Fashionista Wisdom: A Leopard Who Won’t Change Her Spots
My dress is slinky, yet not too, so you can still shimmy in it before the sun goes down. It has a bateau (French, for boat) neckline that follows the curve of your collarbone that’s quite flattering, giving you an Audrey, swan like look that, at the right angle, could stop traffic.
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A great thought to brighten your day and that of others. You also put my imagination to work. Stay safe.
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Yes Frank, you better dust off that great imagination of yours if indeed it’s been on hiatus. 🙂
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Many cobwebs up in my imagination sector.
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Shake-em out. 🙂
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Good for you, Susannah! I’ve read, while perusing Facebook, how so many woman are staying in their pjs all day at our time of crisis. Then they change into fresh ones at night. Of course they are getting depressed! Who wouldn’t? I have to get up and get dressed every morning or I would not be able to function. I don’t go as far as you do 😊 but I do have a new leopard print t-shirt hanging in the closet. I think I’ll wear that with black leggings to go buy a few groceries this morning. We have to eat you know! ~Elle
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And I’ll bet you’ll look great. Yeah, the pjs all day, doesn’t work for me. At least put on a pair’a pants. sigh.
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I enjoyed your post today, Susannah. It is always a good idea to get spiffed now and then if only for a stroll. That’s the part of the big city life I miss. I was doing triage on my wardrobe the other day and eyed the tux. Um, no. I’ll keep it. You just never know. Thanks.
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Yes, ya just never know. Was nice to make the effort, doing my spirits a world of good.
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Plus the leopard got some fresh air. 😁
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Yes, she’s purring as we speak. 🙂
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Great article! I would say leopard works for girls the same way red lipstick does. 💄
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I like red lipstick. It’s very timeless. My mother wore it when I was little, Revlon’s Cherries in the Snow I believe was the name.
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Good for you! You are absolutely right. We feel way better when we pretty ourselves up. And yes, it does make those around you feel better too.
Gert recognizes a sister when she sees one.
Have a fabulous day!
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Gert. What is it with French Poodles. Do you think they know they’re French?
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Absolutely.
That’s why she is a snob until she meets her own kind (not realising you are NOT a snob but at least you dress well…)
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Hobnobbing with snobs has never been my cup of tea. I like earthier, more down to earth, equable souls who come equipped with a generous heart, something snobs come without. I live in the Land of Snobbery, I’m afraid, and could sadly, lecture. sigh
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Oh, I wasn’t saying you did… I was just saying Gert, with her snobbery, was able to distinguish class from crass 😉
And no, there is no way in hell I would ever classify you in the Snob Category.
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I just don’t have the knack. It’s sort of an art…a black one. I’ve been seeing much of it during this unfortunate time. I’m always a bit mystified by it, still.
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It is definitely part of the “dark arts”. Nothing like tough times to bring out people’s true characters.
Just keep being kind and generous you… the others? We can only do so much.
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This morning I had an incident in the drug store. Every time you venture out, you need to be armed. I don’t shop in bulk. I buy as I need, therefore I’m at the store more than I’d like to be. I keep saying to myself, cut the world slack, it’s a tough time, but it gets to me, the spoiled, it’s only about me, behavior. This too shall pass. Just not soon enough.
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I get you. It’s hard to buy in bulk when you live in an apartment, as well. Where are you gonna put the extra shit?
That said, people are so impatient and unwilling to be understanding. Bloody hell.
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Well said. The sun just came out. I’m taking it as an omen.
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Lucky you! Here it’s “snaining” and cold here… Sorry, Zeke… No walk today
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Zeke…can see him looking with great yearning, out the window.
I just came in from my late afternoon airing. It’s what I do every day. Half hour before bed. It’s all so peculiar, the barren streets, bordered up stores. I want to remember these feelings so when life commences, I’ll appreciate every little thing. Wonder if that’s how it will be. sigh
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I just got back from bringing my youngest to pick up a package from the post office (fool never heard the doorbell) and yes, he was there at the window, hoping. I’m hoping the snain stops for at least long enough to take him around the block. It’s 33F out there.
I think that is a good thing to do. We really need to appreciate all the little things.
Looking forward to it.
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That’s pretty chilly. It’s 52 here with a breezy snap. Spring must be detained. Hope Zeke gets to go out. It’s a pity he can’t go by himself. He sounds as if he’d be capable as well as picking up a quart or milk on his way home. 😁
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Yeah. That mix of snow and rain makes all the more unpleasant. He can run around the back yard – not nearly as cool. And oooh, that would be great if he could do that!
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I spoke too soon because it dropped to 38 apparently, according to Mr. iPhone who can be such a prankster so, hopefully he’s pullin my pajama leg. Warmth is what’s needed, because the poor daffodils in their show girl outfits will all catch cold. Sigh
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Ugh! I’m.thinking this cold snap is a way of forcing the ones who won’t listen to stay the fuck inside.
The daffs are pretty hardy – after all they are amongst the first ones to put their Spring dresses on.
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That could be because, there were few out, even at Whole Foods waiting in line. They keep stressing social distancing is key. sigh. As for those daffys, they’re so pretty.
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For sure. In this rain, I am not feeling the need to stand in line. I can still survive a good couple of weeks without (going to get milk only)
They are really pretty.
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Lines. They remind us we’re spoiled. I never stand in line, for anything. boy, have I been humbled.
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No kidding! I don’t either… Now? You have no choice.
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It’s true, Susannah. Most of us have gone neanderthal in our isolation. My eyes haven’t been topped by eyebrows for two weeks; think Mona Lisa. I’m sure you perked up everyone’s spirits like a breath of fresh air.
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Especially my own. I like putting on a dress, even for a walk. Connecticut customs are hard habits to break. Now, go put on those eyebrows, for Pookie. 🙂
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Gee whiz..fashion is going to the dogs in your neighborhood. Always fun to dress up.
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You have no idea the four-legged Fashionistas in our midst. 🙂
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The rules of fashion nature work this way. Women wear leopard print and it releases the inner tiger of men. In the jungle, the mighty jungle . . .
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I just you swing from a tree, like Tarzan. 🙂
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Commence with the Tarzan cry . . .
Oooooooh Ooooooh, Ooooooh OH OOOHHHH!
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You just swung by the window. 🙂
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I’ll drop off a bagel and coffee on my way back!
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I’m sittin on the ledge.
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I can see you. Eating avocado slices and reading a book . . .
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In a leopard bikini…LOL
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Woohoo!!
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Well said.
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Tarzan. Man of few words. His wardrobe is pretty skimpy too.
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A speedo made of leaves.
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I’ll bet twice as many people appreciated your appearance as said so. You brightened up a big corner of Manhattan!
I wear earrings every day, and I didn’t stop when the virus hit. John and David can’t avoid seeing me. I try to make it as painless as possible.
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I wasn’t parading around that long, besides, my ego might have imagined all of this.
Earrings did you say? I see you in gypsy hoops big enough to jump through. A little off the shoulder blouse, baking…John never had it so good. 🙂
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It was a factual account. I’m sure of it.
As to hoops — I don’t wear them. I jump through them.
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I now see you shimmying in a hula hoop, while John sings, Girls Just Wannna Have Fun. 🙂
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Hula hoops!! Yes! I loved hula hoops! I could twitch myself from side to side and keep it going for half an hour.
John would sing the bass part of Lutheran chorales. That’s about it.
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See I knew it, you’re a Hula Hoop champion, and I’ll just bet John would surprise you with his version of Big Girls Don’t Cry, especially those who can twitch from side to side. I’m just sayin. 🙂
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If John sang anything I never heard of before, I’d faint.
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He’d then, give you mouth to mouth, before breaking out into another chorus.
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We do live in the mountains, but our hills are not alive with the sound of music.
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But you do play a great game’ a hoops. 🙂
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Yes, we wHOOP it up.
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I guess, if you wear a HOOP skirt, while you hula HOOP, you may have a bl-HOOPer, on your hands.
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Wow! Good ones! HOO Performs best? You do.
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BOO, that’s not trOO, it’s yOO HOO dO.
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PhOOey!
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There ya go again. Match point.
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Yes, you’ve matched me point for point.
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And your point is???
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I guess my point is pointless. My fingers are curved right now, so I can’t point. I can thank you for parrying words with me. You are so much fun!
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You’ve allowed me to improve. You’re such a master at it. I love words to begin with, but to twirl and twist them like dance partners, is too much fun. Who knew? 🙂
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Yes! Twisting words is like dancing, isn’t it? I’m thrilled to have you for a partner.
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And I’ll always let you lead. 🙂
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No! It’s a duet!
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That means, we’ll have sore toes.
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Singers don’t bump into each other. I promise not to step on your toes.
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But as a duet, both leading, well…I saw us waltzing, but perhaps we could Twist, instead. You can still croon like a loon while John could be part of the chorus.
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I am loony, so maybe I could croon like a loon.
John in a chorus?
Would he bore us?
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Could we then go to a saLOON?
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Go to a saloon where I’ll play Debussy on the piano — Clair de LOON.
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OKAY…THAT’S A HOME RUN. YOU’RE BABE RUTH ON THAT ONE. I SEE YOU RUNNING ROUND THE BASES, TIPPING YOUR HAT. 🙂
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Yep, I’m still batty.
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Hope I don’t catch it.
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Batty is not the same as having bird flu. No matter, you FLU the other way.
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I guess I FLU the COOP.
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You are around to COOPerate, though.
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Yeah, but can I reCOOP all I’ve lost.
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You’ll need a sCOOPer for lost things.
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Will a pooper SCOOPer do?
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A pooper sCOOPer would do if it is a prooper pooper scooper named COOPer Smith.
I’ll admit that is stretching it. I should have given up before.
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Churchill said…never, ever give up, and he was a wordsmith too. Wrote by ear, that Winnie.
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I can’t play by ear. How do you write by ear?
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Your EAR learns how to hold a pen.
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That’s not gonna work for me. I couldn’t bEAR it.
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You make me want to tEAR my hair out.
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I hEAR this is the yEAR for tearing out hair.
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But I hEAR is a mEAR rumor.
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Oh! dEAR!
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FEAR not, don’t believe everything you hEAR.
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I’ll gEAR up for it.
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And I’ll chEar.
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EARth shaking!
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OHHHHHH….I fold.
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You only got struck by the earthquake. You’re fine.
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You’re just so clever. I’m such a rookie next to you.
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I’m not a PRO, but I love bandying words with you.
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You are so a pro, just so you know.
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If I can rhyme with this, then I shall have bliss.
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Then you can’t miss.
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Two so’s? That makes me so so.
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Only if you reap what you so.
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I think it’s time to SEW this up, don’t you?
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Hmm, well…don’t mean to HEM and haw.
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That seems unSEAMly.
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Perhaps, but not if you follow the THREAD
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Well. I was just BOBBIN along, minding my own business.
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Singing on your SINGER SEWing machine, no doubt.
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Oh! BROTHER!
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Are you looking for him? Because he’s not here. Could be SEWing his wild oats.
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By the way, you’re really NEEDLING me
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Thith is just a THIMBLE of my admiration for you. 👏👏👏
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You don’t thay.
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I laughed at that. What an excellent way to end this thread!
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I guess you dropped a stitch and don’t feel like rethreading your need.
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I didn’t want to lamBASTE anyone.
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i give up. You’re just too clever for me.
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I probably sewed more than you did. When my daughters were young, I made nearly all the clothes we wore. Boy! Am I glad those days are over!
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I flunked Home Ec. It takes me 3 days to sew a button.
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You are ahead of John. He hasn’t sewn on a button in the 55 years we’ve been married.
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Cause he lives with Betsy Ross, the lucky guy.
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I’ll try to flag her down.
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So you know, she’s got stars in her eyes.
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I’m going to eat some sTRIPE. Can you stomach that?
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Not in the dawn’s early light I can’t.
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Betsy Ross was great. We must not BANNER from our midst.
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Betsyied agree.
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Good one! Betsy is agreeable. Never a cROSS word from her.
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I can’t top that. I think you should leave your brain to science.
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Forgive me for dropping the ball. Am a little melancholy I’m afraid.
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We probably kept going too long. I’m sorry you are melancholy. I’m sending you hugs and smiles. Hope your spirits lift soon.
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They go up and down since, every day some new rule takes effect. We need hope, but fear is all that seems to be generated. The mandatory masks have thrown me for a loop. I wear one, but only in stores because I’m very claustrophobic. But now police are patrolling watching every move you make. My heart pounds every time I have to go out.
I do enjoy our wordplay. Please don’t think I don’t.
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I didn’t realize it had gotten so bad. We heard the rules were tight in the city, but this sounds draconian. No wonder your spirits are low! I hope this is over soon for you.
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Trying to be noble because I know the Governor is only thinking of our safety, but it’s as if we’re on another planet. Love the word draconian. 👍
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I was shocked when John repeated what he heard on the news. NYC had one third of the virus cases of the whole nation. That is horrendous. No wonder you are under siege.
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I stopped reading the numbers. It does me no good. But you can see why masks have become law. Every time you leave the house it’s like going into combat. No more breezing in and out. You actually think twice about leaving. It will change. You just for your own sanity, need to believe that.
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As you say, it will change, but it can’t come quickly enough. Hang in there!
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You too. I so appreciate your presence in my life Anne.
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You are a rich blessing to me.
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Rich did you say? Hope I don’t raise your cholesterol…:)
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No, not cholesterol. It raised my blood, Sugar.
Did you know that Sugar is, or was, a term of endearment in the South? I haven’t heard that in donkey’s years.
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Actually I did. It’s very Scarlet O’Haraesque along with, oh hona”. Need a little milk to go with that suga?”
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I know more about music than dancing.
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Okay then I’ll lead and you’ll hum.
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Humbug!
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As we, jitterbug.
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Who will play the BUGle?
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Somebody fast, like a Lightening BUG.
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You’re too fast for me. You leave me bug-eyed.
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That’s because I only have eyes for you. Hope John doesn’t mind. 🙂
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It bugs me that I can’t think of any more.
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Don’t let it become a bugaboo, whatever you do.
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Aaarrhhhh! My brain has failed for the day!
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What about your Bird Flu pun. Nah. You’re just uninspired by my boring retorts.
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I ran out of bugs to play with.
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Maybe it’s because you’re bugged. Check the phone.
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I checked the phone. The bug wasn’t CRITTERcal.
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Then it was LION then.
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I’ll check the big CATechism.
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But then you’ll let the CAT outta the bag.
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Doggone it!
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P.S. If anyone should read these comments Anne, it will seem like we’re drinking. WOO-HOO.
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LOL!!
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Did you play with a hula hoop, or had the phase passed when you were growing up?
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Are you kidding? Several. I’m from Connecticut where Hula Hoops were more revered than Barbie. Croquet and badminton may have been its only rival.
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