Category Archives: Gangsta Hansel & Ghetto Gretel

A near brush with disaster

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

“Where are you?” asked Gretel, sounding worried “I am only a few minutes away. I’ll be home soon” I said “Good” she said, “I thought you were dead”. I couldn’t see any reason for the alarm. Granted, it had been … Continue reading →

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Fabulous Over Fifty

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

I drove home with the back seat filled with birthday balloons. The balloons were a gift from Gretel who also took me out for dinner. We went to Sakura where the chef prepares steak, chicken, shrimp and/scallops in front of you, … Continue reading →

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Back with a Vengeance

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

My levels of self-loathing are at a new high and this is a hard post to write. I have put on most of the weight I lost last year and, as the anniversary of my respite at the (yes, madly … Continue reading →

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Garden Party

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

We woke to a new-washed world. A huge limb from the mulberry tree was bowed to the ground, but there was no other damage from the funnel clouds and biblical rain of Friday night. The pile of dirt for the … Continue reading →

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Growing good ‘uns

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

The uncharitable might consider it little more than practice for the chain gang, but I am prepared to see it as filial loyalty, and love of both hard work and the outdoors. Hansel and the Handsome Prince have spent this … Continue reading →

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Baby Overboard

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

Hansel was wheeling his first barrow-load of dirt of the long weekend when he discovered the baby bird. The fledgling blue jay was cowering beside the recycling bin, too young to fly away. That explains the scream (surely their collective … Continue reading →

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Coming Out In Sympathy

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Hansel had a very bad week. He had a wisdom tooth pulled and it hurt like hell. Worse, his beloved Coconut Teddy was still in Van Rehab unable to kick a bad exhaust habit. Hansel was very fed-up and bored … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Love Of All

Posted on February 14, 2012 by
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Teddy Coconut

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

“My Uncle Teddy’s was brown and brass and he used to pick me and my cousins up every day from elementary school” said Hansel ” It didn’t matter how bad a day we’d had, it all turned around when we … Continue reading →

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A fresh start and a downward spiral

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Hansel greeted the first sunrise of the new year at the beach in Itchy Ankle.He did not so much get up early as stay up late, but the pictures are nice all the same.   I inadvertently started the new … Continue reading →

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