1. The Doctor Portal Wants A Relationship
I just wanted one test result.
It wanted a username, password, code, and security question.
Apparently my bloodwork
needs a bouncer.
2. Street Sweeping Day Is A Strategy Game
Cars move, neighbors watch, timing matters.
One wrong decision and the ticket arrives.
It is chess,
with curbs.
3. The Refrigerator Door Collects Evidence
Coupons, photos, reminders, magnets from places I barely remember.
It started as storage.
Now it is a family archive with condiments behind it.
4. I Trust Sticky Notes More Than Technology
A phone reminder can vanish.
A sticky note stares at me from the counter.
Bright yellow judgment.
Very effective.
5. This Week’s Unexpected Gratitude
A clean countertop.
For seven whole minutes,
everything looked possible.
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Steady on,
Bill Black
Porch Caretaker, Humble Observer
If you’re reading like you’re unwinding, these help:
Streets sweeping is an issue for the recently retired on my street. It takes some a couple of months to get with the program, which I have happily explained to them from the get-go.
The thing that's important to me is, if you ask to park in my driveway, then the minute the sweeper per goes by, move your effing car. Nancy doesn't. One tuesday, I had to go to the doctor. When I came back, her car was parked in my driveway, so I had to park on my front lawn.
Plus, she already parks in front of my house and her car leaks. They don't get it fixed, and we had a big fight about her leaking car. Our streets got repaved in the last two years, so they're gorgeous, except in front of my house. So for 2 reasons, she can no longer park in my driveway.
There's a grandma who lives 2 houses up who moves her car at ten a m to the other side of the street, waits in it until the sweeper comes by for about five minutes, and swings around to where she normally parks; that's how you do it.
I believe I'm the only person in 36 houses who parks in her one-car garage.
Clean counters! Ah yes 🙌 Only in the morning❣️🤷😁😻