Calamity Kris

If it holds it's current path, the eye will pass directly over us as it exits the East coast. Not as bad as the folks on the West coast have it, but not fun. The house is about 8 miles from the coast, as the crow files. We are about as prepared as we can be. We will just watch and wait.

Uno and I went for dinner this evening at a quaint little tavern in a near by town. The place holds maybe 40 people at the most. As we came in the door, there was a large table off to the left that had 5 couples around it. The owner told us sometimes there were only 3 couples, and sometimes there were 7 or 8 but it depended on who was available. This group of folks came every Friday evening for dinner and drinks. They were all locals and I would guess the median age was about 70. There was lots of laughing, joke telling and general camaraderie. One of the gentlemen came to our table to apologize for their loud conversations. We just smiled and said carry on. You're a great bunch to listen to. As they were leaving, the owner came up and gave them all hugs, wishing them a good week. She walked them to the door and invited them back next week. The place became deafeningly quiet at that point. The remaining few patrons seemed saddened by their departure. On the drive home, I mentioned to Uno we need to make more of an effort to stay connected with our friends. Maybe we could organize a Friday evening gathering like that. It would be really sad to let our insanely busy lives get in the way of living.......... He agreed.

I had one of them, in red. Screaming chicken and all. Fun to drive. Would pass anything but gas stations. Had to part with it when the cost of repairs, (needed an engine rebuild) were more than it was worth.

YEP we did. Quite a few years ago, Uno and I went to a Bluegrass festival up at Calico Ghost Town. We were tent camping. A strong storm blew in overnight and the temps dropped like a rock. The wind blew the tent down around us. By morning the water in the cooler had frozen and we were equally as cold. A very nice cowboy had his camper parked nearby and offered us some black coffee in tin cups. We were so cold, we drank it, just to warm up. We were very grateful for the warmth.

Had the same argument with my MIL every Thanksgiving. She insisted on (over) cooking a turkey breast in the oven because our crispy deep fried turkey was "under cooked". I wish I could still have that argument with her.......

No way. They are much cuter than those people.

In memory of Kris Kristofferson.

Katella Deli. Named after the address. Best Matzo Ball soup in the greater LA area, bar none.

I know that place well. Really good pies. We try to stop by there every time we go back, as well as the fabulous Kosher deli down the street from it.

You forgot about our favorite on this side of the state, Ivey.

In memory of the great JD Souther.

Know your bougee, Pat. That's Louis Vuitton. French, not Italian.

I purchased a nice pair of these for the time being. I'll look into wrap arounds when my eyes stabilize more.

To give y'all an update, the first surgery went well. No issues. Second one, not so much. The surgery itself went fine, unfortunately, the anesthesia didn't. I'm a notoriously "hard stick" because i have only one arm available. The prep nurses weren't able to get a vein so they waited for the anesthesia nurse, who is in with the patients during surgery. Well, he couldn't get a vein either so they just wheeled me in without so as to not keep the surgeon waiting. Mind you, my eyes were numb and dilated so I didn't feel a thing. The anesthesia is to calm you and keep you from panicking. I did my best to remain calm knowing it would be over soon but it was difficult. I was close to being in shock by the time it was over. When they released me, we stopped for a quick breakfast then I went home and to bed for the rest of the day. When I mentioned it to the surgeon he said gosh I'm sorry but sometimes it happens. I must have been dehydrated.......... Oh well. It's over and my eyesight is the best it has been in decades. All good. Don't let my bad luck stop anyone from doing it. I would still recommend it and Uno is looking forward to his surgery in the not too distant future.

Same here. I purchased some readers for computer work and such but my distance is excellent.

We tried to see it in the theaters but it left here before we had the chance. We'll have to see it on a streaming service.

Something to get your blood moving this morning.

Speaking of Mark Knopfler....... Features just a few good axe grinders...... Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Richard Bennett, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Brown, James Burton, Jonathan Cain, Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Jim Cox, Steve Cropper, Sheryl Crow, Danny Cummings, Roger Daltrey, Duane Eddy, Sam Fender, Guy Fletcher, Peter Frampton, Audley Freed, Vince Gill, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Keiji Haino, Tony lommi, Joan Jett, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Greg Leisz, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Robbie McIntosh, John McLaughlin, Tom Morello, Rick Nielsen, Orianthi, Brad Paisley, Nile Rodgers, Mike Rutherford, Joe Satriani, John Sebastian, Connor Selby, Slash, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Zak Starkey, Sting, Andy Taylor, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, lan Thomas, Pete Townshend, Keith Urban, Steve Vai, Waddy Wachtel, Joe Louis Walker, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Wood, Glenn Worf, Zucchero Mark Knopfler is a patron of Teenage Cancer Trust. A final, very special thanks to the late, great Jeff Beck.

Here's a great cover and the original....... Carl Perkins

This is right about the Velociraptor stage with GSDs where everything within reach must be chewed on........

I'm sorry. With my poor eyesight, the video is too distorted for me to see. If I were to venture a guess, the woman most often featured is Linda Ronstadt?

Defensive, no. Not my thing. Teasing, however...........🫢