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Post 6/4/2008 9:01 PM EST Zoomer "Earworm on the night table" (view) Post 4/25/2008 4:45 PM EST Zoomer "Terkel and Thirkell on the night table" (view) Cmnt 3/31/2008 10:24 AM EST waitloss52 [[EMOTICON:ROFL1]] i think you may be torturing yourself!You would have had a mu... (full) Cmnt 3/30/2008 7:01 PM EST Zoomer You're right. And I'm afraid it's because of the lure of money. Cmnt 3/30/2008 6:36 PM EST AZRON Statesmen no longer exist - this is why we have no candidates to choose from.ron... (full) Post 3/30/2008 5:28 PM EST Zoomer "Politics on the night table" (view) Cmnt 3/8/2008 11:05 AM EST waitloss52 where is february's blog and now its march! well, lets get back to it, woman. im... (full) Cmnt 1/30/2008 8:32 AM EST Zoomer Well thanks Jubilate. Coming from you that's a real compliment. Thanks for check... (full) Cmnt 1/30/2008 8:31 AM EST Zoomer Thanks for stopping by, Rosie! I so often forget that you folks in the Southern ... (full) Cmnt 1/29/2008 10:13 PM EST Jubilate You sure are smart. Cmnt 1/29/2008 9:42 PM EST Rosie Hi Zoomer, reading can so take us away can't it? Good for you! Just a few months... (full) Cmnt 1/29/2008 9:37 PM EST Zoomer Sheesh, Joe! My little night in the hospital was a bit of heaven compared to wha... (full) Cmnt 1/29/2008 11:54 AM EST joesblog6 Zoomer, Well, think of this. I was in the hsopital from October 31, 200 until Ja... (full) Cmnt 1/29/2008 11:39 AM EST waitloss52 After 3 very chilly and rainy days in the Bay area, I wholeheartedly agree. Laye... (full) Post 1/29/2008 8:32 AM EST Zoomer "Born on a Blue Day" (view) Post 1/29/2008 8:21 AM EST Zoomer "Angela Thirkell on the night table" (view) Cmnt 1/24/2008 10:10 PM EST AZRON Zoomer,Read any good books lately?let us know!ron Cmnt 1/24/2008 9:54 PM EST Zoomer Hi Ron! How nice of you to notice my absence! All is well. I just got distracted... (full) Cmnt 1/24/2008 11:50 AM EST AZRON Zoomer,What's up?I see you haven't posted for a while - I hope you overcame what... (full) Cmnt 11/5/2007 7:09 AM EST Zoomer That's some hospital you've got there, cb5! Thanks for checking in - I'll be in ... (full) Cmnt 11/4/2007 4:55 PM EST celticblues5 You were obviously in the wrong hospital. Now, if you had come to OUR hospital, ... (full) Cmnt 11/4/2007 12:51 PM EST Zoomer Thanks, Ron! I hope so, too. In fact if I never again am a guest in a hospital t... (full) Cmnt 11/4/2007 9:09 AM EST AZRON totally agree, Zoomer,I hope it is a long time before you have to share the deta... (full) Post 11/4/2007 7:22 AM EST Zoomer "The landscape of my hospital night table" (view) Cmnt 9/29/2007 11:19 PM EST AZRON Amen!!!ron Post 9/29/2007 7:15 PM EST Zoomer "Jeremy Taylor says enough!" (view) Cmnt 9/24/2007 8:31 PM EST Zoomer Thank you, Desari! I hope you have a great week, too. Cmnt 9/24/2007 7:34 PM EST Desari Have a great week. Cmnt 9/24/2007 7:23 PM EST Rosie Actually i am well thanks Zoomer. I believe in reaping and sowing or karma and s... (full) Cmnt 9/23/2007 9:48 PM EST Zoomer Hi Rosie! Thanks for coming by. Yes, that was a really nice surprise. One of tho... (full) Cmnt 9/23/2007 9:04 PM EST Rosie Ohh my goodness! They sent you a thank you! That's wonderful! Hi Zoomer, it's go... (full) Cmnt 9/23/2007 8:33 PM EST AZRON Zoomer,we used to have a beautiful Iris garden not far from us here in Phoenix, ... (full) Cmnt 9/23/2007 8:24 PM EST Zoomer Thanks for stopping by, Ron! I hope you and June had a good time on your trip. A... (full) Cmnt 9/23/2007 8:13 PM EST AZRON How nice of your friend to give you that book.Your hard work will be rewarded in... (full) Post 9/23/2007 6:44 PM EST Zoomer "The Gardener's Iris Book" (view) Cmnt 9/4/2007 9:43 PM EST Zoomer Hey T, thanks for coming by! I've been out of touch. Hope you're well. One thing... (full) Cmnt 9/4/2007 9:36 PM EST Biggie T I was reading about Asperger's this month. It was by a columnist for Harper's th... (full) Cmnt 9/1/2007 6:27 PM EST Zoomer Thanks for coming by waitloss! I'll try to find you on MySpace. Do you have acce... (full) Cmnt 9/1/2007 3:30 PM EST waitloss52 [[EMOTICON:WINK1]] finally, eh? i noticed that your blogs seem to occur about on... (full) Cmnt 8/31/2007 7:07 AM EST Zoomer I've got you all fooled! I'm actually a pipe fitter who never went past the eigh... (full) Cmnt 8/31/2007 7:06 AM EST Zoomer It really is. He's a remarkable man. One of his mental feats was to memorize and... (full) Cmnt 8/31/2007 7:00 AM EST Zoomer Thanks for stopping by, cbb5! No, I haven't read the articles, but I have heard ... (full) Cmnt 8/31/2007 12:40 AM EST celticblues5 Did you read the recent articles about Mother Teresa's struggles with her faith?... (full) Cmnt 8/31/2007 12:38 AM EST celticblues5 She's a librarian......AND something!!! :-)(And, yes, incredibly well-educated!)... (full) Cmnt 8/30/2007 11:47 PM EST AZRON Zoomer,I have to confess I have never heard of this book - it sounds very intere... (full) Cmnt 8/30/2007 8:59 PM EST Zoomer Thanks, Ron. A lovely thought! Cmnt 8/30/2007 11:19 AM EST AZRON Very good quote, ZoomerAw, I say fall asleep in the arms of Jesus and (if you pa... (full) Cmnt 8/30/2007 7:26 AM EST Zoomer That Ike the Prophet, he really knew what he was talkin' about! Cmnt 8/30/2007 12:13 AM EST Jubilate My soul yearns for thee in the night,my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. ... (full) Cmnt 8/30/2007 12:05 AM EST Jubilate That list certainly makes you sound very educated. Are you a librarian or someth... (full) Post 8/29/2007 8:05 PM EST Zoomer "Jeremy Taylor on asking for blessing at night" (view) Post 8/29/2007 7:56 PM EST Zoomer "What's been on the table recently?" (view) Cmnt 8/29/2007 10:10 AM EST AZRON Hey, Zoomer, I posted a new quote from Merton. check it outron Cmnt 8/12/2007 9:31 PM EST Zoomer Ron,Thanks for letting me know about Kite Runner. Also Seven Storey Mountain, wh... (full) Cmnt 8/11/2007 11:23 PM EST AZRON I just finished Seven Storey Mountain and Kite Runner - I posted several quotes ... (full) Cmnt 7/14/2007 10:02 AM EST AZRON I am hoping to get further along Seven Storey mountain today - I haven't started... (full) Cmnt 7/14/2007 7:39 AM EST Zoomer Thanks for stopping by, Ron. I've been neglecting my blog but had such fun readi... (full) Cmnt 7/13/2007 10:14 PM EST AZRON I don't have that one, but I do have Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton and ... (full) Post 6/9/2007 5:58 PM EST Zoomer "Carter The Great on the night table" (view) Cmnt 4/8/2007 9:24 AM EST Zoomer T, I'm glad your plants are making it! Unfortunately here we have had almost a w... (full) Cmnt 4/8/2007 1:20 AM EST Biggie T I was worried about my plants because of last night and tonight, but they got th... (full) Post 4/8/2007 1:07 AM EST Zoomer "Chocolate eggs on the night table" (view) Cmnt 2/22/2007 7:27 AM EST Zoomer T, you are so selfless in protecting your dogs! Sorry about the bad dreams, but ... (full) Cmnt 2/22/2007 4:22 AM EST Biggie T Last night I had 4 empty Reeces wrappers on my night table. I was just going to ... (full) Cmnt 2/13/2007 5:03 AM EST Rosie Aww Zoomer! I can so relate! Aww the poor things. I'm going to go and pick them ... (full) Cmnt 2/12/2007 10:31 PM EST lauralapaz [[EMOTICON:LOVE1]] today i had to physically restrain my client while driving be... (full) Cmnt 2/11/2007 10:12 PM EST celticblues5 Indeed. The grace of your mother's life still serves as an inspiration. Please l... (full) Post 2/11/2007 5:21 PM EST Zoomer "The stuff next to the night table" (view) Cmnt 2/11/2007 10:25 AM EST lauralapaz you might want to ck with certain friends to see if they might want certain thin... (full) Post 2/5/2007 7:50 AM EST Zoomer "Cleaning off the night table" (view) Cmnt 12/31/2006 4:15 PM EST Zoomer Thank, you, AZRON! Blessings to you and your family! Cmnt 12/30/2006 6:08 PM EST AZRON May your night table be a place of inspiration, comfort and encouragement in the... (full) Post 12/25/2006 8:51 AM EST Zoomer "Service booklet on the night table" (view) Cmnt 12/21/2006 7:51 PM EST Zoomer Thank you, Theresa, and Merry Christmas to you! I like you cat icon! Cmnt 12/21/2006 6:54 PM EST Theresa (full) Post 12/21/2006 6:57 AM EST Zoomer "A new inventory" (view) Cmnt 12/13/2006 7:02 AM EST Zoomer Happy Christmas to you, too, Rosie, and thank you for visiting! I'll pray that t... (full) Cmnt 12/13/2006 6:46 AM EST Rosie Althoug Sweden does sound nice. We're having some shocking fires down under. Hap... (full) Post 12/13/2006 6:37 AM EST Zoomer "No saffron buns on the night table?" (view) Cmnt 12/12/2006 10:14 PM EST lauralapaz suggestions: the christmas box also you could take a break and watch monsieour p... (full) Post 12/11/2006 8:21 PM EST Zoomer "Christmas books on the night table" (view) Cmnt 12/8/2006 9:59 PM EST Zoomer To tell the truth the Colin Dexter may be one of The Neglected Books. I must adm... (full) Cmnt 12/8/2006 9:22 PM EST lauralapaz [[EMOTICON:LOVE1]] Hey where did you get that colin dexter book? I've been readi... (full) Cmnt 12/4/2006 11:04 AM EST celticblues5 How interesting to make a point of this - coming with speech and friendship. The... (full) Cmnt 12/4/2006 10:53 AM EST celticblues5 Glad you got home safely that day, and through the mess that was all about on Th... (full) Cmnt 12/4/2006 9:10 AM EST Jubilate That was lovely. I didn't understand all of it, which added to its loveliness fo... (full) Post 12/4/2006 8:26 AM EST Zoomer "Advent and the night table" (view) Cmnt 12/2/2006 12:07 AM EST Lucy. You have been BUSTED on OVERHEARD IN THE STREAM SATURDAY....Come check it out...... (full) Cmnt 12/1/2006 8:02 AM EST gadabout I'm new on blogstreaam, Ijust stopped in to say hi Cmnt 12/1/2006 7:52 AM EST Zoomer LLaP, thanks for snapping me out of my reclusive daydream. It's true, we all nee... (full) Cmnt 12/1/2006 7:50 AM EST Zoomer Thanks for stopping by, Rosie! If I find out about one of those leisure grants I... (full) Cmnt 12/1/2006 1:42 AM EST lauralapaz looks like old zoomer wasnt zoomin so fast thru the snow, eh? well you'd better ... (full) Cmnt 11/30/2006 6:42 PM EST Rosie Hi Zoomer, your mother's idea is a great one and i'm willing to be one of her up... (full) Post 11/30/2006 6:34 PM EST Zoomer "May I just stay home with the night table?" (view) Cmnt 11/27/2006 8:25 AM EST Zoomer CB5, I do believe that if you harnessed all this family material you could give ... (full) Cmnt 11/27/2006 8:21 AM EST Zoomer Thank you, T! You are a scholar and a gentleman, and very kind. I wish you and y... (full) Cmnt 11/27/2006 1:02 AM EST celticblues5 Sounds lovely. I know what you mean about the post-departure let-down. We had... (full) Cmnt 11/26/2006 10:02 PM EST Biggie T I thought I had already commented here, and by gum, it was really clever. My int... (full) Post 11/26/2006 6:19 PM EST Zoomer "Books of Common Prayer" (view) Post 11/26/2006 1:32 PM EST Zoomer "Post-holiday letdown and the night table" (view) Cmnt 11/19/2006 4:35 PM EST celticblues5 Actually, "FIRE, song, and sweetness," courtesy of Richard Rolle, medieval hermi... (full) Post 11/19/2006 7:37 AM EST Zoomer "The temptation to overstock the night table" (view) Post 11/19/2006 7:32 AM EST Zoomer "The night table is cold to the touch this morning" (view) Post 11/18/2006 5:38 PM EST Zoomer "Garden dirt on the night table" (view) Cmnt 11/18/2006 2:42 PM EST Zoomer Heat, sweetness, and song! I love it! I wish you could be here. Cmnt 11/18/2006 1:22 PM EST celticblues5 It sounds WONderful! If only I weren't 3-1/2 hours away, I'd escape the chaos fo... (full) Post 11/18/2006 12:19 PM EST Zoomer "Harp seal squeeze toy on the night table" (view) Cmnt 11/12/2006 10:54 PM EST celticblues5 Good lord - sorting dog poop? Martha S. could only DREAM of such attention to de... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 10:51 PM EST celticblues5 I suspect that many of us have a pet hen, or worse, in our skeleton closets. W... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 10:42 PM EST celticblues5 Perhaps we are drawn to mint because of misty childhood memories bound up with m... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 10:21 PM EST celticblues5 "Seem" being the operant word. That fluffy little missy is clever, and terrible ... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 6:04 PM EST celticblues5 Yes, and I recall a conversation as to how the drug thing just seemed so much mo... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 5:55 PM EST celticblues5 Well, if I were the one trying to make the list, there'd be an awful lot of runn... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 5:44 PM EST celticblues5 Indeed. What the heck are all of those hundred pounders DOING at the gym, anyway... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 5:28 PM EST celticblues5 Well, of course she would have presented it as quirky & funny. She wasn't the so... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 5:13 PM EST celticblues5 OK, you have convinced me - I will try Karr. [[EMOTICON:GRIN1]] Cmnt 11/12/2006 5:07 PM EST celticblues5 Small, portable, fur-de-lay heating units, impeccably kept, available in an ecle... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 4:51 PM EST celticblues5 Then, of course, there are the human males, who can also be abrupt, rambunctious... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 2:10 PM EST lauralapaz you have to wonder why so many middle school children have to write essays about... (full) Post 11/12/2006 12:46 PM EST Zoomer "Robert E. Lee has left the night table" (view) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:00 PM EST lauralapaz wasnt that a womans purse, but then you already know thatmy daughter and i made ... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 11:55 AM EST lauralapaz i am much more neat than clean and that only refers to the bathroom and kitchen.... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 11:51 AM EST lauralapaz ive heard that pet chimpanzees also bite the owner they love, and dont mean it, ... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 11:45 AM EST celticblues5 Delightful (except for the possibility of infected cat scratches) - reminds me o... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 11:38 AM EST celticblues5 Glasses fogging up when one comes in out of the cold. Glasses, raindropped on, w... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 11:27 AM EST lauralapaz [[EMOTICON:WINK1]] more on mint i re-read your blog and see that your final rema... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 11:27 AM EST celticblues5 still another [friend]has a wall of booksguarded by two soft pillowswho... (full) Post 11/12/2006 10:53 AM EST Zoomer "The upstairs cat" (view) Post 11/12/2006 10:51 AM EST Zoomer "An update" (view) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:58 AM EST celticblues5 Then, of course, one must sweep it all away and toss it into the closet if a lov... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:51 AM EST Biggie T This is an amazing writing exercise, Zoomer! Why am I fascinated with the ever-c... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:48 AM EST celticblues5 Call for justice. Call for volunteers. Call for late-night take-out. So many t... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:37 AM EST celticblues5 P.S. - I LOVE it when I have cleaned & all of the books are lined up just so, la... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:35 AM EST celticblues5 Is this internal clock thing related to the thing about how whether you have eno... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:32 AM EST celticblues5 Old books with designs set into the cover & spine are lovely, lovely, lovely. So... (full) Cmnt 11/12/2006 12:16 AM EST celticblues5 re the radio - either you have a flagrant disregard for the proprieties of the w... (full) Cmnt 11/11/2006 11:57 PM EST celticblues5 1) A great list from a thoughtful person. But --- no levity?2) Why is the person... (full) Cmnt 11/11/2006 11:49 PM EST celticblues5 My night table is a chest. Unfortunately, even this expanse is not large enough ... (full) Cmnt 11/5/2006 8:21 PM EST lauralapaz As a matter of fact, the more you cut mint the more it spreads via roots. If you... (full) Cmnt 10/27/2006 10:38 AM EST Coloconnect Good writing....interesting night table!! Cmnt 10/27/2006 10:27 AM EST lauralapaz there are extremes and we are those. but i have been inspired a little. i took t... (full) Post 10/26/2006 10:16 PM EST Zoomer "The purging of the night table" (view) Cmnt 10/22/2006 7:41 PM EST lauralapaz i beg to differ! some of the 70s trips were fantastic! oh welli have found that ... (full) Post 10/22/2006 7:00 PM EST Zoomer "Why there are two tubes of Benadryl cream in the night table drawer" (view) Post 10/21/2006 10:09 AM EST Zoomer "Insomnia and the night table" (view) Cmnt 10/20/2006 9:38 PM EST lauralapaz [[EMOTICON:FKISS1]] What happens if you convert and then deconvert? Is there a n... (full) Post 10/20/2006 7:22 PM EST Zoomer "Mary Karr is still on the night table..." (view) Cmnt 10/19/2006 10:14 AM EST Attitude-engineer That's what cats are for. Cmnt 10/16/2006 10:16 PM EST lauralapaz [[EMOTICON:COOL2]] what is it about late night carbs that helps stave off the fe... (full) Post 10/15/2006 7:34 PM EST Zoomer "Carbohydrates and the night table" (view) Cmnt 10/14/2006 9:58 PM EST lauralapaz you are so lucky to get a comment from someone you dont know. i have not really ... (full) Cmnt 10/14/2006 5:29 PM EST Ruby13 What an interesting perspective! I too was a sleepwalker as a child, and many re... (full) Cmnt 10/13/2006 9:00 AM EST lauralapaz Had scrambled eggs this am. unlike you i let the whole puddle do the chemical co... (full) Cmnt 10/12/2006 10:03 PM EST Jubilate Just now I read this blog from first posting to this one. By your lovely and sli... (full) Post 10/10/2006 9:45 PM EST Zoomer "Introduction to my night table" (view) Cmnt 10/10/2006 9:10 PM EST lauralapaz very good! liked your prose style. if thisis how you have to write yournext nove... (full) Post 10/8/2006 1:55 PM EST Zoomer "The lavender brush with cat hair in it" (view) Post 10/8/2006 9:02 AM EST Zoomer "As threatened, the contents of the nightstand" (view) Cmnt 10/4/2006 11:16 PM EST Loki2 Loki2 Cmnt 10/3/2006 8:53 PM EST lauralapaz its an entirely different experience for someone who already wears glasses, to h... (full) Post 10/3/2006 7:46 PM EST Zoomer "Reading glasses" (view) Cmnt 10/1/2006 10:17 PM EST Loki2 The installment of the automatic alarm began before we were created and set to s... (full) Cmnt 10/1/2006 10:11 PM EST Loki2 I like it alot! [[EMOTICON:GRIN2]] Cmnt 10/1/2006 10:03 PM EST lauralapaz who would call you on your cell at night anyway, the masked marauder? Cmnt 10/1/2006 10:02 PM EST lauralapaz i beg to differ, i find you to be a very clean respectable woman. Cmnt 10/1/2006 10:02 PM EST lauralapaz those are the dangerous kinds of menflashy, adventurous, but before you know it,... (full) Cmnt 10/1/2006 10:00 PM EST lauralapaz soundslike you need a nice disruptive hyperactive friend to come along and chang... (full) Post 9/30/2006 9:20 PM EST Zoomer "Away with Words" (view) Post 9/29/2006 9:05 PM EST Zoomer "Why the alarm is never set" (view) Post 9/26/2006 7:28 PM EST Zoomer "What does it mean..." (view) Cmnt 9/25/2006 11:03 PM EST lauralapaz too much stuff for onelittle table! thats ok. well hey listing things can tell a... (full) Cmnt 9/22/2006 10:58 PM EST lauralapaz my nightstand keeps changing. it used to be one table than another and now its a... 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