In Indiana, we may be huddled around the grill for warmth this year, given the ups and downs of the temperatures in the past week!
Starting the morning with a mug of cold milk and fresh baked (warm) chocolate chip cookies! An event made possible by Don (my Schwann's guy) who showed up Thursday afternoon with a frozen box of chocolate chip cookie dough rounds and a smile. Evil.
Right up there with the girl scouts and their boxed temptations.
Happiness is a cold mug of milk and fresh baked cookies!
A step in the right direction as the BSA have made the decision to "allow" gay scouts". Helpful hint...there have always been gay scouts...the new ruling just means that they won't be openly discriminated against or hopefully made feel like outcasts now. And proving that they are missing THE POINT entirely...they are continuing the ban on Gay Scout Leaders...although apparently Paedophiles are still welcome...not unlike the Catholic Church...to apply and serve. Get a clue, people.
Shaking my head.
Proud of MJ and Brenda today. Two of my DS sisters. Check out the interview they shared about our group and Gatherings with the Twin Cities News Live:
http://twincitieslive.com/article/stories/s3042115.shtml?cat=10692
The PA Gathering has snowballed into a huge event. We've even extended invitations to Oprah and Ellen...lol. We're 115 strong, these days. And pleased to announce that Darleen's "Bring a Brit To The States" campaign was a huge success and Dave will indeed be winging his way "across the pond" in August!
Rumours that STAN...whisked away since The Cruise by Lillian (she has been keeping him "Chicago-style"...in her trunk) will also be making the rounds.
Probably still pining for that Canadian Hussy, LuAnn. She is also coming in August :)
Can't wait!
Anticipating the September release of Stephen King's- Dr. Sleep, but for now have both of his sons (Joe Hill...his full name Joseph Hillstrom King...and Owen King's) new releases in queue. Hill's latest offering NOS4A2- (nosferatu...get it?) and Owen King's debut novel Double Feature. I love Hill's writing and am looking forward to seeing what Owen King has to offer!
This week's book. Rather dismal. Finished Kurt Vonnegut: Letters. Edited by Dan Wakefield. Basically a compilation of letters written by Kurt Vonnegut to various individuals through his life. Perhaps this would have been a more interesting read if the correspondence would have included the various responses...but my gut feeling is that it would have made very little difference.
My initial thoughts?
What if the minutia of your life's correspondence (anyone's) were on display for all the world to read. Included in this collection were some fairly revealing and painful letters to his daughter Nan...who never quite forgave him for his divorce and much later remarriage. So maybe the question isn't whether or not this book should be read...but whether it should have been written/published/revealed at all. I have read several post-humus Vonnegut pieces in the years since his demise. Some by ersatz friends...one by a long ago lover.
All uniformly bad.
Perhaps it is time to enjoy the Vonnegut that was
...and let Kurt
"repose en pace"
So there is chicken to BBQ, corn to roast, sweet potatoes to mash and salad to toss. Chris has a Memorial Day gig lined up at the lake...and I am working on the second manuscript in the Zen Living series today. Life is good!
Taking a moment of silent gratitude for those who have served...stood in harm's way for the freedoms we so often take for granted. And a special nod to my dad. My grandfather who raised me...and served overseas in WWII. The European Tour. And I would say if it weren't for you...and guys like you...I would be speaking German today...except you came home from the war and years later- you taught me German- anyway...go figure.
"Ich leibst du- auf Jeden Fall"
1923-2004
Dad
