will not roll away when you are not looking / there are six legs they look like teats / udderly delightful / flinging ones legs over the exercise ball and slumping in the chair are essential routines in Improvahoga Yoga

that's that on the recliner chair

except for this : arrange the ball and your legs so that the backs of your knees are in harmony with the top of the ball / bounce up and down gently lightly subtley / clarity resides in the backs of your knees / get in touch with your knee backs

wriggle your toes

goodness / oh yes / it is October

altar(sic)ing mindset

Work like you don't need the money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
Dance like nobody's watching,
Sing like nobody's listening,
Live like it's Heaven on Earth!

[source unknown]

motley and at ease

~~~~~~~~~

hmmmmm

the ultimate insouciance

dark start with gibbous moon

i love these early morning walks

it is so dark when we start i can barely see the white dog

nevermind the little black dog

appearing out of shadow

a shining gibbous moon / just off being full

lighting our way

we skip the eerie black underpass to cross the street

sometimes a car / bright lights

the dogs know to wait at the curb before we cross

i briskly stroll briskly / breathing chill morning air briskly

we go all the way to the park that has the outdoor xylophones

it is light enough to see now / to pick up the whatchamacallems / the mallets ?

to run them lightly over the bars of lyric sound and then more BRISKLY

by then eastern sky glowing / on the way back we will see the moab rim begin to glow with the coming dawn

hurry home before we turn into pumpkins

i like lessons ~~~

~~~ from mountain climbers :

"Never trust a piton you don't put in yourself."

from Solo Faces by James Salter

or from great aunt Maudie :

if you want something done right
do it yourself

today's menu at the iron rich cafe

breakie : cream of wheat with splurp of ghee

lunch : spiced buffalo pattie rarely cooked with

a perfect tomato from the garden and a rasher

of asparagus

creme caramel ice cream

after nap pick me up juice of two fresh oranges

with two squirts liquid B-12 with folic acid

orange juice excellent source of potassium

later : espresso with hot milk

stayed tuned in for dinner

~~~


i brought my blood iron levels up with an iron rich diet

my appetite is here

steam the spinach lightly / just limp it
drain it and squeeze the moisture out
whir it up in the blender with some
half n half / spritz of salt and pepper
grating of nutmeg

this is a sauce for liguine or cappellini
or your favorite pasta shape

along with the newly made ricotta
that has been marinated overnight
in chopped fresh herbs

like parsley sage rosemary thyme
some chopped garlic and olive oil

sprinkle of salt / dash of lemon pepper

warm this up in a 350 degree oven

use it with the creamed spinach
sauce to dress the pasta

lunk of butter on top
of course

evening menu possibilitease

involving iron rich foods

baby spinach salad with sliced fresh mushrooms
and little crispy greasy cubetti of salt pork
handful of parsley from the garden
sungold cherrie tomatoes sliced in half
a mere swish of olive oil and fruit wine vinegar

serve with

liver / quickly sauteed with sweet onion crescents
and slivers of baby crook neck summer squash

or

a seared lean beef (ground round) quarter pounder
still cool inside with lemon pepper

and whatever condiments strike your fancye

like gingerlime

somewhere to be lighthearted and carefree

in a word

Insouciance

is somewhere

to be

i notice that ~~~

~~~ Amy Goodman on Democracy Now when she talks about President Bush in Crawford, Texas / well she never calls his place his Ranch / she calls it his estate or his property / sorta changes his image, non e vero ?

all hat and no cattle

iron deficiency anemia

you feel real tired / extremely tired / and dizzy / when you bend over or stoop down and get up again you are dizzy

hang on to the tomato cage for support

sooner or later you faint

a syncope not a transient ischemic attack

one is you faint and the other (the TIA) is a mini stroke

one day i felt ~~~~so tired so done in so ready for the end that was surely near i got out my living will (downloaded during the schiavo media event) and called my lawyer

also the doctor

i had tests / blood / ekg / echocardiogram / the eagerly awaited colonoscopy and more scopys after that

so / I am just anemic / your iron is so slow its a wonder you can get out of bed in the morning sez the doc

it's the delicious italian espresso with hot milk that gets me out of bed in the morning / smile