By Nellie Curtiss … Midway through the month, I ran out of moola for more Friskies chicken pate for the clowder of community cats. Except for one, Alphie, all the ferals here are neutered or spayed. So, Cats Alive SLV fetched three bags of Rachel Ray Nutrish dry food. Lisa Karst had shared she hadContinue reading “A life well lived with sentient felines”
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Good people help the healing
By Nellie Curtiss … Sometimes, a crisis reveals good people. That’s true during this COVID 19 pandemic. As a result of a medical emergency, I’ve uncovered some exceptional staff in our midst. A recent emergency call brought Katie and Emily from Monte Vista Ambulance. Arriving within minutes, the EMTs asked, “What’s going on?” I hadContinue reading “Good people help the healing“
The American dream and today’s workers
by Nellie Curtiss …. Labor Day was suggested and created by a union of machinists. According to the Department of Labor (DOL) web site, there is dispute if the founder was the McGuire who was a carpenter or who was a machinist. Research supports that the founder was most likely Matthew McGuire, machinist and memberContinue reading “The American dream and today’s workers “
Dust bunnies can run but cannot hide–the Shark vacuums them all!
By Nellie Curtiss … It’s a vacuum in here; or rather, I need to vacuum in here. I made that up, just now. As I look around at the dust bunnies clinging to the edges of the baseboards, I know it’s time to empty out the canister and start again. The hairy bunnies cleave toContinue reading “Dust bunnies can run but cannot hide–the Shark vacuums them all!”
To be of service to others
By Nellie Curtiss … Now that I’m retired, going on 10 years, I wake up to my mission. My mission is to be sensitive to others. Whatever I do, wherever I go, I aim to offer a smile, a kind word, and in that mindset, serve others. It started somewhere in my childhood asContinue reading “To be of service to others”
Cinnamon toast with a twist
By Nellie Curtiss … Great! I just sprinkled a warm spice on my oat-nut toast prepared with margarine and a dash of sugar to then be creamed to create Cinnamon Toast. Last night, I dreamed about Cinnamon Toast; and so, I was imagining that toaster pastry taste with a cup of coffee. Then, I realizedContinue reading “Cinnamon toast with a twist”
We do not live during the Dark Ages
By Nellie Curtiss As I listen to “naysayers” of modern vaccines and health care guidelines, I’m reminded of the Dark Ages when there was limited knowledge of medicine and science. An essay on the MET Museum website has some stark descriptions. During the Dark Ages [after the Fall of Roman Empire in 500 A.D. andContinue reading “We do not live during the Dark Ages”
Protect children, get vaccinated
By Nellie Curtiss … Here’s why we should ALL be vaccinated: to buffer, i.e. protect, children, our babies, others’ babies from Covid19. Children are getting the virus; and these un-vaccinated are culprits because they carry the virus into their family and friends. President Joe Biden said in a Wednesday Townhall from Ohio, “We have aContinue reading “Protect children, get vaccinated”
Koko in pajamas, harboring “make-me” attitudes
By Nellie Curtiss … She came to class in pajamas. I looked at the attentive students in their first college composition class and saw Koko waltz in laughing and carrying on with the student behind her. She was late. She interrupted others, me, and when I gave a cooperative assignment, she would complain loudly aboutContinue reading “Koko in pajamas, harboring “make-me” attitudes”
Freedom looks like a yellow butterfly
By Nellie Curtiss … A large winged yellow butterfly swept across my field of vision. Was it a Dogface Southern butterfly or Clouded Sulphur butterfly? She zipped and curled around the Aspens in my backyard. Then, flittered to the Lilacs, then to the Alyssum. Freedom spilled around her as her wings parted the humidityContinue reading “Freedom looks like a yellow butterfly”
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