Want to hear my latest excuse? I brought home the traveler’s crud from New England. I feel awful, thank you. On another, marginally more cheerful note, I also am in the process of phone migration. I have gone from a flip phone, as depicted in the above A&J from 2008, to a modern cell phone. Yes, really. It’s a Galaxy s5, because I know there are those among you who actually would want to know. No, it’s not the latest, but as near as I can tell it does everything but laundry. I figure it’s good enough for me until I get used to it. That is all I am going to say about my cell phone. Or my very bad cold. I hope you have a great weekend! I plan to have a better one.
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Jackie, if Hal is getting weirder it might be the beer. Out of the two mermaids, I think I prefer the bluefin to the other.
Jerry, glad the lightning didn’t get you. Cable tv is not so much of a loss, but you are irreplaceable.
An uncommon Soldier.
http://weaponsman.com/?p=34540
Just got word a much beloved cousin’s husband, a retired Naval aviator, has passed away after a long, hard battle with cancer. We loved swapping flying stories, which we last got to do in 2013 when we attended the funeral of another cousin, who died 10 days after my sister did.
Pretty well clinches 2016 as being my least favorite year, ever.
There are a couple months that might be better yet.
Dickens has developed a taste for organic scones with cranberry orange and pistachios. Likewise the same shortbread cookies. To go along with double and triple creme soft cheeses and aged white Commonwealth cheddar.
Rotten dog got half the boat too. Love the critter.
My cat, Gully Foyle, is quite fond of Brie and Camembert, but doesn’t care for things like Jack, Cheddar or Swiss, except for occasional tastes. I’ll be interested to see what he thinks of Cambozola, as it’s a cross between Brie and Blue cheese. It has the same rind as Brie, and veins like a Roquefort because it’s made with both strains of mold. I suspect that Dickens will like it, Jackie, as it’s a soft, rich, triple creme cheese.
Have some on boat we haven’t tried yet!
I’m thankful to have made it an additional 7 years since my SCA on this date in ’09.
All right! I know what I’m seeing next!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFEspENxIU
Video to go along with retro strip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU1F2RrmMlc
I’m sorry, Ghost. 🙁
Ghost, I didn’t mean to seem insensitive to your loss. I am sorry. I just hate this had been such an awful year for you. I was trying to be upbeat and hopeful you might have a couple of better months before year ends. Good night.
This came on my music feed just now so I am posting it for you Ghost, one of my favorites of all. I listen to music like this because it soothes my soul and brings me peace. May it do so for you.
https://youtu.be/M_8d0DJpbBI
Good morning Villagers…
GR, you have my sympathy and prayers. I agree that 2016 has been very gentle and kind.
Blessings on all.
…scratch that….
I agree that 2016 has not been very gentle and kind.
Hugs and prayers, Ghost.
I remember a year like this one is for you, Ghost. I called it the year from h**l. Sickness and death in family… severe auto accident… pneumonia… 3rd degree burns… At that time, the Merle Haggard song “If we make it through December” was popular and that was exactly how I felt.
I DID make it thru December and the new year brought promise and hope. “This too shall pass…”
Ghost:
I had a couple years that seemed like so many things went wrong. In 1983 I lost my job 2 days before my son was born. I spent the next 11 months unemployed or very under employed. (I went to college to escape the idea of being unemployed, boy was I wrong)
I finally got a wonderful job in the Automotive Supplier field and it literally changed my life for the better. Then in June my cousin lost a 2 week old baby. A week later my brother and his wife lost their baby shortly after birth. Another week later my younger escaped with a broken arm after a horrific accident. 2 weeks later my Mom was killed after taking my brother to the hospital to have an operation on his arm. Then on the same day a week after Thanksgiving, I got into my first car accident and my maternal Grandma died in her sleep (I found out after I got home)
Through it all I was asked how did I manage it and I told everyone that I had gained a wonderful son and a great job. And through all the grief, I realized how much I loved my family and friends and how much they loved me. So you are loved, Ghost.
Ecclesiastes 3 New International Version (NIV)
A Time for Everything
3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Woke up but going back to sleep listening to beautiful music. This Village helped me survive and still does my year from he’ll or at least last one. Years from he’ll do not begin and end with the ball falling exactly on a New Years dawning.
Much love. I have a date with a customs official. But not at 6 am.
To all who need them, hugs and prayers.
Safe travels Jackie!
Ghost Sweetie, sending you hugs and much love.