Arlo gets his hair cut, 1997. I’m sure I have run this little series of comic strips on the web before, but it’s been a long time. A point of trivia: Arlo had his locks shorn right before the family vacation to the beach, where they discover young Mary Lou in a family way. I have very fine (as in “thin”) uninteresting hair. As a younger man, I wished for a thick mane of hair like the tennis pro Bjorn Borg. From my current perspective, I am grateful to have hair at all.
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Re the question on Patriot’s Day: I’ve heard, from a usually reliable source, that people in Massachusetts have until tomorrow to file their taxes, because of their Commonwealth’s holiday.
Lost in A**2, correct on the tax issue, also applies to Maine.
All: Posted Paul Revere Day, with minimal comment:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35668-george-monbiot-never-ending-growth-cannot-be-sustained-on-a-finite-planet Emailed to me this a.m. from a friend, former student, and BUMC member. One of the many I’m proud of. Peace,
Spacing revised for clarity: All: Posted Paul Revere Day, with minimal comment:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35668-george-monbiot-never-ending-growth-cannot-be-sustained-on-a-finite-planet Emailed to me this a.m. from a friend, former student, and BUMC member. One of the many I’m proud of. Peace,
Debbe, sorry to hear you are having renewed problems. Hope all things resolve for the best soon.
Regarding Tax Day being delayed to today: The holiday last Friday was a local one in the District of Columbia, Emancipation Day, which commemorates president Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in the District on April 16, 1862. It is annually held on April 16, except when that’s a weekend day, then it’s the Friday before. They’ve only been having the holiday for about a decade now, so that’s why Tax Day hasn’t been delayed by it until now.
The other way to calculate when it’ll happen again is to figure when April 15 will be on a Friday.
Things not going so well for mom here either. She has fallen twice in two weeks. Not changing clothes or tending to other personal hygiene as she was telling us she did. Brother has given her notice that if she falls again he is moving her to his house, like it or not. For her, that is a NOT, but it is a safety issue and she seems to be losing capacity to realize how much danger her poor decision-making is putting her in.
“Wish I had found those lost millions of my stepdads funds, I’d move in here permanently.”
Where’s Travis McGee when you need him?
So far my mom’s greatest problem is a sometimes sketchy memory. (No falls, praise the Lord.) I’ve put up lots of reminder notes for her, but the thing she forgets most often is to take her medications. (Can’t help but wonder if that may have less to do with her memory than just being tired of taking meds four times a day.) In any case, I always remind her. Hey, that’s what sons are for, amirite?
Great story, Trucker!
Very sorry to hear your news, Mark/TT…and also about Debbe. I am sure any number of us will be praying for all concerned.
Ghost, you are right. But when the person you are trying to help is actively concealing problems, then the problems begin to snowball. Between us, my brother and I are trying to stop the snowball before it turns into an avalanche.
Took my morning nap, time for lunch. What, Dicken s and I don’t normally get up at 8 a.m. I am getting good at sleeping in clothes, like jeans and a sweater. I left all the plantation shutters open and still dark in house. Off to town.
Mark, it is hard being the parent to your mother. You too Ghost. Yall are good sons. Mark, she isn’t not telling truth, she doesn’t know probably.
Many years ago, someone told me that if the parties live long enough, “The parent becomes the child, and the child becomes the parent.” All too true.
Ghost, an expression I read in some book or other, “Once an adult, twice a child”. I think it is a British saying.
Here’s another British saying I heard first hand, “If you are really, really good you are given a second childhood.”
Toys of your chossing perhaps?
My phone Hal is dead. I actually miss him. Going to New Iberia in search of ATT.
Did HAL sing before he died?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEN5TjYRCE
Jackie, my LG has worked well for nearly 2 1/2 years without problems. This model isn’t available anymore, but perhaps it is typical of LG products?
Hi, Debbie. Good thoughts coming from Arizona.
Nobody’s talking much here. Must be doing their taxes.
I got Hal repaired and a new Otter case in turquoise, added a second line and got a Samsung 7 which I haven’t named yet. Drove to Lafayette where I bought silk azaleas and mixed roses bouquets in hot pinks and spring flowers. Will come back to cemeteries after my lunch of crab cakes and shrimp eggplant dressing in Franklin. I made a lovely female friend, a lawyer Clerk for one of the judges, my daughter’s ages.
We are having lunch out on the porch on Teche, I always meet wonderful people. Of all shades and persuasions.
Shared a love of Primary Colors, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton. We agreed it was wrong to have to vote for the lessor of two weevils.
Going to eat in my favorite art gallery, Blue Dog. I noticed they had a George Rodrigue Memorial Overpass.
Bought myself a Blue Dog cap, more likely than a print even. However, there is an exhibit of his work in New Iberia at museum and an exhibit at the gallery, none for sale. A few limited prints available. I will enjoy exhibits. I have to drive past on way to place flowers in cemetaries.
The Kiss Me I’m Cajun is shown as an unsigned print but certified stamp. I love that little boy.
Not to boast, but I took care of my simple little 1040A and got my refund back in February. I am very slightly tempted to visit the Taco Bell across from the Post Office and smirk at those mailing their returns tonight.
There were three deer behind the house while I ate breakfast yesterday. Three sour cream cake donuts if you’re interested.
I did my return in February, also. Didn’t mail it until today, though, because I “owed” the IRS more money. Just $29, but it was the principle of the thing.
Debbe 😉 Miss you, hon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZRj1Lg8TsM
I wish I could have seen those deer — never see any from my house. The donuts sound good!