Category Archives: Problems

Life With Dogs

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2:10 A.M., May 2, 2025
Dogs just woke me up ten minutes or so ago. Barking at some very very strange animal sound…I can’t even figure out what it might have been. Got Coco in but Morrie plugged up the space of the door so Zoey couldn’t get in. I let Morrie in through doggie domain but by then Zoey was down in garden again, barking. Finally got Zoey in my dropping treats into dishes in doggie domain and slammed the door.Now Zoey is locked in doggie domain and Morrie and Coco in bed with me with screens shut so they can’t get out through the bars of the security bars.  Now animal back again..strangest sound like a loud chirring..I don’t think a bird. What is it?
Now sounds like someone scrubbing something off a window glass. So strange.

Now a churring and a sort of wheezing and slight pounding. I cannot figure out what it is.
and a waaa waaa waa sound. Going on constantly now. What is it?:??”?????

02:58 AM
OMG now a screeching.. It is never going to stop. JUST WOKE up the dogs again. It’s kept me awake for nearly an hour.
Guess I have to go outside to see what it is.
I’ve shut doors so dogs can’t get out.
Coco is barking from inside the sliding glass door of my room..Now he’s jumped up on my lap. Silent outside

03:29 AM
I had to get up. I couldn’t breathe.
Looks for sure like I won’t go to the Writers group tomorrow. Perhaps I can go down to hammocks and sleep. It is at least quiet, finally, outside. Lights on terrace are on but would need to go out in the doggie domain to turn them off and don’t want to disturb Zoey.

Life with dogs!

3:49 AM

Finishing up this blog. Guess I’ll try to sleep on the sofa.

MYSTERY SOLVED!!!! Go HERE to discover who has been making all that strange noise.

One Word? Absurd!

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One Word? Absurd!

In truth, if I may be so bold,
these one-word prompts just leave me cold.
They do not give a hint to me
of what the topic’s meant to be.
If I want a prompt so curt,
so brief, so blunt, so short and pert,
I could go to a dictionary;
but one word simply doesn’t carry
enough thought to jog my mind.
I do not like prompts of this kind.
So WordPress please just heed my plea
and send a sentence prompt to me.
Then I’ll shut up and cease my rant.
But answer one word prompts? I can’t!!!!

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/divide/

Traveling Troupe of Players (When Things Go Worse)

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Traveling Troupe of Players
(When Things Go Worse)

When you show up to rehearse
remembering neither word nor verse,
it does no good to rave and curse,
to wring your hands and throw your purse;
for though your cast mates might grow terse,
just remember, it could be worse.
You could be riding in a hearse!

(Written from the backseat of my sister’s car on the way to pick up my friend at the airport. My other friend missed her flight by 2 minutes due to looooooong lines, so if you’re flying this Christmas, get to the airport an hour earlier than usual.  She’ll now be here 3 1/2 hours late!)

Daily Prompt Exhale–Tell us about a time when everything seemed to be going wrong — and then, suddenly, you knew it would be alright.