Thanksgiving is on the horizon, and you know what that means, xmas, like the grim reaper, is lurking in the wings, oh joy! The season of forced bonhomie, tacky decorations and an endless loop of holiday songs in every store. It’s enough to make you puke. I don’t understand people who enjoy this time ofContinue reading “carry on jeeves”
Category Archives: grandchildren
camp wa-me-o-lawd-wa-me
Greetings from camp covid here in north carolina! We only have one camper, our grandson jesus. He usually goes to regular camp for about 5 weeks but that is kaput so we are it. Basically, we do it because he desperately needs to be away from his mother, daughter albatross, and exposed to some vagueContinue reading “camp wa-me-o-lawd-wa-me”
mama said there’d be days like this
We are just back from depositing jesus, our daughter albatross’ “miracle child” at the airport for his flight back to cali. On the drive to ATL we stopped at a chicken centric drive through for some food. The OB&C had never been through one and had some difficulty with the concept. There were several carsContinue reading “mama said there’d be days like this”
MJE’s persian carpet
So another year come and gone without much to show for it. Fortunately, I have such very low expectations for myself that merely being awake for a time, then being asleep for a time and repeating that every 24 hours or so is enough. It’s great, I am never disappointed. Although I did just readContinue reading “MJE’s persian carpet”
we’re not quitters we’re campers!
Several summers ago when our granddaughter Apricot was visiting us, the OB&C declared that they should go camping. He cleared a level place in the woods up the hill from the house, built a fire ring, surrounded it with luminous pink plastic “adirondack chairs” (visible from the international space station) and declared it ready forContinue reading “we’re not quitters we’re campers!”
my jaundiced eye 