Lee Duigon

You can’t win ’em all.

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

Woke up today feeling fine and ambitious.

Then about ten thirty, my wheels fell off.

I know why–I had interrupted sleep last night. I woke up around 2 am and could not get back to sleep. That happens every once in a while and it’s a real pain. I’m very tired after supper and go to bed really early. That pattern started when Lee got so sick. I usually do fine and wake up nice and early, but last night was not one of those nights. I also have to sleep with a light on, and the computer telling me stories. If I tried (as is strongly recommended by those who know) to sleep in a dark, silent environment I would never sleep. Do any of you do this? I’d love to know.

Hey, everybody’s different.

I managed to drag myself through the day without sleeping, so hopefully things should be back to normal (whatever that is) tonight.

I only have about 6 or 7 major tasks left–but they are big ones that will not be able to be finished in a day or two. More like weeks.

Upward and onward.

Life goes on.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Kitten is scared..meets puppy..roughhouses..not scared anymore

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

A lovely little film, needs absolutely no words.

Dogs of the week

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

Iguana is a wonderful pet..I know

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

Please click on this to watch on Youtube. Lee had an iguana when we first got married. He had gotten him when he was about 11 years old and the iguana lived until Lee was 31. He and my dog got along beautifully. There is a picture somewhere of the iguana in Lee’s arms and my dog, Dobie is standing up beside them grooming the iguana’s nails. They were wonderful pals. Iguanas are very smart and very sociable. He would come up on the bed while we were playing board games to get petted and hang out with us.

Collidge ‘it’ Is Hard Sumbtimes! From 2018

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

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Sumbtimes Gender Studdies “it” is So hard butt our Prefesser xe knows “that” and xe Dont whant us “to” get al Stresszed Out so tooday xe taked Awaiy our Tecksbook becose it “Is” hard four us to reed thare Are a lott “of” big Words in “it” and makes Us feeel so Bad and so insted fromb now On wee wil Studdy car toons and graffic novles!! And aslo we wil get More Play Doh!

xe aslo gaved us This hear graffic Novle it “is” caled Oy Rodney and ze sayed we shuld Oauhght to studdy it to fined al “The” micro Gresions and biggity thats In it!! Xhe aslo ze sayed we Got to whach Out four al “the” Wite Privvlidge that in it and then We whill has a Test witch it shuld Not be “two hard” becose Al we “has to” Do is go out And key cars!!!

This hear Oy Rodney it “is” jist tarrible!!!! That is becose “it” shoes jist wat Wimmins thay is Up “aginst” and aslo thare “Is” a lot of Sexule Horassmint in it tooo;, It makes “me” so Mad i has to Stopp and play whith Play Doh til my Moth Antenners thay stopp twitchin And wuld yiu beleave it I got in trubble for That!!! The prefesser xe sayed “Cant yiu” stop “that?? it is distracking al The “othher” stodents”! Wel i cant Help it its becose Of “al” them Moth Hormoans thay shot me Up whith to try to get my cromo-Soames to turn intto Wimmin cromo-Soames and i cant Help It if “the” exspearmint it dint work!!! So xe mayed me ware this hear Pointy Hat so no one thay “wuld see” my Antenners!

O wel! in jist Fyve moar yeers I “wil” Get my Batchler’s Deegree in Gender Studdies and “Than” i can start on My Masters! and Eaventurly i wil Be a reel Intrallectural!!!

Blessing ‘The Mummy’s Curse’ From 2015

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

Unwinding from a more than usually stressful week, my wife and I resorted to one of our favorite movies–The Mummy’s Curse (1944).

You know what’s really cool about this movie? Virginia Christine‘s performance as “the Princess Ananka.” Try to forget that the screenplay makes no sense whatsoever.

Ms. Christine had a very long acting career in movies and TV. If you’re old enough, you probably know her best as “Mrs. Olsen” in a bunch of Folger’s Coffee commercials. The role of Princess Ananka came quite early in her career, and she just blew the doors off it. Hey, the whole movie’s only 61 minutes long. It’s worth seeing just to watch her first scene.

Yes, I know the storyline of the mummy movies sometimes lapses into incoherence. When we last see them, before this movie, the Mummy and his hapless reincarnated princess are getting sucked into a bog somewhere in New England. In The Mummy’s Curse, the two of them emerge from the mud in Louisiana. If you can explain how that happened, you need to apply for a job as a presidential press secretary.

Anyhow, it’s all in fun–and I don’t think you have to worry about this movie scaring you to death.

Glory Be to God the Father

leeduigon(patty)October 23, 2026

Not a bad day, all in all.

leeduigon(patty)October 22, 2026

Some days are better than others (like with most folks) and today was not too bad at all.

One silly mishap, though. At lunch, I decided to have a nice brioche roll with a couple of little balls of fresh mozzarella on it. I took a good sized bite and one of the little balls of cheese popped out and disappeared. I usually eat at the computer, so I looked under the hutch, also in a couple of pairs of shoes that were under there, all around my chair, and over by the bookcase. It was gone like it had never existed. You probably remember when I was talking about my mice woes– the last thing I want to do (since they seem to have departed) is to set a nice buffet out for them. O boy! Cheese! A little later on I looked under the hutch with my powerful flashlight and found the culprit nestled up against one of the hutch wheels. That was my biggest problem today and that was nothing.

I’ve got some plans for tomorrow.

We’ll see how that works out.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty