MizPete

It's been done. Hey! Ben Dunne.

That's for vampires.

NOT in grits. I won't argue about the bacon.

Y'all get all that sweet stuff away from the grits. It just ain't natural.

Sounds a lot like the Carolinas.

One of Dad's first jobs. He was still in high school.

I tell people: if you see me struggling, please throw in a suggestion. Even if it's wrong, it might trigger the right word.

I have nonfluent aphasia - I know exactly what I want to say but the word is vacationing in Outer Slovenia. Drove my mama nuts when it happened to her. And today my daughter (in her 50's) says it happens to her frequently - she's WAY too young.

I smoked 3 packs a day for 20 years. One day (it was Lent, and it was her birthday) The Boss came in & said I'm quitting smoking. I had just bought a carton ($15.00 here in NC - it was the early 90's) and I smoked them down to the last pack. I placed that last pack and my lighter in a kitchen cabinet. I kept that pack for a looooong time but I haven't smoked a cigarette since.

Know what I learned while visiting the British War Museum? I learned Monty did it all by himself. The only American representation was a GI in a parachute rig in a display case with a Japanese soldier.

Love to you both.

ignorance v. apathy - I don't know and I don't care.

Rethinking this. 3 c/be enough. 1) less for you to have to keep up with. 2) A couple of bad shoots could REALLY dilute yr results. You know better than me - you decide. But I am thinking all the shoots should take place within the same calendar year unless you just gotta end in TN. And yes, NC is the last weekend in OCT/1st in NOV & I am no longer a factor there but I can't imagine why they wouldn't want to play.

Save a spot for Pecos Pete & as ever, I'll have $20 cash money in my pocket for you. Don't know if he's gonna make minimum this year b/c I hurt myself. If you go to 9, don't you want to make it 5 out of 9?

Petey's mama's sister had a GSD when he was an infant. The story goes, they would place Petey on a blanket & the GSD would pick him up by his diaper & put him back on the blanket if he tried to crawl off. I think her name was Patsy.

Sam, our friends' boxer, was supposed to stay on his rug by the front door while in the house. My chair was by the fireplace. Sam would creep, as quietly as he possibly could, to the fireplace side of my chair so he could put his head in my lap. I helped him all I could (and relied on him as an outside babysitter. My daughter could go in the yard all she wanted but he kept her out of the street and the driveway. He'd never seen another small child.)

God bless and heal that baby. Candle lit to St Luke.

OSDR some puppies. CMPN?

bad habit

You gonna be with me on Wed/Thurs, right?

My ex-boss & BFF Sherrie ALMOST graduated from UT. Left to get married (don't EVEN). Finished later when we were together & she sent me kicking & screaming back into academia.

Layin' low

Y'all quit. That Taurus ran like a scalded dawg except for that transmission.

Thanks, Tommy. You know, I had always assumed these kids picked their own groups. Wrong. Berklee assigned them without a lot of warning (about 2 weeks) and the kids were expected to adapt and perform. And they totally did. You know the best part? The person presenting the outstanding student award said some nice things about the recipient & then when he said 'talented cellist from NC' we (family) knew and so did the room - it went ballistic. So good to know his peers appreciate him as much as we do. You know the very best part? He looks so happy when he plays with these people.

Please, back to page 1. Just returned from a magical trip with family to Boston to see Grandson #2 (Peter Sumner cello on u-tube) awarded a Master of Music degree via Berklee College of Music's Global Jazz Institute, complete with being granted the Matt Marvuglio Outstanding Student award. If you are jazz-oriented, you can access their Masters' Commencement Concert via berkleeboston/albums. There were four ensembles; the first two presenting (amber & silver) were a bit "out there" for my baroque taste..... The first 3 ensembles presented 2 numbers; the fourth (Peter's, of course) presented 3, ending with his composition, Citizens United, to shut the house down. AND, the next day after the degree presentations, before we left the reception, Peter got a phone call with the offer of a 3-month tour - a REAL JOB OFFER! Are we proud? Just a little bit.