CARS FROM THE OLDEN DAYS

 

DOES LIGHTNING STRIKE TWICE? This morning's film noir

I remember explaining to my late mother the meaning of film noir PLUS America runs on Dunkin.

Eyeglasses, if you lose or misplace them, troubles abound.

The above food looks delicious, but what the hell is it? 

Patrick's bees know how to use the weather. 

I did fall in love with hubcaps and spray painted them out back. 

Possibly if you double click above, you will see some of my statuary. 

Above is either a new locomotive - Max is now beyond Albert - or a Dumpster, which is capitalized. 

Sarah Lynn Deming - thanks for cooking a monster of a meal and doing the dishes

Ellen helps keep the house in order. 

Daniel Paul Deming was once my baby boy. 

Scott, please wait for me. Gotta grab some chow so I don't get low when we walk. Tis 50 degrees now,  In my drawer I found an enormous warm black sweater. 

This is what I CRAVE when returning from our walk at the Willow Grove YMCA.

Geese poop?

Yes sirree.

We simply turned around and strode back to our car.

I was out of breath.

Cardiovascular events? Quite possibly.

 Raise your hand if you're an observant Jew? 

Raise hand if you don't know.

Farewell Jimmy Carter - reports will follow!

 TCM.COM with Eddie Muller presented LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE. Was it good? You decide. Scott went to the compost heap early this morning and found NO EVIDENCE of the chicken carcass that Sarah brought last night for one of her SCRUMPTIOUS MEALS.

Jimmy Carter is in hospice at home - 98 yrs old - and his wife is still alive. 

Scott and I will brave the elements and walk somewhere.

Very windy now.

There go the dog walkers.

For film noir, I wore a lovely grey and white long dress that had shredded. Thank you, Lynn, I believe, soon to be Mother of the Groom.

THANK YOU LEONARD COHEN for your 'golden voice' and your courage and your willingness to do hard things

 LEONARD COHEN, died of leukemia and a fall November 7, 2016 -------

Death and tributes[edit]fa

Memorial in front of Cohen's residence in Montreal on November 12, 2016^[29]

Cohen died on November 7, 2016, at the age of 82 at his home in Los Angeles; leukemia was a contributing cause.^{[193][194][195]} According to his manager, Cohen's death was the result of a fall at his home that evening, and he subsequently died in his sleep.^[196] His death was announced on November 10, the same day as his funeral, which was held in Montreal.^[197] As was his wish, Cohen was laid to rest with a Jewish rite, in a simple pine casket, in a family plot in the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim cemetery on Mount Royal.^[198][199] Tributes were paid by numerous stars and political figures.^{[200][201][202]} Citizens and officials in Montreal considered honouring him by naming a street and other locations, including a library, after him.^[203]

The city of Montreal held a tribute concert to Cohen in December 2016, titled "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" after a prose poem in his novel Beautiful Losers. It featured a number of musical performances and readings of Cohen's poetry.^[204][205]

A memorial also took place in Los Angeles. Cohen was survived by his two children and three grandchildren.^{[206][207][208]}

After Cohen's death, two tribute murals were created in the city the following summer. Artist Kevin Ledo painted a nine-story portrait of him near Cohen's home on Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal, and a 20-story fedora-clad likeness on Crescent Street, commissioned by the city of Montreal and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with Montreal artist Gene Pendon and L.A. artist El Mac, has dominated the city's downtown.^[209]

On November 6, 2017, the eve of the first anniversary of Cohen's death, the Cohen family organized a memorial concert titled "Tower of Song" at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Fans and artists from all over the globe came together for an evening of spoken word and song that included performances by k.d. lang, Elvis Costello, Feist, Adam Cohen, Patrick Watson, Sting, Damien Rice, Courtney Love, The Lumineers, Lana Del Rey and more.^[210][211] The star-studded tribute also included Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, who appeared on stage to speak about their personal connection with Cohen's music.^[212]

An interactive exhibit dedicated to the life and career of Leonard Cohen opened on November 9, 2017, at Montreal's contemporary art museum (MAC) titled "Leonard Cohen: Une Brèche en Toute Chose / A Crack in Everything" and ran until April 9, 2018.^[213][214] The exhibit had been in the works for several years prior to Cohen's death,^[209] as part of the official program of Montreal's 375th anniversary celebrations and broke the museum's attendance record in its five-month run.^[215][216] The exhibit embarked on an international tour, opening in New York City at the Jewish Museum in April 2019.^[217] A bronze statue of Cohen was unveiled in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, on August 31, 2019.^[218]

Cohen is commemorated in the name of two species, both described in 2021: Loxosceles coheni, a species of recluse spiders from Iran described by arachnologists Alireza Zamani, Omid Mirshamsi and Yuri M. Marusik, and Cervellaea coheni, a species of weevils from South Africa described by entomologists Massimo Meregalli and Roman Borovec.^{[219][220][22}

SPRING-LIKE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY - GOODY GOODY

 

Hard to see but BEES are drinking the muddy water and sometimes drowning. 

The Columbians are getting new siding that is a Hunter Green. 

Bald eagle is protected in ALASKA. 

SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP !

B/c today is Feb 4, 2023, there are only 3 more days unTil Eugenspiel turns 49.

How bout dat!!!!

The significance about Feb 4 is that Patty Hearst was in captivity! I remember Grampa saying she was probably a love slave.

True.... Symbionese Liberation Army. She made out well in life, but I will let YOU, Sarah Lybionese Deming read about that!

When I went on the back porch this morning to step on the stair I gave a mighty shiver like little Jackie Cooper might have said in TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Libionese Stevenson and his BenBow Inn.

Okay, young un.

Gotta finish my breakfast. The train is whistling I can clearly hear it.

Love from Mom always in all ways.

THE BLUE JAY AND THE PEANUT

 Keen-eyed Scott noticed a Blue Jay holding a peanut in his beak.

He could not figure out how to open it.

What should Scott do?

Convene a classroom to teach the jays how to open the peanut? Would  the jays enjoy them?

Okay, I am Ruth Z Deming, and I am outa here!!!

DRACAENA - On my Living Room Window Sill with Love from Wikipedia

Thank you Ekaterina for your suggestion of drinking water when I am just sitting around watching Netflix films or trying to find something good on AMAZON. 

Yes, I did have a decent cr*ap this morning. 

Gonna read a bit and then compose.

Okay? 

Hold on a sec.

Yesterday Thurs while waiting for Ellie Belle to pick me up, I was gonna BUY some books - fill up a bag for ONE DOLLAR - ONE DOLLAR - but thankfully she arrived so I wouldn't have to buy USED BOOKS like The Great Gatsby or something by John Grisham. 

Now I will finish drinking EARL GREY TEA which contains black tea. 

Dracaena (/drəˈsiːnə/^[2]) is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs.^[3] The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae,^[4] subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).^[5][6] It has also formerly been separated (sometimes with Cordyline) into the family Dracaenaceae or placed in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae).

The name dracaena is derived from the romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα – drakaina, "female dragon".^[7]

The majority of the species are native to Africa, southern Asia through to northern Australia, with two species in tropical Central America.

 

BLACK IMAGES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

This may be a miniature. 

Excuse me while I finish a cup of water. As you remember, Ekaterina has finally convinced me to drink several glasses a day.

I am drinking from a Villeroy and Boch cup. 

Shall we take a peek?

Sister Ellen drove me to my Creative Writing Group this morning and was a bit late picking me up.

I waited for her in the vestibule of the library since the wind howled outside and I was so desperate I almost bought A BAG OF BOOKS for exactly ONE DOLLAR.

In my hand I held THE GREAT GATSBY by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. What on earth would I have done with that book?

Also something in those dollar book shelves by JIM FOLLET - is that the right name? Very thick book. Good for weight lifting. 

I snuck out of our class after a certain JIM, who wore a black cap with a point on it, entered and began talking about THE DAO. C'mon Jim, arrive on time, and ...

but 

Sister Ellen left five minutes ago to return THE CABLE BOXES.

Better no cable than these. 

Neighbor Patrick and dog Sydney are wrapped up like mummies and I have a lonesome feeling inside. 

GUESS WHO JUST GOT HOME !  The neighbors across the street. BBBBut - now they are back.