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Family at Twins game last night
Deb caught a ball in her taco salad bowl.
Funny how you can take the same pictures....
..... over and over again. And it’s almost September 4th! How’d we do that? How are you doing on your decluttering? We were supposed to get rid of one thing on the first, two on the second, t...
Stripey Butt
For September I decided to see if I could post something every day. I was thinking it would be nice to put up a fresh picture every day. So.... I went out and took a bunch of pics of Stripey...
Jesus wept....
This is a photo of two IC&E SD40-2s laying over in Bethlehem’s River Yard. The Sands casino now illuminates the dormant stacks of Bethlehem Steel. (from [here)](http://www.railpictures.net/v...
Too rainy to report from the deck....
The last few weeks we’ve been having a lot of rain. After a wet spring, a dry summer, looks like a wet fall. Though I generally wish people would stop throwing away summer so early when it is...
Nothing on a Saturday morning toward the end of summer
Messenger and other chat type places are funny in that what you type there disappears as soon as you close the window. You can set it to save to a history of your chat but to me that is creepy, ...
Stuff....
My new car: Quote from Toward the End of Time by John Updike:On Saturday Gloria directed Jeremy and me to dig up the Siberian iris that has flourished on the stony slope behind the two scrawny pe...
More vacation -
I should go back and see where I left off last time... but that would require closing this window and opening another and that seems like work and I am on vacation - remember? I continue to do n...
Vacation!!
It's Friday morning, about a quarter to eight and I'm home at the kitchen table. Gracie is at the door wanting in. So she can then be at the door wanting out. That's a dog for you. The man ca...
Bees....
When I came home today the swarm of bees had moved onto the Pea tree. We've had this happen before but we've never really done anything about them. Eventually they disappear. Today I thou...
Survivors....added to...
I don't have much in the way of flowers anymore. Various reasons. Lack of time. Lack of interest. Lack of bending over. But a few manage to keep coming back. Here's a few pics: Tue...
For the record...
It's a beautiful day but that's not what I'm writing about. I'm writing about my life improvements/resolutions/renunciations, etc. etc. On January 1, 2013, I began writing daily in 750words.com...
Six words about....
I hear a Bob Seger song. or Volney hill is shorter but steeper. Someone thought this was my picture. or Always a good year for Corvettes. ----- Now you try.
View from Ellis Island....
This obviously isn't my picture. It's from here. And here's a blog with a lot of interesting NYC pics.
More of me....
I'm not driving. I'm preparing to be towed. Not too far Just across the driveway and down toward the machine shed where the tractor will be closer to the battery charger. This is my fatheri...
Old men....
Writer David McCullough is 81. When he made these 60 Minutes segments he was 79. Both he and Morley Safer, who is now 82 and was then 80, are old men. But watch them. Watch the vitality i...
Coverup
Sometimes I feel the need to write something - to put an entry up because the current one is embarrassing for some reason. I generally have more to say on weekends. And more time to say it ...
A short story
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/02/19/what-is-remembered?utmsource=tny&utmcampaign=generalsocial&utmmedium=facebook&mbid=socialfacebook I read this in 2001, when it was first ...
Some morning words...
Last night after work I went to town. In order of occurrence: got can money at can place. Fifteen dollars and change. Place smells and is full of cans. At the end of the day. But they pai...
The man....well two of them....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJvCzL_DnHY
What makes me happy?
Coffee on ice cubes. Most of nature, including the sky. And flowers. And vistas. Being able to DO things. As in exercise or work or simple movement. Good writing. In books or magazines, a...
What's bothering me most?
My pants are too tight. I'm eating too much. I'm losing my ability to be active physically. I'm aging. I'm feeling a little pessimistic about my job. They've hired new people. I don't fee...
Time...
... moves too fast. Moves too slow. We have too much of it or not enough of it. Moods are like that too. I feel good. I feel rotten. I love my life. I hate it. We can look for reasons...
John Glenn's 93rd birthday is today.
He is the only one of the original astronauts who is still living. He's been married to Annie since 1943. Sunday will be the 45th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. I was curious...
Want to feel good?
Watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAMRMQr48g
Book Description
Just a few words that don’t mean anything.
