Quips from Kay

 It's another Saturday in the midst of the Pandemic and I am trying to find things to do. Since I don't have a yard it is extra difficult coming up with something to occupy myself. Glad I have Blogger. Thinking about Saturday, I started remembering activities of previous Saturdays. Back when I was still living with my parents we didn't have a washer or dryer.  When there were enough items to be washed, Mama and I would drive across town to a lady who took in washing. We could pick up our laundry the next day and it was always nice and clean but it had a little outdoor odor to it. Of course none of our things were made of anything other than cotton, so we had no worries when we discovered that she boiled the sheets and towels in a big black cast iron pot in her back yard. We washed our personal items by hand at home and the wooly things we took to the cleaners.  Moving on to my college years, I would wash my clothes out and hang them from my dorm window. It was diffic...

 I used to lead a useful life. Studied, married, had children, worked, traveled, worked some more and then, BOOM! Nothing left to do. Being old and retired sucks! RICH, old and retired might be okay but I don't know because I'm not rich, just the other two. True, I have rich memories and a fine, loving family, but on a daily basis there's not much to do or so it seems if you led a full productive life.  But when you get right down to it, you can't visit with your children one on one everyday, especially now during Covid. I read, do jigsaw and crossword puzzle, watch TV and take my dog out but all that pales by comparison. My degree in Spanish and sociology afforded me some interesting jobs. I did social work for fifteen or so years and that made me feel like I was contributing to society; or at least helping it along. Then we had a restaurant where I prepared Mexican and Spanish food, met interesting people and enjoyed life, even though the work was arduous. I used to t...