Musings Of An Idle Mind

My wife is a first class knitter. She wiles away her day with those thing's in her hands knitting away. Last week she asked me if I'd like a stocking cap. It seemed like a good idea since we're still in the Ice Age in Ohio. Last night she handed me this work of art, blue in color. It's an article of clothing Jean Claud Killy would have worn on the slopes. If there was a knitters Hall of Fame she'd be in it. However, the ski cap spurred her onto another plan, the making of protective masks. For some reason I have an aversion to wearing these. Don't ask me why. I just do.

I drove to the bank this morning. On the way I saw an opossum lying next to the curb. It thinks it was playing dead. I say it wasn't.

Is it possible to watch too much Law and Order? Here's a surprise. It's not showing on one channel today. Will miracles never cease?

With the pandemic and all of us stay home can you imagine what life would be like without Amazon? Who would deliver our coffee? Amazon and UPS, my friends, have been lifesavers.

The governor of Michigan confuses me. State parks are to remain open but if you own a lake cabin and want to get away to it that's a no-no.

The target point for the seriousness of this pandemic is April. 15. Early indications were the death totals would be between 100,000 to 240,000. At present there are 16,000 plus. Hey Americans, how about getting with it. I really shouldn't make light of this because their have been deaths and lives have been altered.

I still don't understand why the Chinese government is not taking a hit on their virus.

I think our dog is getting tired of walks. Some days when I say, "C'mon Charlie, let's go for a walk" I'll find him hiding inside the clothes dryer.

I have a friend who told a dog story, a very funny one if you weren't the victim. One morning he awakened to see his pooch straddling him and urinating. The guy jumped out of bed and stepped in the dog's morning gift. It has to be true. Nobody could make this up.

My eldest son bought a puppy for the family last week. I forget it's specie but it's the size of a can of shoe paste in a tin. They named her Luna. I wondered if that was short for lunatic.

In the past four weeks I've reconnected with people I thought was dead. I'll get an email from a person I met in 1974 and I don't remember them.

I read burglaries were way down across the country. Murders are too except in Chicago. In our Columbus Ohio last week-end in a 48 hour period 24 citizens died of drug overdose. "Hey, a guy's gotta do something in times of crisis". When these deaths do occur the paper will write, "They died of an accidental drug overdose". That's like saying a guy who was drinking saying I accidentally over served myself.

Please, please, please-------would Liberty Mutual stop with their three commercials being shown all------day--------long. At least GEICO has the common decency to make them humorous.
I don't know about you but if a rep from Liberty Mutual came to my front door he'd get a lemon meringue pie in his face.

I've done something I swore I'd never do. I signed up for Facebook but only to find out what others are up to. I've made four comments, all of a very positive nature and none of them being political. For me that's a badge of honor.

If you're Catholic did you know the Pope said we could make our own personal confession? Wish I'd known that six weeks ago when I had to embarrass myself in front of a man I'd never met in my life.

Enjoy the day. I know I will doing nothing.