I’m sorry! It’s been a very busy few days. I have not abandoned you here. In fact, the new Web site of which we spoke earlier this year is going into production finally. We’ll see. I actually have a cookie jar such as the one above. It’s battery operated and plays a recording of a chattering dolphin when opened. I’ve had it for years, and I love it. Unfortunately, I don’t keep many cookies in it anymore. It has occurred to me that much of the furniture in Arlo & Janis is similar to pieces in my own household: the sofa, the orange table with the Queen Anne legs, the simple mannish bedroom furniture, all exist in my real world. I guess that makes sense. The sofa I don’t actually have any longer, but I did have one very similar when I began to draw the strip. It turned out to be such a good comic-strip settee—low, simple, easy to render—that I’ve kept it all these years. It probably could use re-upholstering by now!
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327 responses to “Cookie Mobster”
emb, conquer the hills you find most enchanting; most of us will never scale the highest peaks. Our libraries of read manuscripts attest to who we were.The stash of unread material is a monument to our having been full of hope.
sand: Forgot the *.
*One can generally tell if emb has read one of his own books [or tell how far he got into the book] by whether the margins are full of notes. Habit is a problem if he’s reading a loaner.
Jackie: I’m not generally a playgoer, but a granddaughter, when in HS, had a bit part in ‘Our Town’, so I went. Good play, generally well done. Didn’t realize the woman next to me was in costume until she got up and joined the cast in Act II [I think]. The narrator and others had ‘E-yah’ down to a T. Emb cried at the end.
Wilder had good insight into human nature and into small towns, or maybe some enclaves in larger towns/metropolises.
Peace, emb
sand: Well put. emb
Great music today in the Village!
This should add some laughs to your day: http://www.you-can-be-funny.com/HumorousHeadlines.html
I have Asimov’s commentary on the Bible in storage and I look forward to reading it. It has to be more interesting than his autobiography. The library has its used book sale next weekend. Since I already have more books than I will ever read (well, hopefully not) the problem will be where do I put more books?
In a book cellar! Or take what you don’t intend to read again to a store that buys and sells used books and swap them out for other books. Look for 2nd and Charles, may be in your area as owned by Books-A-Million. If in Tennessee, look for McKay’s in Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville. These places also have DVD and CD’s, new and used.
Sadly, I spent some time last night tossing cookies.
I would much rather delete them.
What I read and don’t keep gets donated back to the library. It’s tax deductible.
When we moved to Houston back in the 1970’s we put in a real library, with shelves to the ceilings about 20 feet high and a sliding ladder to take books down from on high. It was the only library in Kingwood, TX that was just being developed and we were among the Founding Five Hundred, which just meant that no one there had ever seen such a thing, a room devoted only to books. The ladder confused them and since I don’t usually do drapes, the view into room through the tinted glass to keep books from direct sunlight. Big question was what did we do with the books?
Read them.
Thanks to various moves and a hurricane, my library lives mostly in cyberspace now. I do still have one bookcase with some treasured volumes, but I don’t need a ladder for it. Of course, I’m a foot or so taller than Jackie. 🙂
sand, I really like your 2:20 pm post. I’m putting it in my commonplace book.
OF: No action. Heard red-winged blackbirds at the Decorah eagles site. Looks like two eaglets and an egg, maybe.
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
And the Volkswagen ads are funny. I think I know those girls from somewhere.
Peace, emb
Denise, while he is a man of few words, the ones Sand says are more valuable than a page of drivel from me. I agree, that was beautifully put.
And Ghost, keep reminding me of how short I am and it inspires me to work toward adding petite to that description. I am no longer even five two if I ever was. I have only been tall in one place, Hawaii, where the tiny Japanese ladies in office would ask if I’d get something down as the tall one.
And just so you’ll know, I am getting ready to start buying underwear from Victoria’s closet for the first time in over 20 years. Not ready for a bikini for a long, long time. But at least I can find bras that might fit.
Denise, you flatter.
Haven’t been able to access the MDNR eagle site today. It says there is a limit to how many viewers they can serve at once [so please leave if you’re (not your) not actually watching]. I’m concerned lest something may have gone wrong.
http://www.webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle/
Peace, emb
Believe me, Jackie, I’ll do all I can to inspire you to regain your “short stack” status. Did I mention I’ve always had a thing for short ladies? Well, OK, I’ve always had a thing for tall ladies, too, so…
Seriously, I am pleased to hear you are going to invest in some nice (dare I say, sexy?) lingerie. That tells me your self-image has improved and that you are feeling better about yourself. Pick out something I’d like. 🙂
Take your blood pressure medicine, Ghost, if you do. Victoria’s Secret does not carry bras to fit me. In fact, since they don’t, why the heck would I want to add two sizes to a chest that is already obviously too well endowed? I am going to have to lose four sizes down in order to find one that might fit from them. I knew there was some valid reason I never shopped there.
Oh well, I’ll just keep looking else where. Sorry, Loon, I never burned any bras but I do agree in theory.
Love, Jackie
eMb: The Decorah site has three eaglets; the oldest is about 2 weeks. You can see the time/date of each hatch under the picture.
The eaglets at Berry College, GA, are about as large as either parent, it seems! I’ve forgotten how old they usually are before flying the coop, so to speak.
Ghost, you have definitely helped me begin restoring my self-image with inspiration that such was possible. And for starters you will be excited to learn I I have now given away 90% of my wardrobe from closet, only kept things that make me feel happy. That and wearing lycra yoga pants and walking daily and exercising. The ones I have on right now are bright pinks and lots of swirling tie dyed with a hot pink short peplum tunic. I would never have dreamed of wearing this a year ago and the colors and outrageous designs make me happy.
The neighborhood is beginning to notice. I will probably have a fan club like Janis by time summer gets here and the camp owners start venturing out to lake. No bikinis yet of course.
Jackie, you go, girl! Go walking, I mean. It’s great exercise.
Back in my mid-thirties I gained some weight and got out of condition. Walking two brisk miles a day, rain or shine, hot or cold, for a full year did wonders. Enough so that I joined a high-impact aerobics class, got where I could keep up with the female instructor as well as a bunch of twenty-something former cheerleaders while wearing wrist and ankle weights…and made lots of new lady friends. (Yeah, showed off a bit, too…routinely did full push-ups with my feet resting in the seat of a chair, while one of the cheerleaders did simultaneous push-ups with her feet resting on the small of my back.) Point is, consistent moderate exercise will do wonders. And you’ve already accomplished the hardest part…you started.
As I start a new and exciting life, Ghost, I will just hold you responsible. Keep that in mind, my friend. You do inspire. Well, at least the exercise you did could be printed in a family blog.
Jackie and Ghost, appropriate music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjJjDXalGrc
And something quiet and soothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETyN0rw2R2E
Speaking of books, has anyone read a book by David Malouf?