Missing things
Mysteries | Posted by Jannie on 26 February 2009 @ 11:43 AM 54 Comments
When I was 6 my new stuffed panda up and disappeared and I’ve never gotten over it. I still think it might turn up any day.
Same for the Alden Nowlan “Smoked Glass” poetry book I bought at a yardsale for a buck. Vanished in 1991. (Insult to injury, if you can find a copy now it’s worth A LOT.)
And last week I misplaced (I hope misplaced is the word, and not “lost”) my little digital recorder for songwriting ideas. Now I’m on my third recorder, as about a year ago my first one was stolen with my laptop bag. My laptop wasn’t in the bag at the time, whew. Even now, when I go back to the cafe where I last remember seeing the recorder, I expect it to be lying on the table where I chugged a half-caff and wolfed down some banana nut bread.
What is it with these things that go missing we’re never quite able to get over the loss of?!
What has gone missing of yours that you still think could turn up?
On 26 February 2009 at 12:09 pm
sheila said,
Well, I’m sure losing my mind doesn’t count. But normally it’s in the last place I look. (duh, what a stupid saying. Of COURSE it’s the last place…if you find it, you stop looking. LOL)
Maybe your recorder is with all the missing socks from the dryer.
sheila’s last blog post..3 Word Thursday ~ Inspiration
On 26 February 2009 at 12:33 pm
K said,
I lost a pair of very expensive glasses once. I also lost an entire set of keys in high school. I have no idea where they went or how it happended since I had driven myself home (which I assume means they keys made it that far.)
K’s last blog post..My Credit Crunch
On 26 February 2009 at 12:34 pm
Lynn said,
A special earring. My brother-in-law brought some perfectly gorgeous earrings back from Kuwait several years ago and my sister thought they were too big for her, so I got them and loved wearing them. They were silver, with a filigree pattern and teardrop shaped (in case anyone sees it hitchhiking – ha!) One day I went to the dish in my bathroom where the frequently used jewelry lies and one of them was missing. That has always been a mystery because you would think I would have known I was taking off only one the last time I wore them. I tore up the bathroom looking for them to no avail.
Lynn’s last blog post..Day that goes by quickly, unexpected and dust
On 26 February 2009 at 1:43 pm
Jannie said,
Sheila: Funny you mention an electronic device and a laundry appliance. In 1998 Jim and I returned from a Caribbean cruise and I promptly washed my new electronic metronome, boo hoo. They don’t like water so well. BUT!!! I have figured out the missing socks, there is a hole in the bottom of the washer made by mice — they love socks for bedding.
K: Keep looking for those keys! You could find them any second now. Maybe they and my panda are together somewhere.
Lynn: My guess is a cat or a leprechaun got it. Or maybe a crow? Was the window open? (and forgot totally to get me some of that fat-free half ‘n half at the market today.
On 26 February 2009 at 1:50 pm
Csquaredplus3 said,
I’m missing a watch. Either my toddler threw it away, or a repair person stole it. (I hate to be that cynical, but it’s a possibility.) Being that my toddler enjoys putting anything and everything in the trash – my sad hunch is, the watch is gone forever.
Csquaredplus3’s last blog post..The Crock-pot Returns and Some Other Stuff
On 26 February 2009 at 2:04 pm
Kim Woodbridge said,
I hate to say it but I just don’t lose things. I can’t think of anything I’ve lost recently.
In college I used to leave my wallet and the same restaurant almost everyday but it was never lost. I would return later to pick it up and the staff would just laugh at me. I even drove away one time with the same wallet on the roof of my car and I even got a phone call from the person who found it and then returned it to me.
On 26 February 2009 at 2:37 pm
Talon said,
Awww, I like to think that your Panda has hooked up with a renegade Teddy and is now living on a tropical island.
The only thing I’ve lost that I always think will turn up is a silver ring I bought when I was 15 – the first piece of jewellery I ever bought for myself. I was gardening – digging up new potatoes – and it fell off never to be found though we searched and searched. We moved from that house a few years after that and just recently – and shockingly – the house blew up because of a gas leak. It’s far away in a different city, but I can’t help thinking if I went there and walked around (it’s in a rural setting) I would find the silver ring with the horse head on it somewhere in the woods – blown out of hiding.
On 26 February 2009 at 3:14 pm
Caity said,
Oh I’m sorry to hear about your hopefully misplaced recorder! That must be so frustrating, especially when there could be so much creative genius out there in the hands of evildoers!
Seriously, though, I hope it turns up.
Caity’s last blog post..It’s more better!
On 26 February 2009 at 3:23 pm
Vered - MomGrind said,
I lost my teddy bear when I was 2. I don’t think I will ever find it.
On 26 February 2009 at 3:57 pm
Shay said,
I have a brother who is 13 years my senior. When I was five, he brought home a girlfriend for the holidays, and I just adored her. She made me this neat Christmas stocking and I kept it until my most recent move, after which i could never find it. I keep hoping that it will turn up packed away in some forgotten box. It meant a lot to me and I never forgot the girl who made it. (I think I feel my next post taking shape…)
Shay’s last blog post..The Tower Ravens
On 26 February 2009 at 4:45 pm
Momisodes said,
Oh I just love this post.
When I was 12, I accidentally left my Cabbage Patch Doll at a McDonalds. By the time we went back, it was gone.
I just know I’ll find my Mariella Julip one day
Momisodes’s last blog post..Your Love Is Better Than…Caffeine
On 26 February 2009 at 4:59 pm
Cindy said,
My wallet when I first moved to Austin. I loved that wallet, and I miss having my student ID to flash to get discounts I don’t deserve.
Cindy’s last blog post..An attempt at followthrough
On 26 February 2009 at 7:34 pm
TheWeyrd1 said,
I hate that when that happens. I’ve tried to purge memories of lost items (both precious and not so much), though the number one item lost was a book (”One Little Boy”) that I loaned a friend who also disappeared…sigh. Thanks a lot for making me remember that loss again…heh.
TheWeyrd1’s last blog post..Thought for Thursday – My Take on How We Got in This Foreclosure Mess
On 26 February 2009 at 7:43 pm
Karyn said,
I wondered what plushie went missing on you. Mr. Nobody took it.
Mr. Nobody took my Benji coloring book. I loved that coloring book. My dad even colored in it with me.
On 26 February 2009 at 8:27 pm
Heather Happymaker said,
Your digital recorder is either under your seat in your car, or in the garage on a shelf by your hammers and stuff.
Everything I own goes missing every day. I can remember seeing the item several times over the previous months, but whenever I look for it I can’t find it. I only find said items when I’m looking for other missing items that I don’t end up finding.
That SUCKS. I’m sorry for your loss.
Heather Happymaker’s last blog post..Happymaking Idea: "Notice"
On 26 February 2009 at 9:01 pm
Cindy said,
Jannie, I like you’re commentLuv thing so much that I decided to install it myself…. and I’m soooooo lost. THis is pretty weird because I can usually figure out programs on the fly and… I’m doing sometihng wrong.
I dunno why I am telling you this really.. but… I am
Cindy’s last blog post..Reticulating Splines….. Realigning Blog Bits….
On 26 February 2009 at 10:33 pm
Patricia said,
I don’t have lots of things to loose but I get very upset when something I value goes missing…like some of my investment money recently.
My youngest had to wear arm splints to keep her hands out of her mouth after each surgery…we got a Lambchop puppet to put on her arms so she could touch her face and head with it’s soft ears…everyplace we went she would persuade folks to take it off so she could get her fingers in her mouth (lots of infections followed) and we would leave it locked in the church for the night…10 miles out to the playgroup house or daycare…
Now she has made her own bunny she carries around everywhere…and poor lovely Lambchop sits home alone on her bed…I am sure Lambie feels the loss of child love
Patricia’s last blog post..Just Three Little Things
On 26 February 2009 at 10:56 pm
Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment said,
Well, I had a DVD copy of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within that just vanished into thin air a few days after I bought it. This was before the days when I was known to socialize with people who would steal from me, so it was very strange. I’ve since moved out of my parents’ house, so I expected to see it when I packed everything up, but to no avail.
My parents wouldn’t have taken it either, so hmm…
That sucks about your digital recorder. I use my cell phone to take memos. It has a voice recorder option on it.
Trey – Swollen Thumb Entertainment’s last blog post..Crossover Artists
On 26 February 2009 at 11:41 pm
robbi said,
frinkle, I do socks( singular) on a regular basis and also connections to this website if the little who are you boxes are anything to go by. Would appear dear fronkle that I have been written from your list, oh no matter, like the socks I will appear once more, although I hope and pray, not in my sock drawer. The socks do turn up again but oddly enough the next week, by that time of course I have thrown out the other one.Getting back to the vexatious issue re the panda, it will turn up when you least expect it, loved and cherished these long years past.Read ‘the velveteen rabbit’ by margery williams for a toy story that’ll make you cuddle yours harder. As for the digital recorder,phhhtttttt ’tis only a device and you know what happens to devices, yes indeed, they are obsolete next week. MMMmmmmmm , I am, now back on the frunkley list it would seem.
robbi’s last blog post..ink marks on a blank page thurs 26thfeb
On 26 February 2009 at 11:42 pm
Mia said,
My debit card. LOL. Seriously.
Other than that, you got me thinking about the HUGE stuffed black panther that I won at(some)fair. Where did that go anyway!?!?!?!?
Mia’s last blog post..I Want to Run Out of My House
On 27 February 2009 at 12:11 am
Shanon said,
$mile 4 u.. talented woman… plea$e give u$ hug and $mile too.. becau$e we know u care$…
Shanon’s last blog post..Most Expensive Pool Table
On 27 February 2009 at 12:30 am
Jannie said,
CSquared: Sorry ’bout your watch. Do you rely on it? I use my cell phone for the time. You’re not alone in cynical thoguhts, I felt so sure in my mind a couple weeks ago a worker had lifted some car keys. But I am a cad in my thoughts.
Kim: Very interesting revelations of yours. A couple of real impressive wonderments to me, that you don’t lose things, yet you were such a looney with your wallet way back when in that restaurant. You never cease to amaze me with your comments. I love it!
Talon: Once my grandmother found a dime in a potato field, whch meant she could buy soap. Pretty cool, eh? That was back when farming was all there was and money was often non-existent. My mom’s mom. Ss maybe great good came of (or has yet to come of,) your missing ring. And wow, how did you find out about the blown up house?
Caity: Yes those evildoers about to make millions off my mind blips! Strange, ain’t it? Life’s little twists and turns. What file I miss most is the list of really thought-provoking open-ended questions I was going to ask Kelly for her Seven Year Video Interview. Now I’ve actually got to use my mind to think up 30 or so new good ones. Damn! Someone left the cake out in the rain and I’ll nver have that recipe again!!!!! Wahaaaah.
Vered: Even then you must’ve been one smart little whip. I’m not sure if I remember much at all from when I was 2. I’d have to be mentally regressed. And Lord knows, I’ve got enough of that going on already. No more is necessary.
Shay: Does every word and comment and e-mail out of you have to be so eloquent and well written and so f-ing poetic and interesting? Okay, so I’m making everyone here puke, but really, that was such a beautiful little vignette. So sweet to think of a little girl’s love for a nice person and the gift she was given. I hope you find that sock and if not, I hope you will cast some poinsettia petals out on whatever lake it is you guys up there in Michigan got and say a little prayer and sing a happy song for love as the petals alight on the water’s surface.
Momisodes: Mariella Julep. I’m verklempt. Just hearing her name makes me smile for you, as I just had a funny feeling wherever she is now she is mysteriously happy. I’m envisioning her very loved. And great things are in store for you. (Did I mention I’m a cabbage patch seer too?)
Cindy: Oh that’s a tough one, sorry. I feel your pain, as I’ve lost a wallet or two (and I like student discounts!) As Kim above, I actually did get mine mailed back to me once. Funny, it happened when I was 21 – and I’ve still got my birth certificate that was in the missing wallet, the certificate printed in 1970 so I could start school.
Weyrd1; I’M SORRY!!!!! I’m the baddest blogger on the block for dredging up all this stuff for everyone and must make penance somehow. I’ll check and see if the book’s available somewhere! “One Little Boy,” I’m on it!
Karyn; Mister Nobody is a bad bad naughty fellow. I wonder if they have a special bad boy corner in hell for him? And maybe a big, big, BIG room in heaven where all our missing stuff is!!
Heather: Holy Shit, are you clairvoyant? I totally suspected under the car seat and tho I did look, will have to give it a much better try. Thing is, my hubby (the car dealer,) switched me out of cars again. BUT!!! It was our friend’s truck I was in for a while. Ss I’ll tell Jimbo to scour that Tundra. (Toyota truck, that is.) And maybe the list of Seven Year Video Interview questions can be saved. And “Everything I own goes missing every day.” That is so YOU to say!!! Thanks you for a big, big great laugh. Still laughing. Ahhh, love it.
Cindy: I invented Comment Luv you know?
Glad you like it. And if you have any problems at all with it….. I can’t help because once I installed it I immediately forget everything I ever knew about the installation thereof. Wait, no, something’s coming back to me about it…. Wait. Nope. Sorry. Something about my Gravatar is resurfacing.
Patricia: I remember the lambchop story! That must’ve been really tough for her. And you. How long did she have to wear the splints? Shoot, sorry ’bout the $$$. Been there, we know what that’s like. But it’ll all work out. Money comes and money goes. Maybe you could put lambie in a window to enjoy a view?
Holy Cow, Trey you just remimded me I lost a book by Sylvia Plath’s husband, like half a day after I bought it a month ago – matter of fact I don’t even recall having taken it out of the car. Damn – some thief was fast. Or I was just careless, more than likely the latter. My guess on yours?? The spirits within the DVD just up and spirited it away! Or like in Spinal Tap it self combusted, nothing but a green globule left. Seen any green globules around lately?
Thus ends another installment to this whole missing things saga. I bid thee fair night. (er, morning now.)
On 27 February 2009 at 12:33 am
Jannie said,
Hey Robbi: Hey Mia, look whose comments came in as I was writing the ablove . Please forgive, I must to bed now but you know you two (and anyone else whose comments in here,) will get top billing in true Jannie response form.
xo
On 27 February 2009 at 12:35 am
Jannie said,
Wait Robbi! What do you mean??? You were never off any list of mine. Is your mind just too keen that I cannot fathom your funnish-nessing here? WHAT??
On 27 February 2009 at 2:19 am
Belle Bamford said,
On holiday, a huge wave knocked off my favourite sunglasses. I walked the beach early each morning waiting for them to wash up.
They never did.
Although later, I heard some fisherman off the coast of Thailand caught a large shark wearing a pair of sunglasses.
Belle Bamford’s last blog post..WHINING AGAIN
On 27 February 2009 at 2:22 am
Barbara Swafford said,
Hi Jannie – I’m sorry to hear about your losses. It’s never easy when we lose (?) that which we treasure. I can’t think of anything I’ve lost recently, but often do misplace papers on my desk. I usually find them mixed in with other stuff that gets stacked on top of them, but when I need them NOW, it’s frustrating.
Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..Like Bees on Honey – Learn to Attract Comments to Your Blog
On 27 February 2009 at 3:10 am
SnaggleTooth said,
“Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most!”
That was one if my fav buttons from the ’80s.
My siamese cat, “George,” who was declawed when I got him, dissappeared in 1981. He was the friendliest beast you could ever want. Maybe a little too friendly, maybe someone took him right out of the yard where I used to live. I’m still waiting too…
SnaggleTooth’s last blog post..FebShort
On 27 February 2009 at 8:44 am
Glenn Buttkus said,
There is a theory that poltergeists take things, material things just for the fun of it, keep them for a time, and return them somewhere else than you expect; warped little bastards. Over the decades there have been several items, keys, old glasses, rings, books, that disappear slick as a whistle, and then whoosh reappear one day. We know we could not have missed them during our frantic searchs, so go figure.
At the moment I am missing my passport. Once a year, or so, I get it out and look at it, but the last several times it would disappear for a time. This is one of those times. Each time I recover it, I put it in my super secret special place so that I will not ever lose it, and then a year or so later cannot find it. It plagues me, puzzles me, and pisses me off.
I lost several jobs, and never tried to find them again. I lost my mother when she was only 39 back in 1966. I sure would like to find her again. As reported previously I never knew my real father, so I guess I lost him too, and searched for him for over 60 years; still looking.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Tofino, Tofino
On 27 February 2009 at 9:38 am
wade said,
My sense of humor. I swear that I left it just over there.
On 27 February 2009 at 10:42 am
Jannie said,
Mia: I’ve lost debit cards too, woudl help if I put them religiously back where they should go in my wallet. Your black panther? Something in me senses and “inside” job. A brother perhaps? Quite possibly the tooth fairy.
Robbi: Now what’s this about being off some list or another. Mom dyed all our white socks purple once, that helped for a while. Oh I think I get it now, cookies! Have you disabled or changed your computer’s cookies???
Shannon: Ye$$, Lovely I think. $oo nice to meet$ you.
Belle: I’m so sorry for the sunglasses loss. Were they expensive? Why do I think you would wear top-of-the-line shades?
Barbara: paper shuffling and mismanagement is one of my numerous hidden talents, so I hear you. I too find what I’m missing when looking for something else. Maybe I should just stop looking for things – and let THEM find ME?
Snag: I’m so sorry about George. I have never lost a pet, a few humans but never an animal. I guess he’ll be up there in heaven waiting. And I bet he’s missed you too! How old wouls he be if he were still living?
Glenn: Nicely written comment, flowed freely and fine in its frenetic flashes of fading frivolity yet fortunate findings. I for like the first time in my life, actually know where my passport is, along with my Green Card. How many years do you have left on it? And are you going out of the country soon? Hope the poltergeists haven’t infiltrated your super secret special place. Have you been wearing your garlic garland at night? And spritzing lemon in your shoes?
Wade; I do believe your sense of humor can be found on your blog posts, each and every one.
Now Ladies and Gentlemen, if you’ll excuse me… I find myself in a bit of Second Verse Hell with one part of “You Could Love Me Good,” and am off to bash some lyrics buttocks.
Jannie’s last blog post..Missing things
On 27 February 2009 at 12:01 pm
J.D. Meier said,
I hope you find your recorder. If you don’t, you’ll just make even better ideas. It happens like that.
I also hope you get a stuffed panda when you least expect it.
J.D. Meier’s last blog post..Avoid Mental Burnout
On 27 February 2009 at 1:47 pm
Rosie said,
Jannie, this is so you! If people only knew all of the posessions you’ve had lost or stolen over the years, like your bike in university and that really fancy guitar you had stolen at the airport and i cant even count the cell phones and coffees that have gone flying off of the roof of your car…and perish the thought of the blessed Moleskine. Whoever is finding all of your great stuff must be thrilled. Maybe you’re subconciously generous, That’s Jannie, spreading her joy everywhere she goes!
On 27 February 2009 at 2:21 pm
Liara Covert said,
Jannie, a childhood t.v. special introduced me to the concept of particular enchanted creatures who may help solve your problem. They live in hollow tress human beings do not typically detect. These creatures collect things like single gloves and socks you had assumed the washing machine digested and those kitchen scissors nobody will own up to hiding. Anything that seems to be misplaced is simply sitting in a realm between time and space. As you raise awareness and jog your infinite memory, you will find those things you are seeking.
On 27 February 2009 at 2:40 pm
Rosie said,
I wanted to also say that, personally i have lost my wallet three times in your lovely presence on three separate ocassions, last summer (lets all forget about that frazzled moment) ,the summer before last (oops), and i lost my Guatemala wallet in Austin when i was 20, along with the cassette tape”The Roaches” ,they were sucked into the vortex of a used gold Cressida that went for detailing. It must be because when I’m with you I’m totally swept away in a carefree Funstering whirlwind of bliss
On 27 February 2009 at 2:54 pm
Anonny Mouse said,
Won time I losted my new cheeze and I wuz very sad and crying. But I okay now, mostely. And teh medicashuns help a lot me too.
On 27 February 2009 at 6:37 pm
Liara Covert said,
Jannie, anothter option is to ask aloud where the missing item is before you go to sleep. This is a way to send a request to your subconscious, your guardian angels and spirit guides from the Other Side. They may decide to offer clues or bring the information you request to conscious awareness. In this light, you may enjoy the book, Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks.
Liara Covert’s last blog post..5 Tips to move beyond intimidation
On 27 February 2009 at 6:56 pm
Georgie B said,
I think I lost a post here.
Oh well, I think I can recreate it.
Or maybe not…..I’m so confused….
In any event, Jannie my dear, I would like to thank you for giving me the name to my new blog.
My new blog will be called “Flashing Georgie’s Shorts”
Georgie B’s last blog post..Road Trip
On 27 February 2009 at 7:28 pm
Evelyn LIm said,
Hmm….I can’t recall anything that I am pretty attached to and that I have lost. I generally believe in the non-permanence of things and that even if I should lose a thing, it is replaceable. The only “thing” that will make me go anxious is if I lose sight of my kids in a busy shopping mall.
Evelyn LIm’s last blog post..How To Get To Enlightenment
On 28 February 2009 at 12:54 am
robbi said,
frimple, Y’see not just socks I lose, part of the mind as well! If y’all find it(the mind) don’t bother to return same as it aint worth the effort. Nothing in there worth saving and some it are R rated anyway, so just let the damned thing lie there sobbing to itself.For goodness sake don’t take pity on it either,thing do have a habit of looking soulful and woe-begone, slightly dusty down at heel but kinda raffish in a George Clooney way.
Dear frumpley it were my cache, I did so spring clean the thing and thus deleted my cookies. How frumptious of me and slightly jabberwock, but that is a robbi fer you, well meaning, but at times, a clod.
robbi’s last blog post..ink marks on a blank page thurs 26thfeb
On 28 February 2009 at 2:50 am
SnaggleTooth said,
Btw, my sweet, blue-eyed George the seal point would only be about 34 years old by now.
Oh yeah, n this week I lost my reading specs for work, but found them 2 days later stuck in the truck-seat seat-belt groove. Last week it got dark while I was at the gas station filling up, n lost my keyes. I had to go pee so bad, n after finally walking 3 diff places to find a relief receptacle (whew)! Then I found them dropped into a grocery bag on the passenger seat-
Losing stuff is traumatic!
SnaggleTooth’s last blog post..FebShort
On 28 February 2009 at 3:04 am
Barbara Swafford said,
Hi Jannie – I had to come back by and tell you as I was watching “What Not To Wear” tonight I thought of you. The gal they made over was from Austin and her fiance was a musician.
Have a great weekend.
Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..Like Bees on Honey – Learn to Attract Comments to Your Blog
On 28 February 2009 at 5:48 am
Lance said,
Hi Jannie,
Have you saw my mind? It’s got to be here someplace???
On the note of something else I lost (and in this case found). We were vacationing in Colorado a couple of years ago. Went to the local indoor pool. We were there in the winter. Put my jacket in a locker – no locks – and we were one of only 5 people there. Long story short. We swam, dried off, went back to the hotel, went for dinner. Then, a couple of hours later…where’s my jacket? With my cell phone in it, with my keys in it? I wasn’t even sure when I’d last had it. After much panic, the pool place was still open (about to close) – and what a relief when I opened that locker and found it!
I’m still looking for my mind – are you sure you haven’t spotted it someplace?
Lance’s last blog post..Getting The Helm Back When You’re Overwhelmed
On 28 February 2009 at 6:25 am
Kim Woodbridge said,
Well, I was looney back then. But see, I left things behind but they came back – I didn’t lose them
There was something about that particular wallet – it wanted to escape. I think it wanted to find a new owner who actually put money in it.
Kim Woodbridge’s last blog post..How to Embed Flickr Photos in Your WordPress Posts
On 28 February 2009 at 8:33 am
Steve said,
Great post Jannie – Keep up the great work!!
Steve
http://www.the-irn.com
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
On 28 February 2009 at 9:00 am
Jannie said,
Hey J.D. Yes, that’s a fact, better ideas will come. That’s how creativity goes. IT still may show up but I forgot to do as Liara said and ask it to return as I’m falling asleep
Rosie: Yes, if people only knew a LOT of the things about me, hee, hee. Spreading the joy – yeah that’s it — annointing the universe with my Jannieness, hee, hee. What?! summer before last you lost your wallet?! Oh no – the Roches cassette. Or I should say CASS-ette. I totally don’t remember that. I do remember “whirl whirl twist and twirl, jump around like a flying squirrel” and a famous pool skinny dip one night.
Liara: My infinite memory, there’s teh rub. I know that everythgin we have ver said, thought done or dreamt is stored away. I’m just not so good at accessing mine. But I”ll try tonight to reach out to my recorder, Alden Nowlan book and panda and draw them back to me.
Anonny Mouse: Sorry ’bout your cheeze. Hope you are well fed ndow? ANd that your pills are working fine?
Georgie: You mean your first comment got eaten? Or are you funning me up about a lost post? Well, glad I could be of inspiration for your new flash fiction name. Flasher Georgie also occured to me. Will it be Wordpress or Blogger?
Evelyn: It is so true about the non-permanence of things. I am wondering if it is the associations and possible attchment scenes these missing things dredge up that makes me so mournful. Somehow I do think that’s the crux. The what-could-have-beens. Oh, the mystery.
Robbi: Hope you are re-cached. And starting afresh. You know the lady Belle Bamford (FAWTY,) who comments here – she often speaks of the one-same George Clooney ye speak of. Rakish. Raffish. Clark Gable with a twist of, of, I don’t know what George Cloooniness, I suppose. I think I spotted a bit of your mind back over on one ofmy Kelp Knitting Posts and it (your mind,) was looking quite sharp.
Snag: On our fall camping trip, this past one, I discovered before breakfast ont the final day that I had lost my keys. As “K” above, I knew they keys had at least gotten me to the campsite so they had to be somewhere. After a very yucky-feelign ALL morning (couldnt even enjoy my panckes in a can,) I found them about the last thing of all (after packing up my big tent and putting most of the stuff away,) under the corner of Kelly’s tent – right where they had fallen out of me pocket as I was hammering in the peg 2 nights earlier. ARRGG. Im gonna e-mail you a song, including the lyrics “losing my car keys,” and “exit stage right.”
Barbara, that’s cool! I never watch that show. But if you do and htey ever tell you what brand of thong underwear might actually be comfortable, would you please let me know ASAP? Thanks!
Lance: I spot your mind on almost every street corner where someone is yodeling. In every forest where children are laughing. On every beach where happy people frolic! And it’ always a wonderful thign to encounter.
Kim: You are so funny, I love getting to know more about you. You are really a multi-layered, multi-talented human being. Did they have beer at that restaurant in college? Oh man, college and beer, did we have some times. Just made me remember one BIG BIG snowstorm we were out for a Saturday walk in and found an open pub. Heaven! “The Rolling Keg,” that’s the name of it. Wonder if it’s even still around?
Hey Steve, thanks for popping by! Sorry I haven’t been to your site lately. I’ve been kind of avoiding politics as I find it a bit depressing these days. But I like YOU! And thanks for soldiering on.
On 28 February 2009 at 2:15 pm
Georgie B said,
No I’m not funning you. I think my original comment got eaten by computer aliens. At least, I think I left it here at this particular post. It was about stuff that I accumulated while working at the library, so it was keeping in with the theme of the post.
In any event, what’s done is done. I think the last comment I made was much more funnier anyways.
The blog will be in Blogger.
Georgie B’s last blog post..Road Trip
On 28 February 2009 at 2:19 pm
Davina said,
Hi Jannie. I know what you mean about losing these things. When you’re really connected to them it leaves a vacancy in your self until they are found again. I hope you find your recorder!
I can’t think of anything recently that I’ve lost and not found. I’ve had times though that I remember losing something and looking everywhere for it. Then, when I stop looking… it magically turns up. I hope that is the case with your recorder.
Davina’s last blog post..Benefits Of Turning Off Comments
On 28 February 2009 at 3:41 pm
Kim Woodbridge said,
I am so glad that you think I’m funny – I think I’m hilarious but don’t think many people agree
There was no beer involved. It was a place that served a .99 cent breakfast all day long. They used to let me substitute french fries for the potatoes so I was really happy.
Kim Woodbridge’s last blog post..How to Embed Flickr Photos in Your WordPress Posts
On 28 February 2009 at 7:26 pm
Cricket said,
My blogging world.
Cricket’s last blog post..My Garden
On 28 February 2009 at 8:02 pm
Stephanie said,
I lost a really nice pen that my husband bought me that I really wish I could find. I love pens and this one was the coolest tie dyed pen I have ever seen – and can’t find.
Stephanie’s last blog post..Too Cute
On 1 March 2009 at 1:43 am
debbie said,
My memory and my perky breasts.
debbie’s last blog post..I’m one of those bad houseguests that doesn’t know when to leave
On 1 March 2009 at 10:31 am
Shay said,
You’ve won the prestigious Scary Clown Award. Come see!
Shay’s last blog post..Scary Clown Award!
On 1 March 2009 at 10:34 am
Jannie said,
Georgie: I’ve wirtten comments too, gret literary works of art that got munched by those computer aliens. ANd yes, the replacement comment oftern ends up just as good.
Davina: I have said a little goodbye to my recorder. still… I hope.
Kim: A 99 cent breakfast made up half my daily food in college too! Don’t think I ever left my wallet there, that I can remember.
Cricket: I know what you mean, this past week I was down an average 60 minutes a day on blogging, I feel I’ve really slipped. But that’s life!
Stephanie: Wow, a tie-dyed pen, never seen one of those, I can imagine how cool it would be. Can it be replaced?
Shay: I’ll have to go see what that award is all about!
Debbie: lol! ^ ^ (There, nice and perky.)
On 8 March 2009 at 7:02 pm
Rhett said,
Well Jannie, that would be me. And a hope for Miss Childhood Sweetheart to turn up. and such.
Rhett’s last blog post..In Retrospect