Muffin deterioration redux, Temporary Alice & Word Search Lady appear, and catching up my blog…

~Tuesday~  With yesterday being a holiday, it’s a short work week, and I started it off in the rain at the bus stop noting the end stages of muffin deterioration. You can see that the wrapper is almost completely flattened now. Remember how it looked a week ago Monday? I waited for the bus for … Read more

Earbuds & bracelets; black girls & black dolls, catching up with Myra, and lame-dancing…

~Wednesday~  There were several people on the bus with ear buds in and listening to gadgets, which is not really that usual for the city bus. They were all guys, and three of them sat right around me. One of them also had a lot of bracelets going on. Here he is: I took the … Read more

What glam isn’t, a $411 payment, a racy “voice note,” an airport run, and a drag…

~Tuesday~  I was back on the 8:15 bus today, which was driven by the usual driver, but with unusual hair. Not unusual in general, just unusual for her. It was teased out, and I liked it. A couple of stops into the route, a plus-sized lady boarded with a turquoise and lime green top on. … Read more

A deteriorating muffin, fully-clothed “joggers,” seeing the forest, & a gleefully slippery slope…

~Monday~  I wanted to catch the 7:45 bus today and barely did, having only just a second to glance at that muffin continuing to deteriorate on top of that Southern Bell underground cable warning post. It wasn’t an ant-fest today, but as you can see, there was at least one still loitering about. At a … Read more

Buscapades, an extraordinary encounter, an airport run apart, and a late night out and about…

~Friday~  The African-American girl who was at the stop on Tuesday, with the shoes and ball cap and didn’t find her knight in shining armor on the bus, was at the stop as I approached. Coming from the other direction was said knight, running that brush through his lack of hair. They didn’t even say … Read more

Regular dogs, a visual buscapade, up on the roof, a winefest, and cotton mouth…

~Thursday~  At the bus stop, I had this thought: “We expect our dogs to be regular.” This was brought about as someone who lives with the back of their townhouse facing the bus stop stepped outside with his Golden Retriever, which walked around a little in what I projected to be an attempt to squat … Read more

A $25,000 bus(capade) detour, a green path, public transportation inconvenience, & dancing…

~Wednesday~  I caught the 7:45 city bus instead of the 8:15, walking up to the stop at 7:50 just as the bus approached the intersection near my stop. I immediately replayed my last couple of minutes in my house thinking, “If I would’ve done just one more thing before coming out here, I would have … Read more

Bus ruminations, a john on your steps, a beancam, a $$$ meeting, a haircut, and draggin…

~Tuesday~  Above the bus stop, there are a bunch of pine trees, and not because it was raining, but because of the combination of the saturated pine needles and a slight breeze, raindrops kept falling on my head. Rest assured, however, my eyes weren’t turning red; crying’s not for me. Just sayin… This morning the … Read more

1 white, 1 black, 1…; code debugging; texting etiquette; & a reservation SNAFU…

~Monday~  There was a slight drizzle of rain at the bus stop this morning, and when I walked up a young African-American guy was there holding his book bag over his head. I watched him from under my umbrella-ella-ella (sorry—channeling Rihanna there for a second), and at one point he put the bag down, reached … Read more

Bus window ruminations, an ice cream social, a liquid dinner, & a gay social gaffe twice told…

~Friday~  In a return to routine, I caught the 8:15 city bus, where there was actually a student waiting for the bus when I arrived at my stop. He was an Asian kid and wearing a backpack. I wondered if it was because school is out for the Spring, and the university buses won’t start … Read more