Category Archives: Serving The Masses

The three wise men…

I did something last night that I haven’t done before.  Maybe I had been putting it off.  Maybe I didn’t want the opinion of another.  Maybe I just didn’t care enough…until now.  I looked up the definition of love.  Yes, … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Barking Dog

Not just…

The weekend is finally over and my version of a weekend is about to begin.  I must say, I am delighted.  While still mildly recovering from whatever stomach bug decided to plague my holiday weekend, it has been rough.  I … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses

Maybe I do. Maybe I don’t…

I am finding myself on the verge of making some interesting decisions.  Yes I, Mary E. Burger, am debating the thought of making a commitment.  This is now the reason I cannot sleep and have subsequently taken sleeping pills for … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Irrevocable Heartbreak, The Move

To find a job…

Today I begin the daunting task of finding employment. While I love working, enjoying being in a work setting, and of course, appreciate a bank account that is in the positive (which by the grace of God, it still is), … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Move

No longer here to serve…

One part of life in Portland is officially over: employment.  It is strange to say I am unemployed.  It is strange to think I will never put on my black skirt and knee socks and parade around that place again.  … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Move

Nearing the end…

My dear readers, I have been living in a fort of liquor boxes and wrapping paper.  Saying my goodbyes and packing my life away has left little time for writing, and for this, I apologize.  This has not been as … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Move

A night in the ER…

OK, I am going to be a little self-indulgent here and play a bit of a pity party right now.  You may find this refreshing though – it has nothing to do with my job, the move, or even the … Continue reading

3 Comments

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Barking Dog

Two weeks notice…

I guess I could say that I expected this moment to happen; that I would finally give up and give in.  Quite frankly, I don’t look at this moment right now as completely giving up.  I even said tonight in … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Great Love, The Move

Birds of dawn…

I should be tired.  I have been awake for what feels like an eternity and my body is battered and bruised from work.  If I have not stated this before, allow me to introduce myself:  Hi, my name is Mary.  … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Barking Dog

Sticks and stones…

Ah, the joy of a rainy Monday.  It is quite the frog strangler (in the words of Bill Burger).  I believe the pup is upset with me as he has not had a walk today.  He will manage.  I will … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Serving The Masses, The Barking Dog