If I remember correctly, I think I picked up these ideas largely from the novel “The Razor’s Edge” by W. Somerset Maugham.
I still remember those puppets. If I knew where my photo albums were in the attic, I’d scan in some pictures.
I always hated that Starbucks would set up shop practically next door to existing coffee shops, and with plenty of money behind them, wait it out until the small shop went under. Oh, and I’ve never been in one which felt cozy either. >:-(
It’s funny how some people are Bay Area people, and some are New Yorkers, and then there’s the rest of us. ;-)
Funny that this is porting in March, I’m back in New England, and there’s still snow everywhere.
ha.
I could use a little less “silent snow on a field” right about now.
Back when states had abbreviations of MORE then two letters, Massachusetts was “Mass.” Now, like all the rest, it is just two letters, “MA.”
It is true. In middle school I learned that being needy got me attention. it took a good long while to unlearn it.
Sometimes one has to loosen up a bit before they can talk rationally. And that’s how I wrote Bruno.
But not always. Drinking makes me stupid and depressed. So I mostly avoid it.
it’s kinda’ like the old workforce who thought if they dedicated themselves to the company they worked for, that they could work tip retirement and then be taken care of. As more recent generations have learned — you can hope, but best not expect it.