{"id":3348,"date":"2014-11-21T21:17:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T03:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2014-11-21T21:17:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T03:17:19","slug":"rosy-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/2014\/11\/21\/rosy-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosy Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.<\/h3>\n

Manny stopped by my desk on his way out of the building. It was Friday. Not many people were left.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the interview,\u201d he said. Manny told me that he had wondered if the guy was for real. \u201cCould anyone really be that chipper, that optimistic, energetic? He talked non-stop!”<\/p>\n

I was tempted to confess being on the other end of the spectrum. But then, he surely knows that.<\/p>\n

Eeyore<\/em> comes to mind, perhaps? My mother called me\u00a0loose lip<\/em>. Let\u2019s just say that I lost my rosy glasses<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2.<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m sitting in the study on a dark and rainy night. The fair and industrious Trudy is far away. It\u2019s very quiet here.<\/p>\n

iTunes helps. Bob Schneider, The World Exploded into Love<\/em>. Bryan Ferry,\u00a0Love is the Drug<\/em>. And now there\u2019s another Bob Schneider song. And Mr. Guinness is staring around the corner, alternately sitting and standing wagging his tail. And Miss Izzy is curled up cozy in her bed.<\/p>\n

I take out a pen and scribble a little something. Some green. Scribble. Some yellow. Scrabble. Some more green. A little orange. A crooked line around the periphery. Some initials. And\u2026 Send!<\/p>\n

Within minutes an email hits my in box.<\/p>\n

Like!<\/em>\u00a0says Trudy.<\/p>\n

Wink!<\/em> I reply.<\/p>\n

And oh look, I think I have found those\u00a0rosy glasses<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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