tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34975332640008611182024-03-19T03:19:28.983-04:00The Belle of Cowbell: The Bipolar Therapist from Willow Grove, PARuth Deming's thoughts, poems, recipes, and links.Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3687125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-23399488492963478662023-06-05T11:25:00.001-04:002023-06-05T11:25:19.666-04:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">MRS DALLOWAY TRAVELS TO COSTCO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Hold on, she said. Lemme finish my
coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">No longer young, she poured with
trembling fingers her Folger's Instant, the same her retired mailman, oh what
was his name? - oh, it would come to her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It was a delicious day and the first
World War was nearly over, thank heavens. Neither she nor her husband, Colonel
Wainwright, believed in a higher power. They believed in daffodils, forsythia,
jonquils and a cerulean blue sky where upon occasion a helicopter would fly
above the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Hitler. What a bad man. A funny
little man whose voice sounded like the high notes of a piano, stopping and
starting, stopping and starting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She pulled on her striped cardigan,
belted it, and went to the front garden to greet her men with various floral
arrangements. As if they cared. Well, she did. Ruthie Dalloway. She had pinwheels
that twirled oh-so-quickly they became a blur.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Bought last week at the Saint David's
Carnival for two bits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A loud noise zoomed overhead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">What? Can't be, she thought. (italix)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A helicopter with whirring
propellers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Like a drunken butterfly it tottered
to the ground and right into the front yard of her victory garden. This is a vegetable
garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a
war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Two officers practically fell out of
the plane, ducked under the propellers, and saluted. “Mrs. Dalloway, we are
sorry to bring you bad news.” They paused. “Terrible news, in fact.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"I refuse to hear it," she
said, in the same manner that Voltaire would not hear of a bad thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Her blonde hair streaming behind her,
she ran into the house, and poured steaming black coffee into a “We Love
Mother” thin-handled cup, and sat on her sofa and sobbed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“No, no,” this can’t be happening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Huge bumble-bees visited her garden,
seemingly ignorant to wars and magnolia blossoms bursting into bloom and the
Kudzua Japanese dogwood dazzling the twin houses on the street.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">War! Would it ever end? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Yes! She would gather her girlfriends
together. Didn’t matter if they were 70 or 80 or 90. The words, A daydream
believer crowded onto her tongue. A bumble-bee buzzed its way into belief. She
tied a red kerchief around her messy blonde hair. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A daydream believer, a daydream
believer. The wind swept it upward into the heavens. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">In a defeated voice, she called,
“Ready. Ready.” Just check to make sure the burners are turned off. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-60365778538771579822023-04-26T14:47:00.006-04:002023-04-26T14:51:50.342-04:00READING ON SCOTT'S FRONT PORCH AND MORE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicEZ1GYhmWscPzn6VyaPM9HD2DRL7dtcU9FnhvHaw1KWtc5pQGL8l7OqKs8sdFeTtmkat13ljYzCTydV4prO5voUBrI3wKrFao45r1Pj0YAgMwujxpcDIW4JF3b4HDS1m7_zQ7I5hK_Vj2OyC_4Nhj2M1BXoP545a_ilofCS1OEdthbHUn_R5lv3-fGQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicEZ1GYhmWscPzn6VyaPM9HD2DRL7dtcU9FnhvHaw1KWtc5pQGL8l7OqKs8sdFeTtmkat13ljYzCTydV4prO5voUBrI3wKrFao45r1Pj0YAgMwujxpcDIW4JF3b4HDS1m7_zQ7I5hK_Vj2OyC_4Nhj2M1BXoP545a_ilofCS1OEdthbHUn_R5lv3-fGQ" width="303" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Judas Tree. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have never heard of it. New goal: Clean off living room carpet.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Spent an hour reading EUDORA WELTY: STORIES, ESSAYS and MEMOIR.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Finished the stories: Old Mr Marblehall and A Curtain of Green. Yes I could understand them but they were quite odd.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am taking a survey. Anthony from GIANT DIRECT was here delivering our food. He was too fast for me to ask.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF NORMAL? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I remember Simon B and I would talk about that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A friend of mine called. She has 30 normal friends.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I consider you normal, I said, even though we have both suffered from mental illness.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Dumb question?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For sure!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I would like to write a new book which I would call THE ART OF CONVERSATION.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Let's find a good cover for it and then I must organize my living room carpet plus all the EGGS, SPRING MIX, HUMMUS and BONE BROTH that I ordered.</span></p><div class="book-details clear-all" id="product" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Amazon Ember", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf detail-section" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; 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I would like to write a short story about them. Both males.</p><p>However there is a famous short story writer whose name I can't think of. A noted but very unusual woman. I can picture a story by her which takes place in a drugstore and someone is twirling on a stool. </p><p>Can it be from the film Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe.</p><p>Be right back. </p><p><b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #777777; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eudora Welty</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 15px;">’s list of awards and achievements is simply astonishing. With 12 books of short stories under her belt, it’s not a bad idea to spend the summer exploring her collections. </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #777777; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780156234924?aff=deepsouthmag" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #7e3522; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Why I Live at the P.O.</a></em></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 15px;"> from her 1941 book of stories “A Curtain of Green” is a humorous break from the Gothic, with wonderfully original characters.</span></b></p><ol class=" reg searchCenterMiddle" style="background-color: white; 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width: 9px;"></span></div></div></div><div class="compText aAbs" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p class="fz-14 lh-22 mah-44 ov-h d-box fbox-ov fbox-lc2" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; display: -webkit-box; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; max-height: 44px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span class=" fc-smoke" style="color: #70757a;">Apr 9, 2023 · </span><span class=" fc-falcon">Eudora Welty, <b>(born April 13, 1909, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.—died July 23, 2001, Jackson</b>), American short-story writer and novelist whose work is mainly focused with great precision on the regional manners of people inhabiting a small Mississippi town that resembles her own birthplace and the Delta country.</span></p></div><div class="grp grp-talgo-facts " style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ul class="compInfo mt-4 bxz-bb d-ib va-top" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d5156; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; 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Gonna walk around the block. Wearing warm long pants with pockets filled with tissues. One more sip of Folger's Instant Coffee. Then I will continue with my idea: THE ART OF CONVERSATION. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzXn6WNA1Kkeyy89O1Q8bbNawxdjYLvoCenmIdyf7Ipi9_bu-R5xMo20Lgx1debiY-K4y9Y1HDQjtT3GIxTwpKGk7xkERQ-rnLUrjPMvI_B12OzBEUgWmVcKcVJF1cVCRIBVJxbUHMFQnIKfeFWOhlMJVvcJkqkLrZbp-ghPutkyWFgxyLmrL9RqHrcA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="149" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzXn6WNA1Kkeyy89O1Q8bbNawxdjYLvoCenmIdyf7Ipi9_bu-R5xMo20Lgx1debiY-K4y9Y1HDQjtT3GIxTwpKGk7xkERQ-rnLUrjPMvI_B12OzBEUgWmVcKcVJF1cVCRIBVJxbUHMFQnIKfeFWOhlMJVvcJkqkLrZbp-ghPutkyWFgxyLmrL9RqHrcA" width="320" /></a></div><br />I used this photo for my Shaker Heights Alumni picture. <p></p><p>Okay I am back but I could not get in the house, so I asked Scott to open the door.</p><p>I.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgdd2VqLVc</p><p>Grosse Fuge by Beethoven, can anything save him</p><p>We've talked about this before</p><p>Must he die before THE HOLY ONE </p><p>Blessed is He,</p><p>Gathers his bounty far and wide</p><p>And I, whose name feathers the ground</p><p>Far from Germany, and Alsace de Lorraine,</p><p>Steps lively on the Tic Tac Toe </p><p>Cement, or, if you're a Texan, like many</p><p>in my family, gone, Millard G Deming</p><p>an Arab named Joseph, who they threw</p><p>down a pit, and I marveled at the colors</p><p>of the azalea, pink as the light filtering</p><p>through a kitty-cat's ear.</p><p>II. </p><p>Slept through ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN</p><p>Known as Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein</p><p>changing the course of our country</p><p>Pat Nixon, always the sad-eyed martyr</p><p>So play, Grosse Fuge, play</p><p>And have a drink of cool cool water</p><p>And hang out the colors blue and green, Ukraine</p><p>And watch Father and Daughter down the street</p><p>Play Catch. </p><p>III.</p><p>We missed the race. The weather was fine.</p><p>We had registered, even paid.</p><p>I could see my name and number </p><p>Across the forest-green lands</p><p>Where my trot - perhaps I was number 5 -</p><p>Made me and my partner proud.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-fxqPNbswCIN1sDkex3a3BF9UgYtF4nNuHNGOR1an1Q5oCAceSRMMFKL35nvwM9clKzHylMNAg9JqBdX5_aVvZg8uAJT2JsCWffHDfLdNm0fouoj3ZVufJuRvog2DfcUaBN1I9lbekYK1MCTIZV-UzirsfmB5gIodjNApQJ3gTBoirbsuy3V7TZC5FA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="335" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-fxqPNbswCIN1sDkex3a3BF9UgYtF4nNuHNGOR1an1Q5oCAceSRMMFKL35nvwM9clKzHylMNAg9JqBdX5_aVvZg8uAJT2JsCWffHDfLdNm0fouoj3ZVufJuRvog2DfcUaBN1I9lbekYK1MCTIZV-UzirsfmB5gIodjNApQJ3gTBoirbsuy3V7TZC5FA" width="320" /></a></div><p>Bob Dylan made up his own name.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlNKZyxYNmA8FNF3DkcAWTKtS2JCPNYtpMehDXO2CjltP1HakA3bhpBRWd5mF4pRN9xJ56lidWBSMna9wFNGCGsWij0hvLveWPzFGn9BwpkXXxSyjJR-8n-r8PsTFYW1ue_h69Ow162COY_7i0LN2ivSvRFz16Y2iRXpuJVeMV9LVXlDiVyhgGlq8Mkg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="474" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlNKZyxYNmA8FNF3DkcAWTKtS2JCPNYtpMehDXO2CjltP1HakA3bhpBRWd5mF4pRN9xJ56lidWBSMna9wFNGCGsWij0hvLveWPzFGn9BwpkXXxSyjJR-8n-r8PsTFYW1ue_h69Ow162COY_7i0LN2ivSvRFz16Y2iRXpuJVeMV9LVXlDiVyhgGlq8Mkg" width="320" /></a></div><p>You realize, of course, I am grabbing these images from the Internet. </p><div><br /></div><div>Shall I look out the front door now and see if there is anything going on? </div><div><br /></div><div>PS. I read the entire TIMES CHRONICLE newspaper and tossed it into the Yellow Plastic Bin.</div><div><br /></div><div>They no longer publish my work, so why pay for it? </div><div><br /></div><div>Up the street, down the street, up the street, down the street.</div><div><br /></div><div>Don't forget to BREATHE. </div><div><br /></div><div>In a large pot on the stove I am making CARROT SOUP with some chopped up garlic. </div><div><br /></div><div>My friend CC would make the soup. Great chef who volunteered at PVNC. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjCqHONYZupXUTUV6fvLu3UOBthQmdCC53cspT_PJz3U5FwW-cMCFFR66tEr8Da-gQplswPaPYV2r-H-TuKYwoZQrLQmoukbW6TMcMASsIxM7bBERrYiQJpu7gGuowmFckL542BnF14MmfNWaTG_VlbFaxubsncC8sBQTlaX0irahNRiySoWymW9Kh7w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjCqHONYZupXUTUV6fvLu3UOBthQmdCC53cspT_PJz3U5FwW-cMCFFR66tEr8Da-gQplswPaPYV2r-H-TuKYwoZQrLQmoukbW6TMcMASsIxM7bBERrYiQJpu7gGuowmFckL542BnF14MmfNWaTG_VlbFaxubsncC8sBQTlaX0irahNRiySoWymW9Kh7w" width="214" /></a></div>She also knew the name of wildflowers since she worked at a nature center.</div><div><br /></div><div>On this morning's walk I found some BEECH LEAVES that had fallen off the tree.</div><div><br /></div><div>I looked way way up and there they were, growing up up up in the air.</div><div><br /></div><div>One of my favorite trees is a Beech before you get into Hatboro, PA. Yes, they made hats for the Revolution. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you Marquis de </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYb74TciDpY40mCBY0gEIcxEEkE5NM4NAXn1cxYimPx0JGIhQ_tlVBGvsFuTxRhWkVebwTrHgogfUtM-s8_Yw0JXxlLe86kvvq1GwOByrr7sXZ8LWQCabdK8rzRPktzNFuAZ_eEm0e341cFoXarUlVjnQhjPPHVUX2o7e10tHZaiSYqL44BO7OJ_ob3A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYb74TciDpY40mCBY0gEIcxEEkE5NM4NAXn1cxYimPx0JGIhQ_tlVBGvsFuTxRhWkVebwTrHgogfUtM-s8_Yw0JXxlLe86kvvq1GwOByrr7sXZ8LWQCabdK8rzRPktzNFuAZ_eEm0e341cFoXarUlVjnQhjPPHVUX2o7e10tHZaiSYqL44BO7OJ_ob3A" width="166" /></a></div>Lemme tell you it took all my strength to walk around the block.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hold on while I stir the carrot soup again. </div><div><br /></div><div>And sip on the Folger's Instant Coffee which needs MORE HOT WATER. <br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-20851182118536500512023-04-23T11:49:00.021-04:002023-04-23T12:04:12.911-04:00THREE MISTAKES THAT SADDENED ME as if I were a lonesome Bob Dylan<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxx84yan1IJ8afJKKo7ZctSem4pf7ehaffVAh0-IpjEuyGffA4NKdbQCschxZY0DBFud8Rc05x0KYbtytiJmiqF5XeT-292Llqf-VfMnz4YbhE0ztdUwtF0IxZkAavJilXCOMdgwDUHeaZ11Aw_-0XNZ5m1xtIDR_QX4vR51GPtYtPdtewpVyteUroLw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="177" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxx84yan1IJ8afJKKo7ZctSem4pf7ehaffVAh0-IpjEuyGffA4NKdbQCschxZY0DBFud8Rc05x0KYbtytiJmiqF5XeT-292Llqf-VfMnz4YbhE0ztdUwtF0IxZkAavJilXCOMdgwDUHeaZ11Aw_-0XNZ5m1xtIDR_QX4vR51GPtYtPdtewpVyteUroLw" width="240" /></a></div><br />OH NO, TIMES THREE OR IS IT FOUR<p></p><p>I.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgdd2VqLVc</p><p>Grosse Fuge by Beethoven, can anything save him</p><p>We've talked about this before</p><p>Must he die before THE HOLY ONE </p><p>Blessed is He,</p><p>Gathers his bounty far and wide</p><p>And I, whose name feathers the ground</p><p>Far from Germany, and Alsace de Lorraine,</p><p>Steps lively on the Tic Tac Toe </p><p>Cement, or, if you're a Texan, like many</p><p>in my family, gone, Millard G Deming</p><p>an Arab named Joseph, who they threw</p><p>down a pit, and I marveled at the colors</p><p>of the azalea, pink as the light filtering</p><p>through a kitty-cat's ear.</p><p>II. </p><p>Slept through ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN</p><p>Known as Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein</p><p>changing the course of our country</p><p>Pat Nixon, always the sad-eyed martyr</p><p>So play, Grosse Fuge, play</p><p>And have a drink of cool cool water</p><p>And hang out the colors blue and green</p><p>And watch Father and Daughter down the street</p><p>Play Catch. </p><p>III.</p><p>We missed the race. The weather was fine.</p><p>We had registered, even paid.</p><p>I could see my name and number </p><p>Across the forest-green lands</p><p>Where my trot - perhaps I was number 5 -</p><p>Made me and my partner proud.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-fxqPNbswCIN1sDkex3a3BF9UgYtF4nNuHNGOR1an1Q5oCAceSRMMFKL35nvwM9clKzHylMNAg9JqBdX5_aVvZg8uAJT2JsCWffHDfLdNm0fouoj3ZVufJuRvog2DfcUaBN1I9lbekYK1MCTIZV-UzirsfmB5gIodjNApQJ3gTBoirbsuy3V7TZC5FA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="335" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-fxqPNbswCIN1sDkex3a3BF9UgYtF4nNuHNGOR1an1Q5oCAceSRMMFKL35nvwM9clKzHylMNAg9JqBdX5_aVvZg8uAJT2JsCWffHDfLdNm0fouoj3ZVufJuRvog2DfcUaBN1I9lbekYK1MCTIZV-UzirsfmB5gIodjNApQJ3gTBoirbsuy3V7TZC5FA" width="320" /></a></div>Bob Dylan made up his own name.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlNKZyxYNmA8FNF3DkcAWTKtS2JCPNYtpMehDXO2CjltP1HakA3bhpBRWd5mF4pRN9xJ56lidWBSMna9wFNGCGsWij0hvLveWPzFGn9BwpkXXxSyjJR-8n-r8PsTFYW1ue_h69Ow162COY_7i0LN2ivSvRFz16Y2iRXpuJVeMV9LVXlDiVyhgGlq8Mkg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="474" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlNKZyxYNmA8FNF3DkcAWTKtS2JCPNYtpMehDXO2CjltP1HakA3bhpBRWd5mF4pRN9xJ56lidWBSMna9wFNGCGsWij0hvLveWPzFGn9BwpkXXxSyjJR-8n-r8PsTFYW1ue_h69Ow162COY_7i0LN2ivSvRFz16Y2iRXpuJVeMV9LVXlDiVyhgGlq8Mkg" width="320" /></a></div>You realize, of course, I am grabbing these images from the Internet. <div><br /></div><div>Shall I look out the front door now and see if there is anything going on? </div><div><br /></div><div>PS. I read the entire TIMES CHRONICLE newspaper and tossed it into the Yellow Plastic Bin.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><p></p><div><br /></div></div>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-81689747202585967712023-04-16T19:33:00.003-04:002023-04-16T19:34:37.531-04:00Feathergilla - spelled a couple of different ways BUT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_b7xFwpUp5XzihggEa6mxl7B8dt-_gXa2tq0mjyeySjpaYJhQx1V9NwF76-8SQ9X1cyKQrhmhPXf0ea50fPDPwIbax0B9kmUK6FuSe35nY8GTi70yR04vs1OtVqMBq1iHWu5wMuOa9cSHbdZo7XA_Z0lzl55HvqwY8mk7Et9UGExEl9wB9vrWV9da-Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_b7xFwpUp5XzihggEa6mxl7B8dt-_gXa2tq0mjyeySjpaYJhQx1V9NwF76-8SQ9X1cyKQrhmhPXf0ea50fPDPwIbax0B9kmUK6FuSe35nY8GTi70yR04vs1OtVqMBq1iHWu5wMuOa9cSHbdZo7XA_Z0lzl55HvqwY8mk7Et9UGExEl9wB9vrWV9da-Q" width="240" /></a></div>it is growing nicely in my front yard.<p></p><p>Nice aroma too. </p><p>BUMBLE BEES KISS THE FOTHERGILLA</p><p>And, if you were a bee, a bumble bee with its terrifying sound</p><p>like an airplane flying low over Crete</p><p>where the creature roamed the impenetrable tunnels</p><p>The Minataur, half man, half beast,</p><p>This is our history, believe it or be dumb forever. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDsR9959U8BYQviLiDcoP5nrwwFp5ufsOQYXUxABvByh-sNW6Ppx6-7jV949uAGLp0nJGZG0g2uTmDsox8PDpacDNWh4eDuOjiW9C2cy2pf-MLl-2_JDOfnRn0QHfernS-mZc2CGNqiPucahr69j3Il0mAsLiLGmelgLKR5XaA9LsOZY83on8rzwl0dA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDsR9959U8BYQviLiDcoP5nrwwFp5ufsOQYXUxABvByh-sNW6Ppx6-7jV949uAGLp0nJGZG0g2uTmDsox8PDpacDNWh4eDuOjiW9C2cy2pf-MLl-2_JDOfnRn0QHfernS-mZc2CGNqiPucahr69j3Il0mAsLiLGmelgLKR5XaA9LsOZY83on8rzwl0dA" width="198" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-17747648213117096982023-04-16T19:03:00.003-04:002023-04-16T19:05:34.875-04:00Great seeing you Dr Mel - Melissa DiGrassi who said,<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgge9WV2EwGk9rwnwQ1thAPD9vabHD_joT0jxwVU1pNuYWIEAlxE-Djm2q_5-lY1ulGs5VscOMeiyohGgzllGIpCUlGjXz5626bQvllm1zmpuCFHAyCMjrE1WKS6H_U4Ijkw_MOURfiDUojt9WNbMFGECwxKTdemB0-9Fjhv-mstxJzbSXxASxUk7rsAQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgge9WV2EwGk9rwnwQ1thAPD9vabHD_joT0jxwVU1pNuYWIEAlxE-Djm2q_5-lY1ulGs5VscOMeiyohGgzllGIpCUlGjXz5626bQvllm1zmpuCFHAyCMjrE1WKS6H_U4Ijkw_MOURfiDUojt9WNbMFGECwxKTdemB0-9Fjhv-mstxJzbSXxASxUk7rsAQ" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Get your teeth cleaned every six months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ate dinner on our back porch. Lovely feeling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Know what?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Folks, mostly guys, are SKATEBOARDING down Cowbell Road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The thrill!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lawnwork continues!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Melissa went to the Holy Land and wants to go again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you wanna go there?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the places where Jesus gave his sermons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gethsemanee, on the Mount, By the Wailing Wall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly when I moved from Village Green to my own home, I left my Little Golden Book about Jesus on the top shelf of my huge hall closet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZNxtCK0YJKCAG9AvCyl4k3rTjiUd0MdC9FL-0RTdZf_w3f6wzoMfX9lgbYx-nOrMmnJhQeIagj9UJQ2Cy0uwSaB3XWAHmmH89J0IgSSI4jPEy4UR053FgmZQAtPc35j9LKVivH9n-xYXvj44Ai171jhIkLBatwsyRX6tZ-8gN-Ki12NIFzPzO0K-t2A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="170" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZNxtCK0YJKCAG9AvCyl4k3rTjiUd0MdC9FL-0RTdZf_w3f6wzoMfX9lgbYx-nOrMmnJhQeIagj9UJQ2Cy0uwSaB3XWAHmmH89J0IgSSI4jPEy4UR053FgmZQAtPc35j9LKVivH9n-xYXvj44Ai171jhIkLBatwsyRX6tZ-8gN-Ki12NIFzPzO0K-t2A" width="199" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-89204241580750972292023-04-02T10:31:00.000-04:002023-04-02T10:31:04.305-04:00KIDNEYVERSITY NUMBER 12 - C'MON TO MY HOUSE - WE WANNA GIVE YOU SOME TREATS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwVqQtncE1ToQ5ZaYuAwM0or4UuRkqBkX3dE9dWKsHw2eHV1LJEyOg14EK_q0WYxJ4MKqk4flHLCbVhBZi5mKBkohFKmNEI8HrShK9rcOMWbbdMY3Qt5ijD2VsL7U6TJ2WPnjRH5wOppTyRUsIgz7B6t_hf8GbUjp7M3QbsF3z9YJUBtRHbUU2ewx8Q/s5152/DSCN7136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwVqQtncE1ToQ5ZaYuAwM0or4UuRkqBkX3dE9dWKsHw2eHV1LJEyOg14EK_q0WYxJ4MKqk4flHLCbVhBZi5mKBkohFKmNEI8HrShK9rcOMWbbdMY3Qt5ijD2VsL7U6TJ2WPnjRH5wOppTyRUsIgz7B6t_hf8GbUjp7M3QbsF3z9YJUBtRHbUU2ewx8Q/s320/DSCN7136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Thank you sister Lynn!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7R2gqrkrD3W2LD-i5iZ16fSY0t8Q9p-Muz_CTSGEdQ3aV1_sMrbnsE21wKr3wmtKmN1gxB7cdpfw25sFXXP6UqP17Om9HbYfyBUw3CaelwWy20nbpCurFcWEtcm9bb9FxYN7V_1j9hiznS4IWekNTlWrYTcDbH2CHsm5XxNG_6zediJXu0ebRNogZMA/s5152/DSCN7137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7R2gqrkrD3W2LD-i5iZ16fSY0t8Q9p-Muz_CTSGEdQ3aV1_sMrbnsE21wKr3wmtKmN1gxB7cdpfw25sFXXP6UqP17Om9HbYfyBUw3CaelwWy20nbpCurFcWEtcm9bb9FxYN7V_1j9hiznS4IWekNTlWrYTcDbH2CHsm5XxNG_6zediJXu0ebRNogZMA/s320/DSCN7137.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>DAVE'S APPLIANCE WILL FIX OUR OVEN WHEN THEY GET THE REQUIRED PARTS. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVmgUX17HjpulYSxiN5ZRTwtSIB-VLMujgXVd0WgZ7Fw6zLQbTZU2AaHf9R-yQWfXR82LVZTbX-tuOYD-QJ02Wddwb_sk0XEmeEP44lNdcHP4vEtz4G8edvZriL6bxeLcWZZhZUDHJq-bphlumBkqWSAahD6UuXtmBgzKrb6IvZGM7joum0oZNaepsw/s5152/DSCN7138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVmgUX17HjpulYSxiN5ZRTwtSIB-VLMujgXVd0WgZ7Fw6zLQbTZU2AaHf9R-yQWfXR82LVZTbX-tuOYD-QJ02Wddwb_sk0XEmeEP44lNdcHP4vEtz4G8edvZriL6bxeLcWZZhZUDHJq-bphlumBkqWSAahD6UuXtmBgzKrb6IvZGM7joum0oZNaepsw/s320/DSCN7138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>WHITE CROCUS WITH YELLOW STAMEN FOLDS UP EVERY NIGHT AND OPENS IN THE MORNING. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq-8n4tsLcoZqi_rU9AJeOGjE5Z872RbTisoRpiDFlH9f9UukxnKmB-Y_Q5y3kYiMCpBdIUGQpk13P6yMNaO5ZDN6WGUJP-Alzzwe4HxFBYEs0j29anocO-hZuGqKCPNw1Aaxn1CoqM_4s64H3RRbRs9ElICTySaPwrPvnM6Q2ocTpwHkIeKXqEL35w/s5152/DSCN7139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">. </div>HUBCAPS ARE THINGS OF BEAUTY, BUT THEY CHIP OVER TIME. Spray painted them in the back yard<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DaYefg9Gybcspo9PXe0EexutfGUE32vk4JvJV6d_s4657gWUsyGyHn_RmyYBNlC745z2IzW7NzjxF4ZXqZ8hYFLQdHcpY5qFWzWEKf5jnF8dDrsdFAG4Vg7GhkYtRg57YYz_UH0BydzTFlbLhfn3AavrKeEbfvDsvK9mZ2DcLDlS0dHkV49Rx8pCgw/s5152/DSCN7142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DaYefg9Gybcspo9PXe0EexutfGUE32vk4JvJV6d_s4657gWUsyGyHn_RmyYBNlC745z2IzW7NzjxF4ZXqZ8hYFLQdHcpY5qFWzWEKf5jnF8dDrsdFAG4Vg7GhkYtRg57YYz_UH0BydzTFlbLhfn3AavrKeEbfvDsvK9mZ2DcLDlS0dHkV49Rx8pCgw/s320/DSCN7142.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This was in the middle of a Gaspar's Catalog. Had never heard of Gaspar's. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Iyt-2VDSpDK6R5jKC35f650Z7mhm3OaDTP1MEXZ7maLIICOZGjA3IF0Hhh7-BExVHMYmw7uHMlSxGI6DQliDVSbeGLwvOTXowHfOzyBa3OWTYdU8gOSBpmG3DBeKQ3uJzegYKzMMU8WzRtYC16zFNf_AixJ3TDmL_EOsJ1lLIhK4-hMMKR5oMVRKHg/s5152/DSCN7143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Iyt-2VDSpDK6R5jKC35f650Z7mhm3OaDTP1MEXZ7maLIICOZGjA3IF0Hhh7-BExVHMYmw7uHMlSxGI6DQliDVSbeGLwvOTXowHfOzyBa3OWTYdU8gOSBpmG3DBeKQ3uJzegYKzMMU8WzRtYC16zFNf_AixJ3TDmL_EOsJ1lLIhK4-hMMKR5oMVRKHg/s320/DSCN7143.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WOu2Dq9Hco_KRJL_WXMGULHlaZtL5FNAXRSzdYoR0gzsQe0j9OgrO8f5GSxn8Ogww6SkAjGrBglZpPENlj3XiInivnUwvA5ZS28I52B7n1nKTd8Nv2Gr5Bx6G1m1C2KRsZQ4LRsoGjPFbwTn7jiTXK5n1OliSGCG29hy6wjdpeGNfUV0zgAyZ-KQoA/s5152/DSCN7144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WOu2Dq9Hco_KRJL_WXMGULHlaZtL5FNAXRSzdYoR0gzsQe0j9OgrO8f5GSxn8Ogww6SkAjGrBglZpPENlj3XiInivnUwvA5ZS28I52B7n1nKTd8Nv2Gr5Bx6G1m1C2KRsZQ4LRsoGjPFbwTn7jiTXK5n1OliSGCG29hy6wjdpeGNfUV0zgAyZ-KQoA/s320/DSCN7144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Finally finished "Philosophy of Modern Song" by 2015 Nobel Prize winner Bobby Zimmerman.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmMGrX1heqgZ2O_lJHCwF7ZYESp-Qz6Lf8gKw92DTj53y4clSYyKpxfx_lnqo872tzG3-Qd_v7c3aS6749HbBXtTRH9PRvERUzytSihpZEtpf8ItkcIFRZ_wwRwH21f-TSkooyTD78BlkOdiaCzq8YkJC29tNhw3WfnVgI7NtA0PsAYwWak2dZ32amQ/s5152/DSCN7145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmMGrX1heqgZ2O_lJHCwF7ZYESp-Qz6Lf8gKw92DTj53y4clSYyKpxfx_lnqo872tzG3-Qd_v7c3aS6749HbBXtTRH9PRvERUzytSihpZEtpf8ItkcIFRZ_wwRwH21f-TSkooyTD78BlkOdiaCzq8YkJC29tNhw3WfnVgI7NtA0PsAYwWak2dZ32amQ/s320/DSCN7145.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I confess I was obsessed with Dylan when I finally checked out the book which came from a library in Bryn Mawr. The Luddington Library. Where dat?<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqWEBkJHYpBNFFQh8M4SVhH7VBPefgnCfuxkEdFjplsuZbZv_TMNYGxY7rqjlgmyEKrWYuJKCYgHpjptTmsHuSPgn7n7Ep4dwRyEkeao_zAJIj_D5kFqxluOLuyMT1hoiPZ_JlsKn5kzM5gkuFs8aePIstJzDoP_bA2q9cKO2jjC1hSh1dsAAGqnjzQ/s5152/DSCN7146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqWEBkJHYpBNFFQh8M4SVhH7VBPefgnCfuxkEdFjplsuZbZv_TMNYGxY7rqjlgmyEKrWYuJKCYgHpjptTmsHuSPgn7n7Ep4dwRyEkeao_zAJIj_D5kFqxluOLuyMT1hoiPZ_JlsKn5kzM5gkuFs8aePIstJzDoP_bA2q9cKO2jjC1hSh1dsAAGqnjzQ/s320/DSCN7146.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Welcome Linda Barrett. Her mom's caregivers are taking good c/o Jane, though Linda bathes and feeds her mother. What to do with their big house in Abington after mom goes. <p></p><p>JML - I lost her picture, darn!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrFzMn7JrYlv_Gzpk5b2HfAdV52q-pdlUlzKbugMTgLYoD2r8huk8xrDrO9c15EHnpUo-2_K9KZ5Laih6PIQauKXjsfGvDUw2jgVS6qtA1aE4jFfXfvMUay0XT_3rkQ5zaRPcPjrwhwWvZiqxpPpJ1DF7ZvcjMzY_Xh9UPOHYz1TmgxFNioH6LJ2bOA/s5152/DSCN7149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrFzMn7JrYlv_Gzpk5b2HfAdV52q-pdlUlzKbugMTgLYoD2r8huk8xrDrO9c15EHnpUo-2_K9KZ5Laih6PIQauKXjsfGvDUw2jgVS6qtA1aE4jFfXfvMUay0XT_3rkQ5zaRPcPjrwhwWvZiqxpPpJ1DF7ZvcjMzY_Xh9UPOHYz1TmgxFNioH6LJ2bOA/s320/DSCN7149.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Sarah of the One Kidney - thank you sweetie - is carving the ham - how dyou spell delicioous!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWgsbwouOEMUGUKw3BOFtWl9UHWF8XFc6iW7D-ROjRDGPV2mTFOtjjlpz0vlhK9LOrpDgEVcmp1QnDpul2HsoqO3_HZTR1JupeOcjaSXQAWVP6sx-NFUSWWXOAW9pMp1MaXWQlLI730vpxxqnBNDruRinpsnNnURrC4Suu4EdFtRuDPuFizauTlxpEw/s5152/DSCN7150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWgsbwouOEMUGUKw3BOFtWl9UHWF8XFc6iW7D-ROjRDGPV2mTFOtjjlpz0vlhK9LOrpDgEVcmp1QnDpul2HsoqO3_HZTR1JupeOcjaSXQAWVP6sx-NFUSWWXOAW9pMp1MaXWQlLI730vpxxqnBNDruRinpsnNnURrC4Suu4EdFtRuDPuFizauTlxpEw/s320/DSCN7150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Little David not so little any more!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSg_W8VTxH7lFdbybMDiFT8tn45kdRYYkeuYxQthLYSrnCcc2bbsov2hcsNnxF57afKXSBDu4wR0kb2i9vuHFaNHgJiKNiv5X0_psJWJ9QOi3PRpf5fHACOTR_gum-voF8Vh5XcTwKS7DbMfhSzeIXmkQqrxJI2yvUaluDYSVr90TVqxq1NGuu5ZTnw/s5152/DSCN7151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSg_W8VTxH7lFdbybMDiFT8tn45kdRYYkeuYxQthLYSrnCcc2bbsov2hcsNnxF57afKXSBDu4wR0kb2i9vuHFaNHgJiKNiv5X0_psJWJ9QOi3PRpf5fHACOTR_gum-voF8Vh5XcTwKS7DbMfhSzeIXmkQqrxJI2yvUaluDYSVr90TVqxq1NGuu5ZTnw/s320/DSCN7151.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Lynnie thank you for the darling polka-dot dress with belt. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cQfS2c3CjLSl4Q8UYJARJKjRAOeTFMI-La0VuHHoRqIEuiYtufflhyBToJRrgqLU_eBFslYlgUxDfo551w5e1yHDlyWm0o3-p8C0eqGVuwYBeg7DE8haNmiN5Xw2y9Dfl96v5f7tVZtzP1Huto0oyO94SzYutRbG9sWWr7kmoBv4CE0WYZ7kGydn8A/s5152/DSCN7152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cQfS2c3CjLSl4Q8UYJARJKjRAOeTFMI-La0VuHHoRqIEuiYtufflhyBToJRrgqLU_eBFslYlgUxDfo551w5e1yHDlyWm0o3-p8C0eqGVuwYBeg7DE8haNmiN5Xw2y9Dfl96v5f7tVZtzP1Huto0oyO94SzYutRbG9sWWr7kmoBv4CE0WYZ7kGydn8A/s320/DSCN7152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Since I am out of the shopping loop, I did not realize - silly me ! - you can buy cakes that say anything you wish. This says Kidneyversity.<p></p><p>It is our 12th. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjx49GvflP9dWlSwgX9Kdrx5YP8uezGr1W5eZFnXKhDZ2KlbKYk-pPQ6d-PKe4YbLf6KJO4GDSaa-FMIqF67Ma5TtpNGCQ2zEXGk9Bh6lHIviBNjIIXf0ygIU7DUyyimdr4ueX1aZwKd6BPRPNugn7IhZdBTVlQ4KWEsJzh3jbEiweP0Irg5xj6zB2_Q/s5152/DSCN7153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjx49GvflP9dWlSwgX9Kdrx5YP8uezGr1W5eZFnXKhDZ2KlbKYk-pPQ6d-PKe4YbLf6KJO4GDSaa-FMIqF67Ma5TtpNGCQ2zEXGk9Bh6lHIviBNjIIXf0ygIU7DUyyimdr4ueX1aZwKd6BPRPNugn7IhZdBTVlQ4KWEsJzh3jbEiweP0Irg5xj6zB2_Q/s320/DSCN7153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Cheesecake from Junior's in Manhattan. Inject more insulin, please. I now do it in thigh as it doesn't hurt. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNkX3IgOVpuOlkdyQvUw-SiaKKN5u1qLlTqHiqTBivar-M6QoLBo-EoQCyokKM6-E3cwFdKX5LacXVf57-uDnTsUuhO-LGA91yyfTJuedqz1qb2_YM26zCtakKwH1X1pL0cjn5Q6Eo8NzACflvEnTU-QQDeCCg423vkCwubULeyi4QUCQD6imzYnQsQ/s5152/DSCN7154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNkX3IgOVpuOlkdyQvUw-SiaKKN5u1qLlTqHiqTBivar-M6QoLBo-EoQCyokKM6-E3cwFdKX5LacXVf57-uDnTsUuhO-LGA91yyfTJuedqz1qb2_YM26zCtakKwH1X1pL0cjn5Q6Eo8NzACflvEnTU-QQDeCCg423vkCwubULeyi4QUCQD6imzYnQsQ/s320/DSCN7154.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Funny story about Martinelli's cider. When Tyler visited his reb, he told us about the reception he received. I am silently laffing. <p></p><p>Am going RIGHT NOW to the fridge, for a small hunk of Ham. <br /> </p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-56934877784760581702023-03-29T20:29:00.026-04:002023-03-29T20:40:16.482-04:00THE PLANETS ALIGNED IN WESTERN SKY - VIEW THE BRIGHT MOON AND constellations tonight<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDz-arsLj_GCdZ0UepLiLBhsbw3kpcLxywlEDlCK1Tww2NLsQhkQw76lSk3OimlebY_Mh8DflwZDFC_IVJ4TeR0IFPSJwhonieAuzgI5aOnujwjUBA8Lq1gcRu6bznDTfOEpqC8EnZsWpgURUI8Shk0eu9irzLCHcSO52_RQ-eH8c6PxaYr2HiRM8wEA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="814" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDz-arsLj_GCdZ0UepLiLBhsbw3kpcLxywlEDlCK1Tww2NLsQhkQw76lSk3OimlebY_Mh8DflwZDFC_IVJ4TeR0IFPSJwhonieAuzgI5aOnujwjUBA8Lq1gcRu6bznDTfOEpqC8EnZsWpgURUI8Shk0eu9irzLCHcSO52_RQ-eH8c6PxaYr2HiRM8wEA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="va-top ov-h" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; zoom: 1;">I<b>t is calculated that during the period of 2021-2024, the Earth will move directly between Jupiter and Saturn. This alignment was last witnessed in 79 A.D. And also in 2023-2024, Uranus, Pluto, Saturn, and Jupiter will also align, and this was witnessed last in 536-578 A.D.</b></li></ul><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Many years ago I was invited to an award ceremony in Norristown PA. Someone drove me to Norristown where I read a poem about the alignment of the heavenly bodies.</b></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Wish I could find the poem and the plaque. </b></span></div><div><b style="color: #4d5156;"> As we know, everything changes. </b></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b>Dinner was served and a lot of my mentally ill friends were there as well as psychiatrists and other healers. </b></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-19045778255247576212023-03-29T20:26:00.001-04:002023-03-29T20:26:57.887-04:00THE MOON AND ITS PHASES<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgegY1Phw6_ZiLkBxZdoUttvuq1G3imw_1OHFm8N7WY14WStqbqWnHTCn8WquvH3JC68_dBvMYTs41CP0EWKWZVIU9F_oWZ7zgsrJ4QhKGwfU8IWKhjg2Iy2Ku4gyKel4XnilvHmMBDM3Fgb1Xd29IY0cgDkI404lvZf1arzyACjKtHwEJ2-oo844pUYg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgegY1Phw6_ZiLkBxZdoUttvuq1G3imw_1OHFm8N7WY14WStqbqWnHTCn8WquvH3JC68_dBvMYTs41CP0EWKWZVIU9F_oWZ7zgsrJ4QhKGwfU8IWKhjg2Iy2Ku4gyKel4XnilvHmMBDM3Fgb1Xd29IY0cgDkI404lvZf1arzyACjKtHwEJ2-oo844pUYg" width="320" /></a></div>It is a beautiful sight. <p></p><p>Has the moon risen yet? </p><p>Lemme go look out the kitchen window.</p><p>So, like last night, we will see the moon.</p><p>In fact, there it is when I go out and look up, up, up in the sky.</p><p>.</p><p><br /></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-10073790436809206592023-03-29T20:04:00.022-04:002023-03-29T20:15:57.988-04:00General Mark Milley (1958-) AGE 65 TOP GENERAL OF THE USA<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4yjpGurx8hS5skt2TJ771FDLYceO_bsM7Y1M4Dvj7tQlmk8T2qIoeo1dtJe3EqZDQdM6qr4fFgoUNl-IyDAfzqN44l4uuhxmZ0U15WGbzunal5oYey830rpY6dFaR1fkgquoeNTkGiLArGMwAtA337WcbexHsL5MSst6KkjKc7AwbvNstlk8-fkLIAw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="157" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4yjpGurx8hS5skt2TJ771FDLYceO_bsM7Y1M4Dvj7tQlmk8T2qIoeo1dtJe3EqZDQdM6qr4fFgoUNl-IyDAfzqN44l4uuhxmZ0U15WGbzunal5oYey830rpY6dFaR1fkgquoeNTkGiLArGMwAtA337WcbexHsL5MSst6KkjKc7AwbvNstlk8-fkLIAw" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br />Mark Alexander Milley</b> (born June 20, 1958) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="General (United States)">general</a> who has been serving as the 20th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> since October 1, 2019. He previously served as the 39th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">chief of staff of the Army</a> from August 14, 2015 to August 9, 2019,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></sup> and held multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout his military career.<p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">An <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Reserve Officers Training Corps">ROTC</a> graduate from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, Milley earned his commission as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor_Branch" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Armor Branch">armor</a> officer in 1980. He was appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, making Milley the tenth U.S. Army officer to be chairman. As chairman, Milley is the highest-ranking officer in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a> and the principal military advisor to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Council" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Homeland Security Council">Homeland Security Council</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-functions_of_JCS_4-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-functions_of_JCS-4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span><span class="mw-editsection" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: small; line-height: 0; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Milley&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: nowrap;" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Milley was born on June 20, 1958, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_Massachusetts" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Winchester, Massachusetts">Winchester, Massachusetts</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nomination_1-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-nomination-1" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></sup> He is of Irish descent, and was raised <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholic</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-navigate_5-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-navigate-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></sup> His father, Alexander (1924–2015), enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1943 as a naval corpsman. He was assigned to the 4th Marine Division and landed at Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. After the war, he worked as a restaurateur and food-broker. He was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Knights of Columbus">Knights of Columbus</a>, whose membership is limited to practicing Catholic men.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-auto2_7-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-auto2-7" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-8" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a></sup> Milley's mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Murphy), was a nurse who served with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="U.S. Navy">Navy's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAVES" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="WAVES">WAVES</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="World War II">World War II</a> and is described by Milley as a "break-the-glass-ceiling" type of woman.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-glass_9-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-glass-9" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></sup></p><table class="infobox" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-spacing: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding: 0.2em; width: 300px;"><tbody><tr><th class="infobox-above" colspan="2" style="font-size: 14.168px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">External video</th></tr><tr><td class="infobox-full-data" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><img alt="video icon" data-file-height="128" data-file-width="128" decoding="async" height="16" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="16" /> <a class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSU9FxMMn9g" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0.857em; background: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/link-external-small-ltr-progressive.svg?2cd31") right center / 0.857em no-repeat; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Mark Milley on <i>The David Rubenstein Show</i></a>, <i>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rubenstein" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="David Rubenstein">David Rubenstein</a> Show</i>, October 20, 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Milley attended a Catholic grammar school where he played hockey. Good grades and hockey led to him being recruited to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_Hill_School" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Belmont Hill School">Belmont Hill School</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-10" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[10]</a></sup> and afterwards to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> where he played varsity ice hockey.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-navigate_5-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-navigate-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-11" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[11]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">There, he joined the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">Reserve Officers' Training Corps</a> (ROTC)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-blunt_12-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-blunt-12" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[12]</a></sup> and in 1980 graduated with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in politics after completing a 185-page-long senior thesis titled "A Critical Analysis of Revolutionary Guerrilla Organization in Theory and Practice".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-13" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[13]</a></sup> Milley also holds a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> degree in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="International relations">international relations</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> and another Master of Arts degree in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="National security">national security</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_studies" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Strategic studies">strategic studies</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_War_College" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-14" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[14]</a></sup> He is also an attendee of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Center_for_International_Studies" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="MIT Center for International Studies">MIT Center for International Studies</a> Seminar XXI National Security Studies Program.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-15" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[15]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; 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overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Richard A. Cody">Richard A. Cody</a> administers the oath of office upon Milley's promotion to brigadier general in February 2008.</div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Milley earned his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Officer (armed forces)">commission</a> as an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor_Branch_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Armor Branch (United States)">armor</a> officer through Princeton's Army <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">Reserve Officers' Training Corps</a> program in 1980.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-16" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[16]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Milley's career has included assignments with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd Airborne Division</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Special_Forces_Group" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="5th Special Forces Group">5th Special Forces Group</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-17" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[17]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th Infantry Division</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="2nd Infantry Division (United States)">2nd Infantry Division</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Polk" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fort Polk">Joint Readiness Training Center</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a>, Operations Staff of the Joint Staff, and a posting as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forscom_18-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-forscom-18" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[18]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Milley has held multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout his military career. He commanded 1st Battalion, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/506th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="506th Infantry Regiment (United States)">506th Infantry</a>, 2nd Infantry Division, in South Korea from 1996 to 1998.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forscom_18-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-forscom-18" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[18]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nomination2_19-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-nomination2-19" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[19]</a></sup> He served as commander of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Brigade_Combat_Team,_10th_Mountain_Division_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (United States)">2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light)</a> from December 2003 to July 2005; deputy commanding general for operations of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a> from July 2007 to April 2008, and as commanding general of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Mountain_Division" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="10th Mountain Division">10th Mountain Division</a> from November 2011 to December 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-20" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[20]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-21" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[21]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-22" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[22]</a></sup> Milley commanded <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/III_Corps_(United_States)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="III Corps (United States)">III Corps</a>, based at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fort Hood">Fort Hood</a>, Texas, from December 2012 to August 2014,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-23" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[23]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-24" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[24]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-25" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[25]</a></sup> and concurrently the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a> Joint Command from May 2013 to February 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-26" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[26]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-27" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[27]</a></sup> He served as the commanding general of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Army Forces Command">United States Army Forces Command</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bragg" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fort Bragg">Fort Bragg</a>, North Carolina, from August 2014 to August 2015.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-28" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[28]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley#cite_note-29" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[29]</a></sup></p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><br /></h3><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-38867768634424607552023-03-29T02:31:00.007-04:002023-03-29T02:31:54.846-04:00ALIGNED IN THE WESTERN SKY<p> Here I am awake at 2 28 am and saw most of this. Hello my friends. And so off to bed again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-rcit81HTIvC7JMpDKKqJ7GZAuA9qwdldqodgivH7udv_xu0j7348yFfTFXgTXekH4wYnsIS4gfbsa17009lnUHDOLOcknBq9MzaUIF6nfG-gRJy8L2zz9sx6-DIP0a2IbvXuFxPkqqMcrhooCfmW6QSKb3pvnPRzu5UxlVDibxsbr0x0u0P_zyZ-SQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="980" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-rcit81HTIvC7JMpDKKqJ7GZAuA9qwdldqodgivH7udv_xu0j7348yFfTFXgTXekH4wYnsIS4gfbsa17009lnUHDOLOcknBq9MzaUIF6nfG-gRJy8L2zz9sx6-DIP0a2IbvXuFxPkqqMcrhooCfmW6QSKb3pvnPRzu5UxlVDibxsbr0x0u0P_zyZ-SQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw8A97p7hsBIEQgkqNWciOE_6aLRJoUY3ntVRJ4bLQWjbW4qflJyUXKK3LKYpIlPIbU8VmKQ5GyGv-nuG0raHXPvC86AFMb8B9VLIZECfOmxIVvuNeShJktlERY8H0Tt808NOplIRHeSRc3yQrceuqEIdCikYWF2MtHkiP46PiLlAsZd-9XQLAR0RJbg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="980" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw8A97p7hsBIEQgkqNWciOE_6aLRJoUY3ntVRJ4bLQWjbW4qflJyUXKK3LKYpIlPIbU8VmKQ5GyGv-nuG0raHXPvC86AFMb8B9VLIZECfOmxIVvuNeShJktlERY8H0Tt808NOplIRHeSRc3yQrceuqEIdCikYWF2MtHkiP46PiLlAsZd-9XQLAR0RJbg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO22D15dSpcajf1f2RJHIDgA216qN_PuY6GTr-l3smEeD0HmWf9meR61X5Wz-48QGYE5fbCuYB-KjqRilNrw7usbMVC9_CVFtGCsLAJb6cnKN6lsHQ99VhgYIxITtb-taEU8GsXjN_ym2ATtsPuCyP_UndkaxeB_10P-iAXjYNfzanY1NQ8fn-0iQ9kg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="980" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO22D15dSpcajf1f2RJHIDgA216qN_PuY6GTr-l3smEeD0HmWf9meR61X5Wz-48QGYE5fbCuYB-KjqRilNrw7usbMVC9_CVFtGCsLAJb6cnKN6lsHQ99VhgYIxITtb-taEU8GsXjN_ym2ATtsPuCyP_UndkaxeB_10P-iAXjYNfzanY1NQ8fn-0iQ9kg" width="320" /></a></div>The show GOLDEN GIRLS flashed on my TV. <p></p><p>No snacks.</p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-57614371321488553012023-03-27T10:10:00.006-04:002023-03-27T10:11:52.965-04:00I LIKE TO SNEAK SOME READING IN<p> Today is last day for Ekaterina, who will be here at 11 30 am.</p><p>I will run upstairs and grab a library book - ROUGH SURFACES or WACO - or THE MAID by Nita Prose and lay on Red Couch until she gets here.</p><p>Hear that? Geese! A lovely sound.</p><p>Now I went way far back in my back yard and picked - you guessed it ! daffodils, jonquils and forsythia.</p><p>The flowers are on a table in the living room.</p><p>The vase? Thanks for asking.</p><p>A Melitta coffee can, empty with a trace of the coffee at the bottom.</p><p>I am still on my hot-water-only drinking in the morning. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-uy7_4vDTF9gLkN6Azt86xOSZyEHOwCFussf7GCAzhhrL3PzAxTWUPIfcq7glmb_QvxCA04Vi1opRunA_K05tdOT_qjBdpL0pTB9AMNvfhLtvtSw4ywUcG2qfMIr8hKNC_wv9B2Kz6gpdqale8BnvMhXc1-LV4KlzJHz3VqNBpfSEPyZw7CBxil4r_A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-uy7_4vDTF9gLkN6Azt86xOSZyEHOwCFussf7GCAzhhrL3PzAxTWUPIfcq7glmb_QvxCA04Vi1opRunA_K05tdOT_qjBdpL0pTB9AMNvfhLtvtSw4ywUcG2qfMIr8hKNC_wv9B2Kz6gpdqale8BnvMhXc1-LV4KlzJHz3VqNBpfSEPyZw7CBxil4r_A" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-80303781291579841752023-03-26T20:53:00.004-04:002023-03-26T20:55:26.253-04:00READING ON THE FRONT PORCH<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKyGoDJwmOVoJ9QCGTRszhUGT8VMAixjFcUfvEOmoFofDE0yrmA2orxgNglfKUpefK_ilbTqelHu-WL3IUQqjrM69_6uisbEWyDE-CuK_UFptr3DmwAptrgyUFAOpSIBLFfZGn1KL_8s0VtFU3FNcCFU9eONyuTyB_fBzC6wf6Ac_nc22CK5fKZN-5Kg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKyGoDJwmOVoJ9QCGTRszhUGT8VMAixjFcUfvEOmoFofDE0yrmA2orxgNglfKUpefK_ilbTqelHu-WL3IUQqjrM69_6uisbEWyDE-CuK_UFptr3DmwAptrgyUFAOpSIBLFfZGn1KL_8s0VtFU3FNcCFU9eONyuTyB_fBzC6wf6Ac_nc22CK5fKZN-5Kg" width="320" /></a></div>Sure it was cold, but I sat on Scott's park bench on his porch just reading.<p></p><p>Brought out two very heavy books - Tracy Kidder's ROUGH SLEEPERS - and Nita Prose's THE MAID. </p><p>I was in ecstasy as I read ROUGH SLEEPERS by Tracy Kidder. Kidder is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His special mission is treating the stigmatized homeless and helping them find housing. </p><p>Many of the homeless are tricked out of finding a real home. One guy Tony was classified as a sexual predator - something you don't wanna advertise as you may not find housing and it is stigmatized. </p><p>But Tracy the physician wanted to hear Tony's story - Tony was a new guy - and Tony finally mustered up his courage to tell his story to the doctor.</p><p>He had heard so much about the doctor and could not for the life of him believe a doctor would take more than the 7 minutes or so to listen to his story with respect. </p><p>Six more minutes until Scott comes over to put me in the snorkel. </p><p>My neighbor Nancy, who must be close to 90 yo, was taken to the hospital last night by a shiny red ambulance that said Bryn Athyn on it. </p><p>Have no idea how she is. However, I did try, as I believe that caring neighbors should pay attention and care.</p><p>Daughter Linda, who drives a red RAV that she backs into her driveway - the garage is filled with storage items - so God only knows what's wrong with her. She does sit in a wheelchair and her husband Charlie has been dead for ages. </p><p>Was a day when I wrote dozens of poems about that good man. </p><p>For dinner I had lentils and spaghetti made by sister Ellen and a green salad I made. </p><p>SARAH called this morning and wanted to have our tenth KIDNEYVERSITY party here at my house.</p><p>I did have a revelation while on the front porch.</p><p>Since Mom and Dad are dead and our relatives too, it is I who must take their place.</p><p>Yes, me. It makes me feel strong and capable. </p><p>When I walked around the block around 3 pm I assured myself I can handle my new role as head of the household. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5r2rMtFpY3a2d7CinsX4HxrfxoILUn9Mr7S0vRGknXpm3QWhTSKArlC3Sg1CnVYC38R6iDjZyurmdSST17w60-kc6L6GLEacz7wnR6wxaGHBkNSYK1mYz9iZkkSEiT_PW39E2xkiXrd4mwqZ-I_85l4mbwlrg7QoRnJ-RG5akvOfXK6VkH0P-JeY2mw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5r2rMtFpY3a2d7CinsX4HxrfxoILUn9Mr7S0vRGknXpm3QWhTSKArlC3Sg1CnVYC38R6iDjZyurmdSST17w60-kc6L6GLEacz7wnR6wxaGHBkNSYK1mYz9iZkkSEiT_PW39E2xkiXrd4mwqZ-I_85l4mbwlrg7QoRnJ-RG5akvOfXK6VkH0P-JeY2mw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-86852225686743581342023-03-25T12:10:00.009-04:002023-03-25T12:16:21.738-04:00SIMON ENTERS MY DREAM <p> There is nothing like a GREAT DREAM, a realistic dream, and that's what I had last night. I sat with my former boyfriend Simon - we call him Jake Bonner - when talking about him. We sat overlooking York Road and had a birds-eye view of the whole scene. </p><p>Sy was a very nice man and would answer any computer questions we had. My book about him is called THE REDEMPTION OF PULASKI. </p><p>So I just woke up. I had told Kat - ekaterina - I would write her a poem about - well, here tis:</p><p>THE WHITE CROCUS</p><p>Small enough to hide on your lawn</p><p>Yet strong enough to close its white lips</p><p>And awaken every morning</p><p>I stand in bedroom slippers and stare</p><p>A parasol it does not need</p><p>Just faith, faith immutable</p><p>And a small patterned red cup</p><p>I bought at a thrift shop</p><p>No longer there. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQuPc77IzV27nVgJUqWTrUUcR-ZlS3drhV5TcaFXeDAP_HGt-jz_g605CZauXn53F0EPQNlkKk2L622x7AHyWoADjHDvWmfoy-ludnwvWCk9JKttjB49TwlcXyPU56wqdAzy44OglevVSyfC92iQw10akvIyvT8iCp2pmegNDY2UBZJpLMjrT_Jz1GDw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQuPc77IzV27nVgJUqWTrUUcR-ZlS3drhV5TcaFXeDAP_HGt-jz_g605CZauXn53F0EPQNlkKk2L622x7AHyWoADjHDvWmfoy-ludnwvWCk9JKttjB49TwlcXyPU56wqdAzy44OglevVSyfC92iQw10akvIyvT8iCp2pmegNDY2UBZJpLMjrT_Jz1GDw" width="180" /></a></div>October 28, 1939 - February 4, 2008<div><br /></div><div>died at age 68. <br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-29377646758021189572023-03-22T19:10:00.061-04:002023-03-22T19:25:54.942-04:00HOW TO MAKE A NEW POST ON MY BLOG<p> Thank you Scott.</p><p>Go to GOOGLE. </p><p>On top is Blogger.</p><p>Okay, thank you, my man.</p><p>BTW, on top are frequently used things - icons? - such as The NY Times, Weather and Netflix.</p><p>The Weekly Times Chronical was delivered to my diveway here in Willow Grove PA</p><p>My long and comprehensive Letter to the Editor was not published. </p><p>I was disappointed and wondered if they would still use lay folk like myself.</p><p>Inside the paper they spent a lot of time on BEAN SOUPS. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijcZesJT4vOWaCD38iySVZE0yjELqXzpGKnowhR1oeIQgdoAO7qX60-AFvKnpjDW0zQ2mw5fqgey1MsBfEuhF21Mu884ZaFbHeM658avRbHQ5qxNc74e30xrHLu5Uc-Mc4DeOR3g9C5D4iJzUoeMgmqQNyyw5wE8Fv5cqwrRrSlvdFg-H1WYwFMGtNLA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijcZesJT4vOWaCD38iySVZE0yjELqXzpGKnowhR1oeIQgdoAO7qX60-AFvKnpjDW0zQ2mw5fqgey1MsBfEuhF21Mu884ZaFbHeM658avRbHQ5qxNc74e30xrHLu5Uc-Mc4DeOR3g9C5D4iJzUoeMgmqQNyyw5wE8Fv5cqwrRrSlvdFg-H1WYwFMGtNLA" width="240" /></a></div><br />Sure looks good but that isn't Helene's soup spoon. <p></p><p>Or I may be reading THE MAID by Nita Prose or W A C O by Jeff Guinn which is being made into a film,</p><p>Hmmm</p><p>There was a disturbing picture of Tr@@@ being manhandled. WHERE are the asterisks?</p><p>Told KAT I would write her a poem. We played the mind game ORBITZ earlier today. </p><p><br /></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-88073443805454844072023-03-20T13:29:00.001-04:002023-03-22T17:12:08.341-04:00WEDDING FAMILY PHOTO<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6RQYhS1zq33_2ZHOQkZNnsXz5M4-BB3GwopdW77sCDC6Sq4MqAGDpV8Qzha-nKMUUUD3ncIm9LZu_vtLXPnJ1NwZ6QCebP-GJY2elVj1b7hk6IaADg9LftMvwdNZ2IbFmuJj8PFyfC6cjlVGso68GmzOTWjYBcbon2ZfW2Su9Va_GESpLXzRnUhbAg/s678/IMG_4549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="678" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6RQYhS1zq33_2ZHOQkZNnsXz5M4-BB3GwopdW77sCDC6Sq4MqAGDpV8Qzha-nKMUUUD3ncIm9LZu_vtLXPnJ1NwZ6QCebP-GJY2elVj1b7hk6IaADg9LftMvwdNZ2IbFmuJj8PFyfC6cjlVGso68GmzOTWjYBcbon2ZfW2Su9Va_GESpLXzRnUhbAg/s320/IMG_4549.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Left to right, Matt, Jade, Oksana & Miles, Mother of the Groom, Lynn Greene, and father of the groom, Warren Greene. <p></p><p>Wedding took place near Miami Beach, Florida. <br /> </p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-26164728253355740872023-03-16T18:41:00.002-04:002023-03-16T18:41:23.654-04:00WHO FOUNDED THE READERS DIGEST AND WHY DID I LOVE IT ?<p> From Wikipedia....</p><p>Whenever I sat in a Waiting Room and found one of those subscription forms for the R.D. I would mail it in and get a free copy or two of the magazine.</p><p>The articles were SOOOO interesting. AND condensed.</p><p>Our family back in Cleveland would also read CONDENSED BOOKS. One of my favorites was OLD YELLER about a dog who develops rabies.</p><p>Thank you Alexa for telling me the author is Fred Gibson. </p><p><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Reader's Digest</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaqua,_New_York" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chappaqua, New York">Chappaqua, New York</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, it is now headquartered in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Midtown Manhattan">midtown Manhattan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. The magazine was founded in 1922 by</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Wallace" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="DeWitt Wallace">DeWitt Wallace</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">and his wife</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Bell_Wallace" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lila Bell Wallace">Lila Bell Wallace</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. For many years,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Reader's Digest</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">was the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magazines_by_circulation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="List of magazines by circulation">best-selling consumer magazine</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in the United States; it lost the distinction in 2009 to</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Homes_and_Gardens_(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)">Better Homes and Gardens</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. According to Mediamark Research (2006),</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Reader's Digest</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">reached more readers with household incomes of over $100,000 than</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Week" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Business Week">Business Week</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inc._(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Inc. (magazine)">Inc.</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">combined.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TheTimesUK_2-0" style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest#cite_note-TheTimesUK-2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Global editions of <i>Reader's Digest</i> reach an additional 40 million people in more than 70 countries, via 49 editions in 21 languages. The periodical has a global circulation of 10.5 million, making it the largest paid-circulation magazine in the world.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2021)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;">It is also published in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Braille">Braille</a>, digital, audio, and a large type called "Reader's Digest Large Print." The magazine is compact, with its pages roughly half the size of most American magazines. Hence, in the summer of 2005, the U.S. edition adopted the slogan "America in your pocket." In January 2008, it was changed to "Life well shared."</p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-28762062867168781392023-03-16T17:24:00.012-04:002023-03-16T17:38:02.931-04:00Irish Soda Bread - Perfect for Saint Paddy's Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmSwdbwfps-R05VcyNooFjh7RpGowTIIInmfyOqFhpi3_GrSc4G0sX_PeDR8esnR8AO0ZItrlOSFMYVlQ7VGVUS2jfx0m6tiIQ-di0hHr4lnRIX5Mxfc_udfVaHsYP_IbnMVUF0HL-xN83zofJLxAabs-ikEgvqfiafLN81-amaG9uGSSlwK7E4xDjeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="794" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmSwdbwfps-R05VcyNooFjh7RpGowTIIInmfyOqFhpi3_GrSc4G0sX_PeDR8esnR8AO0ZItrlOSFMYVlQ7VGVUS2jfx0m6tiIQ-di0hHr4lnRIX5Mxfc_udfVaHsYP_IbnMVUF0HL-xN83zofJLxAabs-ikEgvqfiafLN81-amaG9uGSSlwK7E4xDjeg" width="320" /></a></div>I took this photo of a loaf of bread that next door's Stacey Adams gave me. It is studded with goodies such as raisins - golden and brown - and many a diner would make the sign of a cross on top to ward off Evil.<p></p><p>Having eaten a couple of pieces of it, I walked around block to lower my blood sugar. Then I packed several slices in plastic wrap and put in freezer. </p><p>DAVE'S APPLIANCE WAS HERE TODAY. Jose and Eulie looked at my oven. </p><p>Nice oven said the men. Turns out Eulie is from a tiny country in the Baltics, which Scott guessed. Albania. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFoWRg-l6zChTnKiOQSzGyarNQth7WDFWxwLkBhNCwCGP6IVxKUt1iqD90VJHBxLionh_EHpwWJHb5wdIeVSBe3wJavdJ8CLrF3g-9XLOl48c0quE0-SD7ybR6i44q6EefVSosvcpMYAh7f-0YkN4QxWXHwuLZdyU_0aeRJ6ByPfV31x6RmoG6QYL9rg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFoWRg-l6zChTnKiOQSzGyarNQth7WDFWxwLkBhNCwCGP6IVxKUt1iqD90VJHBxLionh_EHpwWJHb5wdIeVSBe3wJavdJ8CLrF3g-9XLOl48c0quE0-SD7ybR6i44q6EefVSosvcpMYAh7f-0YkN4QxWXHwuLZdyU_0aeRJ6ByPfV31x6RmoG6QYL9rg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Where will I get the money to pay for the fixable oven? I wonder if my g'daughter Grace, going on 14, might ...<p></p><p>Shut your mouf, Rufus!</p><p>I just made nice cold water from the Britta-like pitcher that Ellen brought here from "home" on Gantt Drive, 19006.</p><p>I also composted in Scott's back yard along an unsightly - nay, hideous - trail of egg shells, big fat broccoli stems, all of which remind me of the late very tall Elaine Restifo of Lambertville, NJ. </p><p>She published THE RIVER magazine and I was a proud participant. She also chastised me one time for being unaware of politics. </p><p>WHO DID WE HEAR SPEAK in the Lambertville Library? </p><p>Get back to me when you remember. It was not poet Robert Pinsky, son of a dentist or pharmacist, as I heard him possibly at Rutgers. CC was with me. </p><p>Pinsky should be in my blog but who can remember anymore? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-14655828257576528782023-03-14T07:56:00.001-04:002023-03-14T07:56:12.258-04:00Ooh, that Guinness sure goes down good!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdE-gZR8UC73DvcUjIz4Iwsq5kb2ImHbG8ke1KMf6Rt2QIO7t1-XZy66VgLpb2aVzXasxCjCUMI-fl6ztPu5Ot_uUrYI33UZh8yWgYMsebsk3hY1QGxBwSeWMaKoiyaZXLG-GoAASk6QQ-6rO6HbWFZZjb1KB5BQiSKbJXMW4ukehyFTft53aQJ2pptg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="174" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdE-gZR8UC73DvcUjIz4Iwsq5kb2ImHbG8ke1KMf6Rt2QIO7t1-XZy66VgLpb2aVzXasxCjCUMI-fl6ztPu5Ot_uUrYI33UZh8yWgYMsebsk3hY1QGxBwSeWMaKoiyaZXLG-GoAASk6QQ-6rO6HbWFZZjb1KB5BQiSKbJXMW4ukehyFTft53aQJ2pptg" width="240" /></a></div>Why not?<p></p><p>But make sure the room don't spin. </p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-64369875222937672062023-03-14T07:50:00.005-04:002023-03-14T07:53:45.028-04:00DAWN OF A NEW DAY<p> The moon is playing peek-a-boo with the clouds</p><p>And more clouds billow from the factory in the</p><p>far-off back yard, Keystone Screw, where cars</p><p>arrive early, take their lunch buckets and</p><p>thermopoles out, shut off their headlights</p><p>and think of the wicked time they would have</p><p>after work. </p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Paddy's Day and that Irish soda bread</p><p>the wife baked last night.</p><p><br /></p><p>Easy does it on the beer</p><p>well, not that easy, just enough</p><p>to keep the room from spinning</p><p>a little hot tea will do ya. </p><p><br /></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-4513338908437255572023-03-12T11:42:00.079-04:002023-03-12T20:08:30.090-04:00MONDAY MORNING and Monday Morning Poem<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64uvytVjxKpvbtSKzw8dk6LDbcO15N2f3f6hbPLMRtDAH89o_av1PSxMvVtJ5GtiGwZJKFvgyCZuzl6HTSnPzgy78tkMqJ8Kp4Oj15EvnkcyTTP4D8mnWdd1nEok7zasgLBB-O-71JLf1th6i6tH8mzbOjz1tjSAgLpIAOeM5kCOBh16J_i-Z3XLxyw/s5152/DSCN7132.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64uvytVjxKpvbtSKzw8dk6LDbcO15N2f3f6hbPLMRtDAH89o_av1PSxMvVtJ5GtiGwZJKFvgyCZuzl6HTSnPzgy78tkMqJ8Kp4Oj15EvnkcyTTP4D8mnWdd1nEok7zasgLBB-O-71JLf1th6i6tH8mzbOjz1tjSAgLpIAOeM5kCOBh16J_i-Z3XLxyw/s320/DSCN7132.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Every Monday I remove an old Xerox box from one of my white Ikea shelves and fill the pill box.<p></p><p>There are many odious tasks and this one takes the cake. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV_zDkt9uH8NbtCvtZF-DGfq-vvwpxWqdEksxzTqwFRW7O4UngTrEmZP7Un6e2Iqq7QCbIagwN_oTuHT8O_p4bJakTUEneUw2xfQdCW_VywlqYCs22rLWNc2WBW3liKG-efKjGDYaH_nr7xYh9oDP1-1Rzs_DDhzVqpkb3g_ERn-O5QFXiUCHHkRlng/s5152/DSCN7133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV_zDkt9uH8NbtCvtZF-DGfq-vvwpxWqdEksxzTqwFRW7O4UngTrEmZP7Un6e2Iqq7QCbIagwN_oTuHT8O_p4bJakTUEneUw2xfQdCW_VywlqYCs22rLWNc2WBW3liKG-efKjGDYaH_nr7xYh9oDP1-1Rzs_DDhzVqpkb3g_ERn-O5QFXiUCHHkRlng/s320/DSCN7133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Hold on while I sip my drip coffee Melitta, a name pretty enough to name your next child or pet rhino. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRfcB_hD2sOzXjcJCcQ59H7noYngdNKvy2IG1a0wJMn1PdUlW0XcWglcssBOGv0Xs7E3iLrIg9puRB1wujte5aE39zsf91qNY8rIZXXy_D1ZcYWSqNg5N2KZSesodlZXm9vgTrtsh8OLFmvrpDy73sVP-9UWCSCOHu3fpbhr3N9G39BDYmC69Vq8Ngw/s5152/DSCN7134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRfcB_hD2sOzXjcJCcQ59H7noYngdNKvy2IG1a0wJMn1PdUlW0XcWglcssBOGv0Xs7E3iLrIg9puRB1wujte5aE39zsf91qNY8rIZXXy_D1ZcYWSqNg5N2KZSesodlZXm9vgTrtsh8OLFmvrpDy73sVP-9UWCSCOHu3fpbhr3N9G39BDYmC69Vq8Ngw/s320/DSCN7134.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Dan drove over yesterday since Sarah was coming in from Brooklyn. Dan and Max Atticus drove over in Dan's blue car. For dinner they were going to .... I'll think of the name in a moment ... it IS the new and improved ---<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2gqUp7nQuCPJdtJxqs8ybzz6RlZuYMeX8lz8DOLC8q1KdbxKLJbJNdxet2J1yBylg30SMxhvhNRkt6h_etjGd2SvA8Z0mBXXVjyOZaFvgKrtYTa4w28-moz1qyaudKLklJU_631ZTYfED0OjppS2Q1Yp0JTcRK6H_IKdQVKqaFmQeQ4aIwi0z_oTtg/s5152/DSCN7135.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2gqUp7nQuCPJdtJxqs8ybzz6RlZuYMeX8lz8DOLC8q1KdbxKLJbJNdxet2J1yBylg30SMxhvhNRkt6h_etjGd2SvA8Z0mBXXVjyOZaFvgKrtYTa4w28-moz1qyaudKLklJU_631ZTYfED0OjppS2Q1Yp0JTcRK6H_IKdQVKqaFmQeQ4aIwi0z_oTtg/s320/DSCN7135.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Sarah grilled her pork roast in Scott's second story grill, and also grilled salada<p></p><p>My breakfast today consisted of 2 henpecked eggs, punctured with Cabot Cheese, spring mix which now comes washed and a small slab of pre-marinated pork roast.</p><p>Dunno about you, Dear Reader, but I have tried being a vegetarian, but it was not satisfying. As the saying goes, Do not eat anything that has a mother.</p><p>MY VERY OWN TURNER CLASSIC FILMS</p><p>Find buried remote control under Daddy's Tiger Blanket</p><p>and a blue patchwork quilt that serves as bedspread</p><p>Watch genius that is West Side Story where Sharks and Jets</p><p>destroy each other and Maria played by Natalie Wood will soon die</p><p>for her love of Tony.</p><p>Distracted, I imagine her Finesness and Robert Wagner on a skiff together</p><p>The water is freezing as was the Titanic</p><p>Her pantaloons billow as she flails and dreams of one more dinner</p><p>at Bonefish Grill.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNj3tCk08gfr0mLijL_PWyWKdBehj2pJkgyOFJf-N99ZID047N3NJCQFgIZYVtLGgembnxTyc3x7w6pgN4fWqql3Hud7Snq1CB_gxNCYFT4grl34vTs9RCxJycWUT5dCpw4W0d5JhYGzPyeBchJr8m2ne9Z98wsT-7lpcc531m4cGwGdjGOC7Bug2QJw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="474" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNj3tCk08gfr0mLijL_PWyWKdBehj2pJkgyOFJf-N99ZID047N3NJCQFgIZYVtLGgembnxTyc3x7w6pgN4fWqql3Hud7Snq1CB_gxNCYFT4grl34vTs9RCxJycWUT5dCpw4W0d5JhYGzPyeBchJr8m2ne9Z98wsT-7lpcc531m4cGwGdjGOC7Bug2QJw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8jEiGHCLCdSKG7jphJJpkaSOw8dNM8h8pQ4zCC93BGLQ6H7zAfTvz_0QaF1bRTcXZSra0eX6Jf4sxu5CcvK5EyxeBOkckOsyhBxhACkf92xvLxPcV6HaFIsW8_tF1gXCRp9q47ujjdW94vUeYcyNzog2RkbGMpH_LPM9KfUGFAxt5dD90n-LIRF2-Dw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1200" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8jEiGHCLCdSKG7jphJJpkaSOw8dNM8h8pQ4zCC93BGLQ6H7zAfTvz_0QaF1bRTcXZSra0eX6Jf4sxu5CcvK5EyxeBOkckOsyhBxhACkf92xvLxPcV6HaFIsW8_tF1gXCRp9q47ujjdW94vUeYcyNzog2RkbGMpH_LPM9KfUGFAxt5dD90n-LIRF2-Dw" width="320" /></a></div><br />GET READY FOR THE LOS ANGELES READING GROUP.<div><br /></div><div>I of course resonate to the auburn-haired cutie with POET on her chest. Cute, n'est-ce pas?</div><div><br /></div><div>EVER HEARD OF IRISH SODA BREAD, a Saint Paddy's Day Treat!</div><div><br /></div><div>Bill Adams brought over a just baked loaf that is positively SCRUMPTIOUS. I ran over and told Stacey Adams how delicious it is. Stacey is a warm and loving woman.</div><div><br /></div><div>After thinking about it, I injected 14. Ellen had made me a Bean Berger so now I am eating that, too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Was upstairs a couple of hours ago reading under the covers a book called THE HIT LIST by Stuart Woods, a fun book to read.</div><div><br /></div><div>But I may not finish it. Why? It's a theme and variations book.</div><div><br /></div><div>Earlier today when I began walking around the block I met a neighbor named Joan.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe we will be friends. You know, of course that is my fondest desire. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA8lBTfFW0OGRs8A2ifVeqOzE6Bd1us8XRVEtQY21SwWTJv-d5b-kV7T-d2jm5eNTgPB9xqVBN1IFO9vo2xDwMTnIwUfO4TsyxMmnO06FLg9oMdcyCoOTQY7LY68kqfXjHIM_yRQ3rCFlc7VSQA1rjxKdELjXgwUQSLCIvtnzGcPsBONaVxdu_O7Dz7A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA8lBTfFW0OGRs8A2ifVeqOzE6Bd1us8XRVEtQY21SwWTJv-d5b-kV7T-d2jm5eNTgPB9xqVBN1IFO9vo2xDwMTnIwUfO4TsyxMmnO06FLg9oMdcyCoOTQY7LY68kqfXjHIM_yRQ3rCFlc7VSQA1rjxKdELjXgwUQSLCIvtnzGcPsBONaVxdu_O7Dz7A" width="111" /></a></div>Oh no, the lovely flower girls, Rowie with cast on and Kaia came out as tiny little beings. Is this how people look on far away galaxies? <br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxRFTS0vV2AZSAQkUAzR5WA8a0-VTz0UlOhlbuN9mT02GjauZgbLQ0MvMbr1pUs9SS21Z3aJs_Izt4jMAZVqCAuq6L3zaSuG6b045XfVYS1RJ840f1zvYD6v_kViGpNleXOThWNt5sKMIq5RfO7TZvcqmIqS3BPZrsYDgoGIWcpkIBfEKupWaYCbBCvA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxRFTS0vV2AZSAQkUAzR5WA8a0-VTz0UlOhlbuN9mT02GjauZgbLQ0MvMbr1pUs9SS21Z3aJs_Izt4jMAZVqCAuq6L3zaSuG6b045XfVYS1RJ840f1zvYD6v_kViGpNleXOThWNt5sKMIq5RfO7TZvcqmIqS3BPZrsYDgoGIWcpkIBfEKupWaYCbBCvA" width="111" /></a></div><br />Miles Greene and his bride Oksana. Our dad used to pat us on the cheek. <p></p><p>Wedding took place in Palmetto Beach Florida.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji25UjkTfpjXG-cwCSeN3QgDqaLVd9l2ZCHXr5WSwkBa6O7Jx3Jc1LhSMcFarGvEiv4gpdxqstFZafGbfqzCueO6QS_8N0MuHB5gxIG7gLSgNY3RST8_RXHyRJwFZJJZB_H-HNXdsG1BuLABvto2pFNCUhYM5PA3xH1CFnxDLCMLf96Y7vTa1jyiD_0w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="1125" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji25UjkTfpjXG-cwCSeN3QgDqaLVd9l2ZCHXr5WSwkBa6O7Jx3Jc1LhSMcFarGvEiv4gpdxqstFZafGbfqzCueO6QS_8N0MuHB5gxIG7gLSgNY3RST8_RXHyRJwFZJJZB_H-HNXdsG1BuLABvto2pFNCUhYM5PA3xH1CFnxDLCMLf96Y7vTa1jyiD_0w" width="111" /></a></div>Wedding Day for Oksana and Miles Greene. <p></p><p>120 people were at the wedding. <br /><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZbUwKhYguVnPuAOV-d0iCNYTPav61mumeqRLA-eVIcYgp7Ln0b1ko-7Gc7Dxzey9iGb2EsS07cfCS7fSzpHGwsSEXpszUarJSkTW9Pjz20Q0BajLGGRj4Hgx789BKT83StyNOlKSqWskGiz7HqjAqnXQ_Oq6Hj248s5eRyLsLMtQyDhLtwQhbz-dUgw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="600" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZbUwKhYguVnPuAOV-d0iCNYTPav61mumeqRLA-eVIcYgp7Ln0b1ko-7Gc7Dxzey9iGb2EsS07cfCS7fSzpHGwsSEXpszUarJSkTW9Pjz20Q0BajLGGRj4Hgx789BKT83StyNOlKSqWskGiz7HqjAqnXQ_Oq6Hj248s5eRyLsLMtQyDhLtwQhbz-dUgw" width="320" /></a></div>Who can resist CALADIUMS grown at a farm. Check out "Caladium World." <p></p><p>Nothing like a long cold drink of water.</p><p>Archeology</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmCXV4vTeJ6GhoeAqiAVw1FX6l-NB0AFtV5LD5pa9WOlWjJXVIezyJyTl4A8xtl_PoSGbsUbA9IxB7Br1k_T1cRSw3y5Kkt9i15xQ9cTzXQ9T7XrbhJnSbRYecFD6G11B_xQJIOBytAZ83DOlEX3a7cLreGYuQ-j90_Di3mJusd893bunVzpEnXwNxZA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmCXV4vTeJ6GhoeAqiAVw1FX6l-NB0AFtV5LD5pa9WOlWjJXVIezyJyTl4A8xtl_PoSGbsUbA9IxB7Br1k_T1cRSw3y5Kkt9i15xQ9cTzXQ9T7XrbhJnSbRYecFD6G11B_xQJIOBytAZ83DOlEX3a7cLreGYuQ-j90_Di3mJusd893bunVzpEnXwNxZA" width="320" /></a></div>Earliest known horses found in Ethiopia. From Smithsonian online. Sorry, I don't know where they were found. Eohippus. Hey, Mom, is it too late to become an archeologist? <br /><br /><p></p></div>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-21441882899598343902023-03-11T12:09:00.019-05:002023-03-11T12:20:12.160-05:00DAFFODILS AND JONQUILS and he is not walking his dog in shorts, for once<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivU04c9y1Qv0QI7_WhBs3YhNXqqzYTXD0oZUo3znKx3637i5p57fv8NsHBcN3cK0WoCIexFu4MhHFyZp5G1QIX-0fVcmPiPCE7CzyZTzVwdtT89XQnXE2Zjf2w09lVf65onriHHYrbrO4FmXYgH0onE2JTZG3fILGFwi-S17fvkvbfJScLiK2qYn7NNQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivU04c9y1Qv0QI7_WhBs3YhNXqqzYTXD0oZUo3znKx3637i5p57fv8NsHBcN3cK0WoCIexFu4MhHFyZp5G1QIX-0fVcmPiPCE7CzyZTzVwdtT89XQnXE2Zjf2w09lVf65onriHHYrbrO4FmXYgH0onE2JTZG3fILGFwi-S17fvkvbfJScLiK2qYn7NNQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I was perfecting my Letter for the Day on Blog and went to Scott's to leave it in his <u>covered mailbox</u> and then, since I was wearing long grey pants and small hat I marched up the street. </p>
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<div class="default-style">The rule is to never pick anything from a tree though you may pick up things off the ground. </div>
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<div class="default-style">Like a long stem of forsythia, which now sits on my kitchen windowsill. </div>
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<div class="default-style">The wedding was performed last night. Sister Ellen showed me fab pix. </div>
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<div class="default-style">On Netflix watched a terrible film with Johnny Depp which I stopped after 15 minutes. </div>
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<div class="default-style">I will go in my bedroom now, lie down, and read La Trio:</div>
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<div class="default-style">The Maid by Nita Prose, Philosophy of Modern Song by Dylan, and The Hit List by Stuart Woods. </div>
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<div class="default-style">At one point I got tears in my eyes: that I can read! And books! And listen to classical music and jazz. Rock n roll gets me off my duff and I start to dance. </div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style">Did you know Howard Duff was married to Ida Lupino? Sure, if you're Eddie Muller. </div>
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<div class="default-style">Daughter Sarah will be coming in later today.</div>
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<div class="default-style">We must tell our darlings how much we love them and that includes my son Dan!</div>
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<div class="default-style">Pork roast studded with flavorful ingredients on the way.</div>
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<p><br /></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-28401129183178647122023-03-10T08:57:00.004-05:002023-03-10T08:59:01.403-05:00Poem: Aging Hands<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2ZVjcyM6XDUjU-wOj3UcFxGop60Z-9zv8Di5Vns7fDYdKWvQKLa-NQR5ww7qdcPeAfUtiSEZXtcdGDehSpAglgh84CrvYrF_ACdZ_R5m6U1tPgPhKPGkJ_dXCDpF6c3B4eVrjyd6kxACVdUMxl1bzSo1Z6J8yH9rX3Lle4rS7GzOhMAA8csW-Yg1rPg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="153" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2ZVjcyM6XDUjU-wOj3UcFxGop60Z-9zv8Di5Vns7fDYdKWvQKLa-NQR5ww7qdcPeAfUtiSEZXtcdGDehSpAglgh84CrvYrF_ACdZ_R5m6U1tPgPhKPGkJ_dXCDpF6c3B4eVrjyd6kxACVdUMxl1bzSo1Z6J8yH9rX3Lle4rS7GzOhMAA8csW-Yg1rPg" width="320" /></a></div><br />AGING HANDS<p></p><p><br /></p><p>The TV commercial named a product</p><p>helps the elders with their aging hands</p><p>I practically spit at the screen</p><p>then as I fell asleep holding THE PHILOSPHY OF</p><p>MODERN SONG by Dylan, I snuck a look.</p><p><br /></p><p>Straight up and down, not a single arthritic</p><p>kink, nails neatly trimmed on back porch</p><p>blow away with the wind the rain and sleet</p><p>Hallelujah for my aging hands. </p><p>.........</p><p>Drank my Folger's instant morning coffee in a thinnnn glass cup that once</p><p>belonged to Helene Ryesky.</p><p>Am stirring it now with love and tenderness. </p><p>....</p><p>If I am not mistaken, Mailman Heinline also drank Folger's. </p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497533264000861118.post-84599707731678399172023-03-01T09:31:00.002-05:002023-03-01T09:32:21.220-05:00What to do when butt hurts<p> I am sitting on a CVS Ice Pack and not for the first time.</p><p>Welcome to the month of March. </p><p>March Madness. </p><p>Last night the Moon was glowing out my back porch door.</p><p>And of course WE HAVE BEEN THERE.</p><p>I had nothing to read last night. Nope, I did not wanna read my Pocket Edition of Robert Frost poems, so I just RUMInated on various things.</p><p>Kali Barker? Who ya barkin at?</p><p>The washing machine is working at allegro, or is it a lower tempo?</p><p>When my two helpers leave this morning - Kat and Steff - I wanna resume my memoir on Living with MCI, which is not myocardial infarction.</p><p>Combed my silver locks with orange comb - and the wild white hair - galloped back into the house.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVjLGmnswNJoZ67so48VajngCNOM2FDXWIhabAOSMCo4DeM-KGADjo9KqXygRMJdvem-_CNDu1rcc85AplGk3tbUL4hG9DznO_KgVeAHvi3d2dQWCAiFcOoIsph8_My2DHnSJyMUzAOi4mnUj6lsowV4MYUbeyOTtXvB_DvEbL59a-R5TzAg_9OrUS_Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="474" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVjLGmnswNJoZ67so48VajngCNOM2FDXWIhabAOSMCo4DeM-KGADjo9KqXygRMJdvem-_CNDu1rcc85AplGk3tbUL4hG9DznO_KgVeAHvi3d2dQWCAiFcOoIsph8_My2DHnSJyMUzAOi4mnUj6lsowV4MYUbeyOTtXvB_DvEbL59a-R5TzAg_9OrUS_Q" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ruth Z Deminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582780727165466659noreply@blogger.com0