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Helpless Female Gets a Root Canal

December 21, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

There I was, with this large piece of flat rubber encircling one molar, the rest of it flapping wetly over my lips and cheeks. The very friendly dental hygienist had put it on per dentist instructions, then they had all left while the numbing medicine took complete affect. Now, my bladder was feeling its own […]

Helpless Female Attaches Netafim to Drip Pipe

March 14, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

Netafim supplies, all in a row.

[box]This is what I wrote after a project in the middle of last summer, so don’t get confused with talk of going camping and lots of flowers. I’m not going camping in the middle of March! And the only green in that flower bed right now is iris greenery breaking through the dirt.[/box] The trouble […]

Helpless Female Plans for the Future

January 30, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

I am not a pessimist. I just feel better if I plan for highly likely potential eventualities. And, as dark as it sounds, that includes my husband dying before me. This is something I have been aware of the statistical probabilities of since I was a young girl. I’m observant. Maybe its just a way […]

Helpless Female Fixes the Washing Machine

December 3, 2014 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

"Look into my eyes. You want to fix the washing machine."

I didn’t want to look in that direction, but I could tell he was silently beckoning my attention. He has a way of doing that. He may be a man of few words, but he has powers. And he was using them as he stood leaning against the door frame to the laundry room, waiting […]

Helpless Female on How to Find a Restaurant or Shopping Mall near Monza, Italy

November 19, 2014 by Laura Blodgett 2 Comments

The massive cathedral, or duomo, in the center of Milan has a wide plaza around it, but you can see the buildings off to the side disappear into narrower streets, and those buildings are fairly flat and colorless.

If a resident of Monza, Italy gives you any directions that sound remotely like, “just go straight and you’ll see it right there,” be skeptical. It’s not that they don’t mean well, but either they think of directions in broad strokes that obscure corners and curves, or they’ve never had to find their way around […]

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