Category Archives: Daily Life

That’s My Seat

Posted on March 27, 2014 by mahines

This is my spot. It’s where I stand every morning, five days a week. It’s right where the second door of the first car of the train opens. You better not be standing there when I walk down the platform. … Continue reading →

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Letting Go

Posted on March 25, 2014 by mahines

How hard that is, the letting go. I want to hold on forever. I reach, I close my fist, but there is only smoke between my fingers. Mine. Such a foolish word. Everything is pulled from our grasp eventually. The … Continue reading →

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One More Summer

Posted on March 10, 2014 by mahines

  Give me one more summer, Old Man. One more summer to walk down the road While you trot along beside me in the tall grass. It’s too cold for you now And you are so unsure on the ice. … Continue reading →

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Old Habits

Posted on March 5, 2014 by mahines

Today is Ash Wednesday and I got my ashes.  Now, I’m a lapsed Catholic, although I much prefer the old Irish term – fallen away Catholic. (I always picture climbing up the Catholic ladder to heaven, slipping and falling down … Continue reading →

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Nobody’s Fool

Posted on March 4, 2014 by mahines

I have spent most of my life working in Manhattan. I even lived there for six years after college. I’m street smart. I know what neighborhoods are OK to be in by myself and which are not. I know how … Continue reading →

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It’s Still Love

Posted on February 14, 2014 by mahines

Today is Valentine’s Day.  We are supposed to be all lovey-dovey with our significant other.  But sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. My husband and I are going through tough times right now.  Both of us are dealing with … Continue reading →

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Baby Days

Posted on January 13, 2014 by mahines

Daisy’s baby days are flying by. Yes, that’s right, her baby days. I know she is not a child, she is a dog. But she is still my baby. My husband calls her that too as in “Maggie, be gentle … Continue reading →

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The Puppy Chronicles

Posted on December 31, 2013 by mahines

This has been a tough holiday season, lots of sadness and troubles all around. But last Monday, we brought some sunshine into the gloom. We brought home our new little love – Daisy Mae. She’s just too bloody cute. Maggie … Continue reading →

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Be The Light

Posted on December 18, 2013 by mahines

A few days ago I was rushing through Grand Central on my way to work (behind schedule as usual). I passed a group of about fifteen smartly dressed Southern ladies between the ages of fifty and seventy five (best guess). … Continue reading →

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Golden Girl

Posted on December 16, 2013 by mahines

I guess it’s true that there is always something good to offset the bad in our lives. We spent most of the day yesterday visiting my husband’s son in the hospital. This round of chemo is really knocking the crap … Continue reading →

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