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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

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52 Things About Me

2015/03/17 — Leave a comment

Yesterday was my 52nd birthday. Unusually for me, I was out and about most of the day, so I never got around to posting this—a list of semi-random bits of trivia, in the order that they came to mind. Continue reading

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Dear Tuesday…

2015/03/17 — Leave a comment

Dear Tuesday,

The day after. Back to…okay, it’s not a grind—back to something, anyway…

Love,
Kevin

(17 March 2015)

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Vignettes (a poem)

2015/03/16 — Leave a comment

A series of vignettes on this early morning…

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Dear Monday…

2015/03/16 — Leave a comment

Dear Monday,

Okay, I’m up. What’s next?

Love,
Kevin

(16 March 2015)

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On your birthday (a poem)

2015/03/15 — Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, I learned that a friend of mine died of cancer last September. Today would have been her 52nd birthday.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged absence, birthday, candles, celebration, friend, March 2015, memories, poem, poetry, remembering, smiling face. Bookmark the permalink.

Ingrown toenail haiku (a poem)

2015/03/15 — Leave a comment

My cat ran across my foot yesterday…

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Dear Sunday…

2015/03/15 — Leave a comment

Dear Sunday,

It’s strange knowing she’s not around to celebrate the day anymore…

Love,
Kevin

(15 March 2015)

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Dear Saturday…

2015/03/14 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

Good thing it’s the weekend—because, you know, that whole sleep thing…

Love,
Kevin

(14 March 2015)

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The invitation (a poem)

2015/03/13 — 2 Comments

A friend of mine invited me to lunch, which involves me going to a place I haven’t been since before my last big panic attack…

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Ingrown toenail (a poem)

2015/03/12 — Leave a comment

I originally wrote this on March 2nd, but made a couple of slight revisions after attending a writing group last night…

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