Notes from Around the Block- Olive the trees have olives
- Wanda Hickey and the Frog Pond
- A recently discovered DNA thread: forwarding news articles
- A Bride in Blue
- The Gates to a President’s Hell: Water and the IRS
- Marriage in Oxymoronica
- The Present Moment
- If your life were a book
- From the mouths of old babes
- The Atlanta Teachers’ Onion, then and now
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Tag Archives: humor
Lowfat or nonfat Yoga
by cheri block I wore a sleeveless dress to a holiday affair last night. For that newfound freedom, I thank yoga. I’ve become the most obnoxious kind of convert, telling everyone, including Joanie, the Chinese owner of USA Cleaners, about … Continue reading
Irreverence at Tahoe
by cheri block My father was a people person. And he could be very funny when he wasn’t tense. He was an active man. And, at the end of his life, quite brave, considering the circumstances. I will remember him … Continue reading
Santa Fe in October
by cheri block photographic correspondent Santa Fe, New Mexico Mild (the weather, not the chili sauce) 75 degrees The vortex swirls above, taking in all mystical people. My daughter bought a little turquoise necklace from this amazing Navajo woman. I … Continue reading
Posted in Life, My photography
Tagged humor, Judge Blah, Labrador Retrievers, Navajo Indians, New Mexico
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Judge Blah’s New Girlfriend or Rage at the Rancho
by cheri block I should have known. He’s been spending lots of time in Salinas and in Calistoga. Yesterday, someone driving a trailer left her at our front gate with only a binder and keys to her name. And who … Continue reading
An Ocelot named Derringer
by cheri block My hair stylist Lucy entertained me last week with a tall tale of custodial torment. In between precise snips with her scissors, she lamented her offer to take care of her cousin’s small dog for 10 days. … Continue reading
A simple declarative sentence
by mrs. sabraw On the first day of my grammar class this summer, twelve young people—ages 12-14—entered the room with the combined energy of twelve dead sloths. I told them a story about the Nerdy 7th Grade Girl whose teacher, … Continue reading
Dr. Levitt
by cheri block Dr. Levitt: Hello, Cheri. Nice to see you. How long has it been? Cheri: About 25 years. I was 34 years old and anxious about random evil. Dr. Levitt: Oh yes. Let me briefly review your chart. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, My fiction
Tagged Dr. Levitt, English majors, humor, Judge Blah, therapists
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The English according to Emerson
by cheri block I’ve just finished reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay (1856) entitled English Traits. Particularly curious (and a bit amusing) is Chapter VI on Manners. One of my essays this quarter is due next Wednesday, so I am rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Life, On fiction
Tagged Charles Saunders Peirce, Emerson, humor, Jane Austen, pluck, The English
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Confessions of a Yellow Dog
by cheri block Dinah: It’s time you fessed up and told the truth to your readers, Cheri. Go on. Tell em the flat out facts about me, your yellow dog who pulls, tugs, and leads on and at her leash. … Continue reading
Celery
by cheri block So I went in to see my doctor on Friday to learn if my Spartan food choices during the last several months have improved my high cholesterol. By chance, I ran into Judge Blah in the doctor’s … Continue reading
