Category Archives: Just sayin’

Odds and ends and naughty and flighty and off the cuff and otherwise uncategorized

goblin juices

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Ed Medley

A friend called me about two weeks ago, giddy with the excitement of a crazy new romance. She was excitedly flushed with urgent juices. She is a creative, literate woman; and in her bright-eyed joy was reading poetry again, and loving Christina Rossetti’s 1859 … Continue reading →

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dirth of werds

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Ed Medley

Julie and I enjoy Scrabble. Except for when the game jams into a corner and one of us has all  consonants and the other all  vowels. Then we  improvise on the rules, partner in our competition. Today we had a … Continue reading →

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Gulf Ebullition

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Ed Medley

The oil is not leaking from the ruptured Macondo blow-out;  neither is oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Leaking or spilling are such prissy little words for the horrible reality of 35,000 to 60,000 barrels … Continue reading →

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Don’t Overthink

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Ed Medley

I have some mantras that I use in many personal and professional situations. You are welcome to use them too. I have added a new one: Don’t overthink. I added it because I tend to overthink, over-analyze, over-engineer, over-reason, over-whatever … Continue reading →

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Last Carrot

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Ed Medley

I once loved a girl who loved a horse. Pasha, an Arabian, had travelled from California to Alberta to Hawaii with Cheri. She and Pasha were an item before me, during two husbands and sundry other men. Cheri and Pasha … Continue reading →

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Schoolgirl Sirens

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Ed Medley

I was a teacher for short, busy bits of my life in Hawaii; a sort of Have Chalk, Will Travel mercenary. I taught English, Math, and Science as a contract/substitute teacher for all sizes of students: K thru Seniors – … Continue reading →

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Pencil Sharpener?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Ed Medley

I am working for a few days at a high tech firm populated by lots of engineers and scientists. Folk are so high tech so that low tech is likely banished. Or so it seems. I have spent an inordinate … Continue reading →

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Hurrahs! for Abby

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Ed Medley

Sixteeen year old Abby Sunderland did not quite make it around the world in her sail boat because she lost much of her mast in a storm-swelled seas in the long, wide bit of the Indian Ocean. Many think it … Continue reading →

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The Nights I Fly

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Ed Medley

There are nights when I fly. Really: I fly in my dreams. There I be, a hero in an adventure, often leading others; or sometimes just doing a solo stint – and I think “Time to fly”, and up I … Continue reading →

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Textual Intercourse

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Ed Medley

I have driven about 800 miles in the last three days – to Los Angeles and back. When driving I feel blessed to enjoy good cell phone communication with a hands-free induction loop that wirelessly connects my cell phone and … Continue reading →

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