dual personalities

Month: June, 2021

“It is another beautiful day at the Red Pony Bar & Grill and continual soiree.”

by chuckofish

Well, it’s Tuesday and I had a rant-filled day. And now I have to write a blog post. Just like old times! But, after work, instead of hitting the (wine) bottle (just kidding), I hit the sewing machine.

Nothing clears the brain like trying to sew a rolled hem and then inserting elastic through it. This particular project requires several news skills in it and I am not quite finished. You can look forward to seeing sweet Baby Katie in it in the near future.

While sewing and driving lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of The Lumineers. Good singing along loudly music.

And in between I’ve been re-reading some Longmire books. Hence the title. It’s good to visit old friends who think things like “concentrating on the work in an attempt to try to get out of the mood into which I was descending” and “Ever since I’d gotten back from Vietnam, I’d treated the company of books like life preservers.” Even if they’re fictional characters.

Let’s all hope my mother has a smooth trip to Baltimore today where she’ll get to see this cutie (I know this is the content you’re here for anyway).

“Would you like to swing on a star/ Carry moonbeams home in a jar”*

by chuckofish

I do love a three day weekend!

I will note that yesterday was Clint Eastwood’s 91st birthday. Do you have a favorite Clint Eastwood movie? Well, do you, Punk? I actually do not, but this one will do.

We watched Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) in honor of Memorial Day. It is my favorite submarine movie and features a great performance by Clark Gable. Don Rickles is also in the movie. (He actually served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, on a motor torpedo boat tender.)

This article makes a strong point. “And in this way we see the challenge before us. There may have been times in the past when it took concerted effort to see and experience immorality; today it takes concerted effort to avoid seeing it. “

Tomorrow I am taking a few days off and heading east to visit daughter #2 and this little gal.

We will be celebrating her first birthday! Unbelievable, c’est vrai?

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

–William Wordsworth

Wish me luck on my travels. I haven’t flown since 2018. Yikes.

*Johnny Burke / Jimmy Van Heusen