Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Never A Bad Time To Eat
Something has been missing from my household for many years and I didn't even realize it. With the advent of digital time pieces and atomic clocks, the demise of my old cuckoo and the goodbye to the mantle clock that went with my ex- to FL years ago, my home has been devoid of ticking and tocking. I...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Faded
Mine has definitely faded--not only faded, but become wrinkled, spotted, flaky, and other unmentionables. But, in the process of doing all of that, my youth gave me lots of pleasures, lots of wonderful memories, and like Baz Luhrmann, lots of advice to pass on, except no one wants it. Only those who...
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Pump Faster!
The summer of '42 was when I discovered the player piano. There was an old maid in our neighborhood. At least I thought she was old. She must have been only thirty or so, but to me she was an old, old maid. I forget why I went to her big old house in the first place, but the magical music drew me...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Take A Tour, Any Tour
Every day for a few hours, the excitement of the 2009 Tour de France overtakes me and I have to glue my eyes to the TV. This video is Stage 5, yesterday. Today it's Stage 6, Gerona to Barcelona. Great stuff. Great coverage. Great athletes. Great scenery and historical reviews of the countryside. It...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Rollin' On The River (But, It Ain't Tina Turner)
"Summertime, and the living is easy" rollin' down the Kentucky River on a hand-made shanty boat. Way to go--snag a fish when hungry...dredge it in cornmeal...fry it up on the pot-bellied stove...open a jar of home-canned greenbeans to go with it...do a little pickin' and grinnin'...sing a...
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