Category Archives: Just sayin’

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

Tea Break (Gimme Some Lovin’)

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Ed Medley

Yesterday afternoon we drove 90 miles to a surprise party Brunch for a friend’s 65th Birthday. Despite it being well over 100 degrees in Modesto, we old folk boogied and danced the early hours of the afternoon. (Most of us don’t do … Continue reading →

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Free Balloon

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Ed Medley

Many years ago, we were walking along a miserable stretch of the Pennine Way.  Once a cobbled Roman road it had become a rutted farm track; bounded by low, gray, wet rock walls. Clag was down to the ground – so some would say … Continue reading →

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Abolish Geology?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Ed Medley

California is the birthplace of much that is odd. Hurrah!! But recently, the State Legislature abolished the California State Board for Geologists and Geophysicists and tacked the rump onto the State Board for Professional Engineers and Licensed Surveyors.

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Fine Linens

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Ed Medley

In 1994-1995 Julie and I lived in London. It was newish to her; oldish to me since I had lived there between 1953 and 1969. I had accepted the invitation to be an Academic Visitor at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of London.  No … Continue reading →

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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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