I need to change my expectations. Bud and I have been married a long,long time. He just called me out to the shop to see a Big Surprise. I was somewhat caught up in it since I had asked him to do a number of things for me. He had cleaned off his fly tying bench and installed some repurposed speakers. I couldn’t spot the surprise. Where would a person ever get the idea a surprise was for them? I need to work on myself.
Bud,
Buzzy, the Music Critic
Buzzy has a busy life. First thing every morning, he wakes me up to make coffee and take him out. He tries to go in the street. Then he goes back to bed till he thinks its time to get Bud up to drink coffee and take him out, and make another run at the street. When Bud won’t let him, he tells Bud I always let him. They argue a little before coming back in so he can sit on Bud’s lap while Bud plays the guitar. When Buzzy gets enough, he puts his head on the guitar strings to silence it. By that Continue reading
Epiphany on Retirement
We’ve been married more than forty years, but we both just retired. It’s like getting married, except no honeymoon. I get up early to write and make coffee. Bud gets up, fixes our coffee and we drink coffee for a while. I cook breakfast and tidy up a bit while Bud checks the history channel to see what Hitler is up to today or to see which Global Continue reading