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February 1994 – Jotting Joan

Month: February 1994

  • Hairy issue

    When he was little, my husband was his barber. Every sprig on request, my father gave my son a butch hair cut. Then he became a teenager and he didn’t like his dad’s haircuts. When he tried cutting it himself, he ended up with a baseball cap haircut. We made an early-morning trip to a…

  • Electricity fails

    One tree to many snapped, cracked and plopped over the electric lines. We used up the propane making popcorn and nobly decided to eat the ice cream before it melted. A game of Risk by candlelight left half a dozen pools of hardened wax on the oak table. As we started to pile on the…

  • The cat’s tail

    Our cat went strolling in front of the neighbor’s dog. The dog went into red alert and attacked. With a loud yowl, our mixed breed of charcoal striped and calico patches leaped into the nearest pine tree. With its tail at full mast, the cat turned to hiss her rage at being scared half out…

  • Following the bread trail

    I hardly ever saw my son as he rushed to after-school band practices, an evening class in Camden, a part time job and various church activities. “I know you’re growing up, but I’d like to see you sometime,” I said wistfully as he headed out the door again. He turned warily, “I would like to…