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#76 A WOMAN’S BRIEFS – TIME (Not)   July 21, 2025
Jul 21

Jul 21 #76 A WOMAN’S BRIEFS – TIME (Not) July 21, 2025

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Don’t be fooled! You may think you’ve got the normal 24 hours today. You may think the lunch date is at noon today, but . . .

#75 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS - A SWIVEL & A THUMB
Jul 20

Jul 20 #75 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS - A SWIVEL & A THUMB

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

It’s a noun and it’s a verb. A swivel is nothing more than a coupling between two parts that allows one of those parts to move without turning the other. To swivel means to rotate around an unmoving point. It’s the way some people dance. My desk chair is swiveling now with me in it.

#74 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- FOOD
Jul 15

Jul 15 #74 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- FOOD

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

500 tons of food “expires” tomorrow. I wonder if my Senator knows.

#73 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- COUSIN TROUBLE
Jul 14

Jul 14 #73 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- COUSIN TROUBLE

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Friends, come close and gather near,

I have a tale to spill.

Jul 13
Jul 13 #72 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS—COOKIES, COFFEE, AND CONCERN

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS
#72 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS—COOKIES, COFFEE, AND CONCERN
Jul 10

Jul 10 #72 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS—COOKIES, COFFEE, AND CONCERN

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

It had to have been this Christmas last when my daughter made these cookies.

#71 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- CROW FEATHERS
Jun 17

Jun 17 #71 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- CROW FEATHERS

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

If you know me, you know that I admire crows.

#74 PUPPY -- TIME
Jun 4

Jun 4 #74 PUPPY -- TIME

Barb Pine
PUPPY: SCOOTER SUBLIME

“Are you playing me, Scooter?”

#70 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- WIND
May 21

May 21 #70 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- WIND

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Wind is air in motion . . .

#69 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- THIS IS OTIS
May 4

May 4 #69 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- THIS IS OTIS

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

“Hello, Otis. Welcome.” Good for Otis to realize that grief is best met in company.

#68 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY TEN -- AN APPLE FROM GERMANY
Apr 20

Apr 20 #68 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY TEN -- AN APPLE FROM GERMANY

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Is it not unusual to have an apple delivered fresh from German soil?

#67 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY NINE -- EASTER SUNDAY
Apr 19

Apr 19 #67 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY NINE -- EASTER SUNDAY

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Complications of this holiday prove plentiful and embarrassing,

#66 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY EIGHT - EASTER ANGUISH
Apr 18

Apr 18 #66 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY EIGHT - EASTER ANGUISH

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Had I known, had I known

#65 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY SEVEN -- NOTHING BUT FEELINGS IN THIS POEM
Apr 17

Apr 17 #65 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY SEVEN -- NOTHING BUT FEELINGS IN THIS POEM

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

 Let me tell you, now’s the time to send your frontal lobe out for recess. This poem is all amygdala,

#64 A WOMAN'S BLOG: DAY SIX -- PRAYER
Apr 16

Apr 16 #64 A WOMAN'S BLOG: DAY SIX -- PRAYER

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Storge does not speak People.  She did her best to inform me of her problem.  In her dog way

#63 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY FIVE -- TIME
Apr 15

Apr 15 #63 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY FIVE -- TIME

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

I have occasionally written about time;

Apr 14
Apr 14 #62 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS, DAY FOUR -- WEATHER

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Apr 14
Apr 14 #61 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: DAY THREE -- IT DOES NO GOOD TO TALK ABOUT IT

Barb Pine
#60 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS, DAY TWO: MOON SNAIL SHELLS 1987
Apr 12

Apr 12 #60 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS, DAY TWO: MOON SNAIL SHELLS 1987

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

I seek treasures but not the sort that belong on glass shelves with indirect lightening

#59 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS" #1 BORROWING FROM THE PAST WHILE THE PRESENT IS SO PISSY
Apr 11

Apr 11 #59 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS" #1 BORROWING FROM THE PAST WHILE THE PRESENT IS SO PISSY

Barb Pine
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS

Who doesn’t know that confession seldom bodes well for the teller of them, but I confess. I don’t feel like writing

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