Chico – Page 6 – Poetry & More

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What are your favorite physical activities or exercises?

Part 1 Meet Ann. Ann lives a very quiet life in semi rural Kentucky. Ann always enjoyed writing. Mostly poetry. Writing was a way to express all those things she wanted to say but couldn’t. Too often emotions were used as weapons. The last thing she needed was her moment of weakness – that secondContinue reading “Chico’s Blog”

Waste not. Want not: pans

I think I mentioned in an earlier stanza that the company I work for buys us birthday lunch. Sometimes lunch is brunch. I have been given permission to bring the leftover grease pans home to my dog. I get the benefit of eating the content before. Chico after. Then sharing on my blog. Some ofContinue reading “Waste not. Want not: pans”

Madman at the door

A storm was coming. Growing up, every house Ruth lived in would be considered ‘substandard housing’ by today’s standards. Truth be told, they were most likely ‘substandard’ by the standards of that day. But there was a roof over her head, she was relatively warm and dry. So when she bought her first house, itContinue reading “Madman at the door”

Chico’s Thanksgiving

Chico says

Me, me, pick me.

What happened when you have a bucket of treats on your lap with 2 dogs in the house?

Chico glow

My weight loss journey: you’ve got to be joking!

Exercise! For me, this is a dirty word. Nasty. My doctor told me, “you need to move more.” I whined in my head, ‘but I don’t want too.’ 😢 This job is very sedentary. When I get home, the last thing I want to do is MOVE MORE. Take Cheeky out, then crash. Crashing takesContinue reading “My weight loss journey: you’ve got to be joking!”

Anti-self

When I was a little girl my mother would tell me, “if you look at yourself in the mirror too long, you’ll turn into a monkey.” That thought flickered across my mind as I stood looking at myself in the full length floor mirror. It is one of those that you would see in aContinue reading “Anti-self”