Welcome to a week of Gene, starting with his 1996 “introduction” to his soon-to-be girlfriend Ruth. Yes, the “other family” within Arlo & Janis is back in the current strip after a lengthy hiatus. I’m glad they’re back. I’ve missed them, as I know many of you have, because you tell me so, sometimes in no-uncertain terms. I deliberately gave them a rest; well, as much as I “deliberately” do anything. This gave me a chance to let some stale old story threads expire and, hopefully, restored my enthusiasm for the coastal crew. This is important, because concentrating on son Gene and his young family really is like drawing a different strip, and a different kind of strip at that. I’m going to talk more about this in the coming posts. I think we’ll have an interesting conversation.
37 responses to “Moment of Ruth”
Oh Gosh, Mindy. What a fine man he must have been, and what a splendid statement of love the procession was. Thank you for letting us know.
Just had a giant plate of those wonderful Texas Gulf shrimp. We did a boil last night with potatoes, corn, onions, garlic, lemons and andoullie sausage. The cocktail sauce was made by the seafood shop and was fresh tomatoes pureed.
We cooked the shrimp along with a batch of New Orleans barbecue shrimp and French bread, all fresh. Tonight was leftover.
Snow, snow, go away. Come again some other decade. What happened to spring?
Freud would have had a field day with the first panel of the retro strip.
Of course, he was kind of warped.
Good morning Villagers….
Oh my, Sandcastler, I hate to read that you’re not well. Pray that with all the follow-up appointments they can find out what’s wrong and fix it. Thought maybe you and Loon were out of the country again…sorry it was in a hospital.
Jackie, I know that part of Texas well, after spending 14 years in Corpus Christi. Have you taken the ferry across from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas? I loved to get out and watch the dolphins follow the ferry. And can you still drive on the island? Spent a many a day out on Padre Isle, Mustang Isle….I’m sure by now it is all grown up with hotels and such.
Nancy….so you noticed Gene’s hair color too…..I just can’t see Gene as a blond.
Steve, that is one thing I like about Lucado’s books, one can read a little and get a bounty of His love for us. I have a couple of his daily devotionals…..need to retrieve one and keep here by my computer and read one daily….yes, that’s it…one of my Easter resolutions….Thanks.
Indy Mindy, when a fellow officer is shot in the line of duty, it’s like losing a member of the family…unfortunately the media likes to turn it into a frenzy.
Good morning Miss Charlotte…..just wanted to say that to you.
Jerry, glad you liked the video…cute, wasn’t it? If you like cats 🙂
Two days in a row, different augers went out…..arrrggghhhhh. And Ian pulled something in his lower back…dragging two augers to the front…no, he couldn’t just pull one and go back and get the other….I think he learned a lesson.
I loved the Patty Duke show.
Ya’ll have a blessed day.
GR 😉 Joel is the ultimate piano man….I have on a CD, songs with piano solos…this is one of them….great intro….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNkMnLD_uE
This could be what’s wrong with TDS….
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8761788672/hF18299E0/
…and Patty Duke’s unforgettable role as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker”
Gal..were you quoting a little bit of Neal Young there 🙂
Debbe… if I were, I did not realize it!
I never mentioned that my mother’s 94 year old sister was not able to attend the services because she was in the hospital with her second broken hip, I’ve been around enough hospital beds lately, but I am scheduled for a battery replacement in early June.
Jerry, didn’t realize you were a Bionic Man.