Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Congrats to Tiger Woods --
And a big thumbs down to NBC programming department for showing us a lot of grass and a couple guys putting instead of regular programming, not the least of which was "Days of Our Lives." Speaking of golf, two guys were on the links and tired of being held up by a couple of women ahead of them....
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Photo from an old album, Monday's sunrise
The black and white photo is two little girls about four or five years old, sitting side-by-side in a metal lawn chair, each in a light summer dress. Both have small ribbons in their hair, patent leather shoes with white anklets, dressed up for a Sunday morning. They smile shyly at the photographer....
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
President Bush plans to veto New GI Bill. Please Help...
Following is an email from my Marine grandson, who is being deployed again soon. Last time it was Kosovo. This time Iraq. Our service men and women need our support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone, The message below is in regard to...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Sisters
I have two sisters, one is eleven years older, the other is three years younger. Both of them are involved in long-term marriages. Both live in Oregon. Big Sis was the child of Mom's first marriage and I only got to know her after she was grown up. I always looked up to her and admired how she lived...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
June, pot roast and Amy's avatar
It's June. Winter hung on, storms and rain through May, continuing into the first precious free month after school's out. Days of old it might have ruined plans for boys and girls seeking baseball and swimming and outdoor explorations of old familiar neighborhoods, but now it's an excuse to sit with...
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
Secrets
Yesterday a new thought crossed my mind. It's time to get rid of the evidence. There may be nothing I can do about it if I'm under anesthetic and come out of it raving about something I never intended to share, or if I have a stroke that shuts off the inhibitors in my brain. I might blab and babble...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Haunted?
Fang and I once lived in a cozy bungalow on Willow Street; it was haunted. We'd been there a couple of years when I began noticing movements at the edge of my peripheral vision that disappeared when I turned to take a good look. One ghost even wandered into the bathroom while I was reading on the...
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Attempting Faulkner's writing style...
A day or so ago I finally got around to reading William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, the corrected text. It was on the shelf in the used bookstore at my library, and a bargain at twenty-five cents. This novel was written in 1930, the rough draft first printing went out to readers complete with...
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Bunnies
I'm used to seeing the squirrels chasing around the yard and the 'hood. They're up the tree in the blink of an eye if I walk out on my porch while they're up to squirrely things. I've been here four years, have put out food on occasion. By now, they should know that I'm not interested in making stew...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Scene from a marriage
“What is it?” he asked. “Nothing.” He knew it had to be something. He stared at her blonde head, bowed as in prayer under the light of the reading lamp. Her eyes were closed, the book open in her lap. There were tears streaming down her face, onto the page. “Why won’t you tell me?” “It’s nothing. If...
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