Odds 'n ends

a little bit of politics, a little bit of fun stuff

                  

                              

 

   

It wasn't a Brees, but it was a win! Congrats to the Saints!

The Super Bowl Champs!

 

LOTS OF RAIN IN SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - EL NINO STRIKES AGAIN!

 

AND SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER FOR EVERYONE UP NORTH

 

Word is, Punxs'y Phil, the weather prognosticator, might be replaced with a robot.  Watch your back - you might be next!

 

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Next up: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

See this week's Smile-breaks for ideas...

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Check out these websites:

THE East County HERALD

A Look on the Light Side

Read Suzette

 

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"Loved the Smile-breaks on Portion Size. You had me laughing." - CT

"I didn't expect to laugh out loud after the first time I read "cancer." - CA

 "I don't know if I was laughing more at the article or at myself for doing exactly as you describe."  Jerry Mosier, Program Director, El Cajon Highway Lions Club

    "Sheila's vignettes are always an enjoyable 'Gatorade' break in what's usually a hectic, not-enough-time, kind of day.  They always bring a smile."  Ralph Rubio, Co-Founder, Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. 

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    "Thanks so much.  I really did laugh, smile and giggle! And I was right there with you!"  Connie Anderson, Author, It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

    

        A poem...                                         Another poem...                            

         Mind Gate                                                    Do You?

The mind fills                                        What a shell

With what you will                                     surrounds me.

     ... and other things.

                                                            And you.

What you will comes in freely

Open Gate.                                            And everyone else.

 

What you won't isn't welcome                 Trying to be what we aren't,

Shut Gate.                                                and hiding what we are.

 

...and other things slip in unnoticed          Sometimes do you

Through the gate.                                      try to get out of your shell?

 

 

©Sheila Buska 2008

 

 About those umbrellas... from Rita Micklish in El Cajon, CA

 

One factor in the Saga of the Umbrella:

We seldom need them.

This creates a strange paradox.

So they gather dust in the dark recesses of closets.

They sit unappreciated for years.

Never unfaithful, they are always there,

their original bright colors still vibrant since they seldom unfurl.

But

comes a strange sound, a thumping on the roof.

A native San Diegan glances up from the tv.

"Ah, doves have landed."

There there is a strange silver trickle down a window pane.

Did yon dove poop???

Oh, good heavens, could it be rain?

Quick- reach for something to shield you from that strange stuff..

Damn, it is in here somewhere....

Now where did I stuff that blasted thing?

There! Grab, push dusty button, stand back while it expands....

No?

Shake it. Expanding?  No...

Cuss.

Bang it on the edge of the closet door.

Expanding? No.

Silence.

Rain gone? You betcha.

                           Thanks, Rita!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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