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Coffee with Ethel
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Coffee with Ethel |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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Coffee with Ethel in the morning is a change of pace. Oh, I’m still creeping while the old man is sleeping. But now I’m sliding pocket doors and pouring bottled water in the pot. Ethel insists I turn off the air conditioning before I plug in the coffee maker. If I don’t, she is likely to blow a fuse. She does that alot. Like killing the frig with the microwave. So we just turn off my beloved AC while I’m drinking coffee in the cool of predawn. Then I hear the early birds starting their day. Some are in the trees singing, the others are my neighbors, eager to be on their way. Quiet as mice they are as they pack up, disconnecting hoses, folding chairs and rolling up the awning. They slide in backs and sides, putting it all back just so. Then they start their engines and pull out nice and slow. They are gone with the sound of crunching gravel. I wonder where today they will all travel. We’ll be early birds tomorrow. Old Ethel just can’t handle the heat. We’ll be home by 9:30 that morning and I can go pick up my Winston from the Soggy Dog Spa. I have missed him so. I know he misses me too, even though he spent my vacation in a fancy doggie bungalow. But for now, Ethel is queen of my relaxation. as I sit here beside her, under a maple tree, writing and watching the sun rise. LGR(C) |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
wonderful , lori, i loved all details and the person you talk about, this is so precious to have and bring company have a nice day yann |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Yann, Remember Ethel the RV? I'm talking about her and the other campers at the RV campsite. ~L |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Yeah, remember those days well - only we had a tent. A little less 'homey' but still, the rest of the story is the same. Loved it, but alas, it (tents) lost their shine for these old bones a few years back. And of course, all the aches of camping like that still plague us as if we where still doing it!. I hate the physical aspects of getting older!!! loved this, j. |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
hello lori, thanks for clearing the poem, i knew it was about an RV, didn't know much about, it brings an other light on the beautiful poem now yann |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
We do get attached to our modes of trasportation, even to naming them. Enjoyed this. this. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (07-26-2018 02:28 PM).] |
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HM3 Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 169TX |
That was so very nice to read. I could picture it in my mind even the doggy reunion. |
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