"If I quieted the voices in my head I would face the day with nothing to write."

“The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is that you really want to say.” Mark Twain.

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl
Key:
G-Unit=Grandpa
FLS=Favorite Little Sister
Sassy Red head=Shana
True Friend=Laura
Mermaid/Slo/Tripod/Chickas=Shannon 1

Spanish Princess/Tripod/Chicka/Vette =Yvette
#61=Youngest son
Mickey Blue Eyes=Oldest son.
BFTP (Blast from the past)/The last Frontier=gone
Big Jim as himself
Vitamin C as himself
G-Man=Garth/Bossman.

Nick as himself

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Immersion



Lazy. I dwell in the comfort of warm sheets and my bedroom. Sleeping, reading and now writing. The lamp next to my bed is my only light. The heavy green curtains are drawn against a dismal August Saturday morning.

Rain. Long in coming has arrived but it is barren. A false sense of moisture. Because it is.

I'm reading 'Olive Kitteridge.' Dark and yet humorous and frightening in the way of it's truth. The truth of life, marriage and old age. What do you do? You live and find the happy humorous moments and try to forget how dark the world really is.

I'm struggling with indecision, restlessness and being true to myself. Really? I'm lazy and can't find desire to make things happen or change. I don't really care either. The best course of action.... stay warm, make a cup of tea and crawl back into bed with a book, laptop and some chocolate. 

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Vacation

I just returned from abroad. You know that ripple affect? The one when a word, picture or situation keeps popping up again and again. I had that happen with this trip.

Denmark... Othello...

I traveled to Denmark to visit my old friend Anette. She was the 1985-1986 exchange student from Denmark at Othello High School. We hit it off when we were 17 and I have always wanted to go see her. I had or made the chance, happen this year. 

While I was there posting pictures on Facebook, the best man at my one and only wedding posted. He also attended Othello High School. He mentioned that he was going to be in Denmark too. Alas we were not able to meet since he arrived after I departed the same day.

Another friend on Facebook and from Othello High School was I'm pretty sure the person interviewed in PNW magazine that comes as an insert in the Seattle Times. I wanted to ask but didn't since she was on vacation in Spain. But as I checked Facebook while in Denmark she posted a picture of a house that looked Danish. So I commented. I figured it was a house built in Danish style maybe influenced by Danish settlement. No. She was actually now in Denmark.

Small world big ripple.
Here are some of my favorite photo's from the trip.