James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
Eugene, Oregon
Joined myLot 9 years ago
I have been retired for over five years now, except for writing and some acting efforts. I have done some commercials locally and a movie or two.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Apr
It goes on from 6 to 8 PM. It is part of the Oregon Cancer Society, not national. There are five women attending the meetings, but two will be absent this time. They were just
adjusting to recovery from treatment (surgery, chemo,...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Apr
It's nearly 70 here today and may hit the 80s by Friday. That's a pretty fast turnaround from wet spring to summer temperatures. But flowers are blooming like crazy and all the birds are wearing their finest mating colors, so it...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Apr
I wrote recently about a record album I have that was signed by the artist and given to my uncle. But I wonder if being signed really means anything?
Many years ago, I went to a poetry reading by a famous Russian poet named...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Apr
It got busy this morning with a trip to Costco for gas and, well, too much other stuff. Then It was lunch, Anne's computer went blank, couldn't turn it off to reboot, so took it to a shop.
I spent a little time trying to write...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Apr
I haven't, but here where we live, there is a club house and we have different things there like monthly breakfasts, card games, guest speakers, etc.
Some one came up with the idea of a "Murder Mystery" dinner. It will take...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Apr
Way, way, back in 1965, there was a jazz piano man, Horace Silver and he was playing at another jazz man's club in Hollywood called Shelly's Manne-Hole.
My Uncle Bob Allen, a WW 11 vet and great tap dancer (before he broke his...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Apr
Way, way back in 1965, there was a club in Hollywood, owned by a jazz drummer named Shelly Mann. The club was called Shelly’s Manne-Hole, just off Hollywood Boulevard on Caheunga.
My Uncle Bob worked there as sous chef (head chef...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Apr
Anne is out at a Cancer Society Survivors meeting each Tuesday evening this and next month. It starts a 6 PM & goes to 8, so she'll be home soon. I had a busy day with a writing workshop, followed quickly by lunch, then ping pong...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Apr
Saturday, the weather was just right for a nice fast walk. So, I glanced at the time and headed out the door. I went farther and faster than I intended and lot of songs popped into my head, including, "I'm Walkin' " by Fats...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Apr
Not everyone will remember Charlie Chaplin, but I recall watching a lot his silent films at my favorite pizza place in Monterey, California when I was stationed there in the army. They had wonderful pizza and ran silent films that...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Apr
That's what the ad says, but not just any charcoal. Activated Bamboo Charcoal is the thing. If you do this, the ad says, this charcoal will attract any dust there is and it will absorb any "mold spores" that happen to be lying...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Apr
In March, I wrote about my old co-worker who wanted to be pilot so much and ended up flying 747s for the last 30 years.
When I got up Sunday morning, I had a message on FB that he wanted me to call him since he didn't have my...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Apr
I have no idea why, but an old song called "Flip, Flop & Fly" floated into my head the other day. Written by Big Joe Turner & Charles E. Calhoun & recorded by Joe in 1955, it is a crazy up-beat bluesy number.
Maybe a more recent...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Apr
I love movies, even went to them by myself when I was a kid. These days, I watch them on TV and still love them. Because I have done some work as an extra on TV shows and movies filmed here in Oregon, I see the way it works and...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Apr
Since winter is dragging its feet about giving up & getting out of the way of spring,
we decided that a beef stew in the crock pot was a great idea for tonight and some leftovers too.
A nice bowl of that with some good bread and...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Apr
I get up by &, eat & shower, then check email and start getting ready for a 2.5 hour virtual poetry workshop. There are usually five or six students (I'm the only man) and we do a lot of reading with writing breaks and...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Apr
Imagine getting bitten by a tick or ticks, and then having a good hamburger meal later and waking up in a lot of pain with nausea. Sounds like food poisoning, but it's probably that tick bite.
It's called alpha-gal syndrome but...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Apr
Not just on myLot, traffic around here is lighter than usual, since many people are off work. The mail was later today too, after 3 PM, usually here by noon.
The only thing that was fast today was the time. I spent a bit longer...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Apr
April rode in on big rain clouds in western Oregon and drops fell all night.
It's National Poetry Month & I encourage all to read or write a poem. I got news last night that another jazz-oriented poem was accepted by a Portland...
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29232)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Mar
It was bound to happen and I truly hope that there are more to come from Georgia, maybe or from the Special Counsel investigating the way he incited his rabid followers to attack the capitol on January 6th.
This first one has to...
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