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Quote of the Day:
“One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of language. And the power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled too.”
– Cynthia Ozick
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Where are those words? I started my computer this morning and then I found everything else to do in the house instead of writing. Michael was good enough to assist me in the moving stuff around. By the time I finished my chores I was tired.
My gripe today is about the U.S. Postal Service:
- First gripe is that service at the actual place of business is slow.
- The cost of postage keeps going up and yet the service doesn’t get any better.
- Since I have a post box, I occasionally get mail for other people. Normally I don’t think too much about it. But, the one that is my gripe currently is this one company which has the same box number that I have. I’ve talked to the postal clerks about. Their suggesting was to push it back through my box so the envelope falls to the floor. The next day I go in, the envelope is back in my box. My next step is I take the envelope home and circle the box number and write that it is the correct box. Then I circle the city (San Bernardino or San Diego) and the zip code and write that it is the wrong city and zip code. Now I pray the clerks get it.
- Either everything is too computerized or folks just aren’t paying attention.
The thing is I do like communicating with my computer. The computer is quick, easy and fast. On the other side I do like writing letters by hand. My friends whom I send letters to are happy to get something in the mail. So what is up with the postal service?
mz. em
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Currently Reading:
“Loving an Alcoholic” by Jack Mumey
“Desperation” by Stephen King
“Walking on Alligators” by Susan Shaughnessy
“New American Standard Bible” – The Book of Job
“Hope for Today” by Al-Anon
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Strange as it may seem, we get excellent service in our location. We always know the local carrier by name — ever since the U.D. was about three and asked — and he’s good (an occasional sub is lazier). Not to mention, he *never* complains that he has to climb the steps to get to our mailbox.
At the post offices — the one that’s closest is not the one from which the carriers work — the service is as good as it can be, considering that so many customers don’t prepare everything before they get there. “I need another form because it’s going certified? I didn’t know that.”
On the other hand, my friend in Queens has the nastiest letter carrier, who won’t even give her time to answer the door (She’s 83 and lame…)