A VERY SMALL MODIFICATION TO MY BEHAVIOR

                              Now what would that be?  Sleeping until 9:30?   Giving up writing only in capital letters?  Not wearing my fat girl jeans?  Bowling?  Taking me my blood tests as prescribed by the doctor?  Just doing it?  Zealously supporting a cause?  Whatever it is -It's all I need to get by!

DA KINE
                       DA KINE
                                                    MAHALO
                                                                          MAHALO
                                                                                                ALOHA

BREVARD ZOO

                                                                                                         ALOHA

ODD

ODD FELLOW

                                   Even when you're odd, you're even more odd than even you're more odd than even.   Oddly enough no one cares even you.  Eventually odd overcomes even.  Unless your name is Steven.  Then you can't escape Even Steven.  Of course Todd is odd too.  One is the loneliest odd number you can ever do.  Two being even is fine but three oddly is a crowd.  What is a prime number, a radical and a hypotenuse? 

BEFORE

                                  BEFORE I DIE, I WANT TO......
                                             
                       LIVE
                               LIVE
                                        'TIL I DIE.
                        I WANT TO SHOUT HOORAY
                        KEEP SHOUTING EVERYDAY
                                   
                               I WANT TO LIVE
                                                          LIVE
                                                               LIVE
                                                                      'TIL
                                                                            I
                                                                                 DIE.

KEY WEST CAMPING TRIP

I'VE BEEN TO PARIS AND ROME.   I'VE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ON A CRUISE SHIP.  I'VE BEEN TO ALL 50 STATES.  I CLIMBED MT. KATADHIN (EXCEPT FOR THE KNIFE EDGE).  I  HONEYMOONED IN BERMUDA.   I WORKED FOR 34 YEARS AND NOW LIVE OFF THAT RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS. 
                                   I DO WANT TO GO TO GREECE.  I PLAN TO RETURN TO PARIS THIS SPRING-APRIL IN PARIS.  IT'S VERY DO ABLE BECAUSE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.  THE ONLY THING HOLDING ME BACK FROM DOING IT ALL IS FEAR ITSELF.  IT'S A FEAR OF BLACKING OUT WHILE DRIVING.  I FEEL LIKE THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS,LONG TRIPS, OR ON BRIDGES.   I HAVE TO GET MY BLOOD TESTS DONE.  I LOST  THE PRESCRIPTION FOR THEM.  I FOUND IT RECENTLY.   I'LL DO IT MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH.
                                      NOW THAT'S A START.  
THIS WEEKEND I PLAN TO SEE TUNA CHRISTMAS AT THE TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE,THE TITUSVILLE CHRISTMAS PARADE (WHERE THE SONS OF THE CONFEDERACY FLOAT SHOOTS A CANNON AT HE GOSPEL SINGERS FLOAT IN FRONT OF THEM)  AND THE LA CITA CHRISTMAS ON THE GREEN (WHERE SANTA FLIES IN ON A HELICOPTER AND LANDS ON THE 18TH GREEN).
                          I'VE GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO.  I HAVE PEOPLE TO MEET.  PEOPLE TO GREET.   I SAY TO THE SUN:  GOOD MORNING SUN .  HAVE A HAPPY DAY!                        

MUM'S THE WORD

                                  MY HOROSCOPE SAYS CAN IT.  KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.  MY ANXIETY IS EASING.  WHAT ANXIETY?  I'M RICH,BEAUTIFUL,CHARMING AND MODEST.  HOW COULD I BE ANXIOUS?
                                    MAYBE THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN WRITING EACH MORNING LIKE JULIA CAMERON TELLS YOU TO DO IN"THE ARTIST'S WAY."  SHE'S MARTIN SCORSESE'S EX-WIFE.  SHE'S HAD A FEW NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS,SO MAYBE I DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW HER ADVICE RELIGIOUSLY.
                                      JULIA CAMERON WAS FRUSTRATED THAT SCORCESE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AND CREATIVE AND SHE WASN'T.  I BET SHE LIKED "HUGO" SCORCESE'S LATEST FILM  WHICH IS AN ELEGY TO PARIS AND EARLY FRENCH FILM.  IT IS HIS MOST CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE WORK WRITTEN BY JONATHAN LOGAN.
                                      MY SOLITARY ART CAREER SEEMED TO SET ME OFF OR MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING I ATE OR A SPIDER BITE.  SOMETHING PUT ME INTO A FUNK.  TWO DAYS AT THE BEACH HELPED ME RECOVER.   I GUESS IT WAS AGORAPHOBIA-THAT'S A FEAR OF STAYING HOME.  ANGORAPHOBIA IS A FEAR OF FUZZY SWEATERS.  WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN FLORIDA USUALLY BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS WARM.

ROOM WITH A VIEW

                                          I'M AT MY NEW WRITING DESK WITH A VIEW OF THE SIXTH FAIRWAY.  I ALWAYS WANTED A DESK BY THE WINDOW IN THE MASTER BEDROOM SO I COULD WRITE.  IT'S TAKEN ME THREE YEARS TO SET THAT UP.  MY HUSBAND SLEEPS LATE SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO WRITE UP HERE IN THE MORNING.  SO JULIA I GUESS I'LL BECOME AN AFTERNOON WRITER. 
                                        MY FRENCH STATION FROM MIMS,FLORIDA IS ON THE RADIO.  THEY PLAY THE SAME SONGS OVER AND OVER.  CHARLES AZNEVOUR'S "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY" AND "OH AFRICA"  ARE PLAYED DAILY.  BUT THE STATION HELPS ME REMEMBER MY FRENCH VOCABULARY FROM MY MASTERS DEGREE IN THE 1960'S.  OOH LA-LA CA C'EST UNE HISTOIRE ANCIENNE.

6 A.M.

Sunrise over the Indian River in Titusville,FL

CANAVERAL BEACH

Titusville will rise again

                                 IN 37 MINUTES,IT WILL BE SUNRISE.  THE SUNSETS AT 5:35 P.M..  YESTERDAY WE WENT TO CAPE CANAVERAL BEACH AND SAW THE GRAND FINALE OF THE COCOA BEACH AIR SHOW.  SIX FIGHTER JETS TOOK OFF FROM THE CANAVERAL AIR STATION AND FLEW RIGHT OVER THE BEACH.  IT WAS VERY EXCITING AND INCREDIBLY LOUD.  THE OCEAN WAS GORGEOUS A 2 PM AFTER OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL AND A RED SNAPPER SANDWICH AT BAJA FISH HOUSE IN PORT CANAVERAL.  NEXT WE HEADED TO LOOK AT A 962 REMODELED SMALL HOUSE ON A CNAL OFF THE BANANA RIVER ON COQUINA DR. OFF BANANA RIVER ROAD.
                              AFTER THAT WE WENT TO COCOA VILLAGE WHICH WAS CHARMING AND COLORFUL.  IT STARTED TO RAIN.  I SAW A FULL ARC RAINBOW OVER THE BANANA RIVER POINTING STRAIGHT ONTO THE HOUSE THAT WE TOURED EARLIER.  WE HAD COFFEE IN THE CORNER COFFEE SHOP WHICH SERVES FRESH BAKED CROISSANTS EVERY DAY AT 11 AM.  IT'S A FRENCH BAKERY, COFFEE SHOP AND WOOD FIRED PIZZERIA.
                             ON SATURDAY NIGHT, I WENT TO THE TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE AND SAW A SUPERB PRODUCTION OF "CHICAGO."  THE LEADS WERE GREAT.  THE LAWYER MANAGES THE IRISH PUB AND CRACKER JACK'S RESTAURANTS IN TITUSVILLE.  HE HAD A GREAT VOICE AND I HOPE DOES A FEW IRISH TENOR SONGS NIGHTLY AT THE PUB.  ONE OF THE FEMALE LEADS JUST GRADUATED AS A TOP PERFORMER AT UCF AND THE OTHER WAS IN ACTING SCHOOL AT ROLLINS COLLEGE.  THE THEATER MANAGER IS A POWERHOUSE EMCEE WHO PROJECTS JOY AND FRIVOLITY.
                                 THE RESTORED DOWNTOWN IN TITUSVILLE IS COMING ALONG AS AN ART,RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.  IT WILL SOON RIVAL BOTH COCOA VILLAGE AND MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN.  THE SUNRISE BAKERY AND COFFEE SHOP, CHOPS,KLOIBERS CORNER AND CHOCOLAT RESTAURANTS ARE ALL EXCELLENT.  HE PRITCHARD HOUSE NEARBY NOW HAS A PUBLIC GARDEN OUTSIDE.  IT IS THE RESTORED HOME OF ONE OF TITUSVILLE'S FIRST PROMINENT CITIZENS IN THE 1890'S.

6TH HOLE -TITUSVILLE,FL

                                    SO HANG ONTO YOUR  CONFEDERATE DOLLARS, TITUSVILLE WILL RISE AGAIN.

WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS,MEN AREN'T FROM MARS

SIXTH HOLE= NOT THE BRONX

                          AT LEAST MY HUSBAND IS NOT FROM MARS.  HE'S FROM PLUTO OR PERHAPS URANUS.    I SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUYING A CLASSY TOWNHOUSE ON THE SIXTH GREEN OF A COUNTRY CLUB WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS FROM EVERY WINDOW.  HE HUNG YANKEE TEE SHIRTS FROM THE BALCONY FOR THE PLAYOFFS.  I SPENT MORE THAN $1000  ON NEW MAHOGANY FURNITURE.  HE HAS HIS GAME BOY,COMPUTER AND FIVE THOUSAND WIRES CONNECTED IN  THE LIVING ROOM.

YOU CAN TAKE A MAN OUT OF THE BRONX, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BRONX OUT OF THE MAN.    THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM SUITE HAS FRONT AND BACK GORGEOUS VIEWS OF THE 4TH,6TH AND SEVENTH HOLES WITH LAKES, PALM TREES, SUNRISES AND SUNSETS.  MY PLUTO ORIGINATED HUSBAND  HANGS A POSTER OF THE SUBWAYS PLATFORM AT SUNSET NEAR YANKEE STADIUM ON THE WALL.

MAN FROM PLUTO AND BEYOND

SO VENUS GODDESS OF LOVE THAT YOU ARE,TRANSFORM THIS FROG INTO A PRINCE BEFORE I THROW MY GLASS SLIPPER STRAIGHT AT THE NY YANKEE HAT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD.  IT WON'T BE A SLIDER OR CURVE BALL.  IT WILL BE A 98MPH SPLIT FINGERED FAST BALL RIGHT AT HIS SCHNOZZOLE.  BATTING PRACTICE ANYONE?

FURNITURE DISEASE

                              YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT WHEN YOU DEVELOP FURNITURE DISEASE.  THAT'S WHEN YOUR CHEST FALLS ONTO YOUR DRAWERS.  THEN IT'S TIME FOR PUSH UPS AND SIT UPS PLUS LESS CALORIES AND A RUN AROUND THE BLOCK EVERY DAY.  OTHERWISE YOU'LL DEVELOP AN EVEN WORSE PROBLEM-LINGERIE DISEASE.  THAT 'S WHEN YOUR PANTYHOSE WON'T FIT ABOVE YOUR ANKLES.

WWJD?

                                  IT'S AN EPIDEMIC IN THE USA WHILE HALF THE WORLD IS STARVING TO DEATH.  WE EAT TOO  MUCH AND DO TOO LITTLE.  THEY WALK ACROSS THEIR COUNTRY WITH LITTLE CHILDREN IN TOW TO GET FOOD AT THE RELIEF CAMPS ON THE BORDER.  WHAT'S THE SOLUTION?  TITHING-REPUBLICANS LOVE THAT.  THEY DON'T WANT TAXES BUT THEY DON'T MIND GIVING 10 PERCENT  OF THEIR EARNINGS TO THE LOCAL EVANGELIST OR CHURCH OF THE LADDER DAY SAINTS(GET THE PUN?).    OTHERWISE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS CONSIDERED COMMUNISM.
                           SO BRING BACK TITHING.  CATHOLIC CHURCH BINGO GAMES ARE JUST  NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE THE WORLD'S POOR.  ALSO IF AMERICANS VOLUNTARILY GAVE AWAY  A  LITTLE,MAYBE THEIR WAISTLINES WOULD GET SLIMMER.
                                  NOW THAT I THINK OF IT, IT'S LIKE HERMAN CAIN'S 999 PLAN OR IS THAT 666?  UH OH HOW DID THE DEVIL GET INTO A DISCUSSION ON WEIGHT LOSS AND TITHING?  ONLY THE GODFATHER PIZZA CEO FRONTING FOR THE MOB WOULD KNOW THAT?

BEACHES

                       WE BIKED AROUND THE BLOCK AFTER BAGELS FOR BREAKFAST.  THEN WE HAD LUNCH AND WERE OFF TO THE CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE AND IT'S 25 MILES OF UNSPOILED BEACH NEXT TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.  IT'S A 6  MILE DRIVE FROM BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA ON THE SPACE COAST.  THE WATER WAS TOURQUOISE AND ROLLING IN BEAUTIFULLY WITH 2 FT. WAVES.  THE WATER WAS 78 BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME NIGHTS IN THE 50'S.  THERE WAS NOT ONE CLOUD IN THE BLUE SKY.  WE STAYED ONE HOUR.  BILL SWAM IN THE OCEAN AND I WALKED ON THE BEACH. 

ROLLER COASTER OF LOVE

                       WHEN WE ARRIVED HOME I MADE A SALAD AND BILL MADE FIVE GRAIN PIZZA WITH TOMATOES,MUSHROOMS AND MOZZARELLA CHEESE.  IT WAS STUPENDOUS.  HE BUYS THE DOUGH AT PUBLIX AND BAKES IT ON A PIZZA STONE AT 450 DEGREES.  THEN A DIABETIC COMA SET IN AFTER A WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TEN SMALL HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE BARS.  WSE'RE SEMI WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES.  ALBERT PUJOLS HIT 3 HOME RUNS YESTERDAY,

12th House of Secrets

VISITING THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR CENTER IS A BLAST FROM THE PAST

                                          EVEN I DON'T KNOW THE SECRET AND SHOULDN'T WASTE TIME TRYING TO UNCOVER IT.  I MUST BE PATIENT AND IT WILL ALL APPEAR.  HMMM!  SO SAYS RICK LEVINE MY GOOGLE HOROSCOPE GURU.  HMMMM!   MYSTERIOUS!

                                             SO I WENT TO FREE BREVARD COUNTY RESIDENT WEEKEND AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR CENTER.  IT WAS LIKE A TIME WARP WHEN YOU GOT TO THE SATURN ROCKET BUILDING.  AS YOU WAITED TO ENTER 60'S MUSIC PLAYED AND AN ELECTIC NEWS LINE SCROLLED ABOVE THE DOOR REMINDING US WHAT OCCURRED IN 1968.  INSIDE WAS THE MASSIVE SATURN ROCKET LYING ON ITS SIDE THAT BLASTED TO THE MOON IN DECEMBER 21ST,1968, A WHITE CORVETTE USED BY THE ASTRONAUTS COURTESY OF JIM RATHMAN'S CHEVROLET IN MELBOURNE(HE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500) AND A FLAT,BLACK MOON ROCK THAT YOU CAN TOUCH THE SIZE OF A SNALL SEASHELL. 
                                             IT WAS ALL A BLAST FROM THE PAST.  JACUZZI MADE HIS TUBS IN 1968.  WHAT IF HIS NAME HAD LIPSCHITZ?   THEY DIDN'T MENTION HUNDREDS DYING IN VIET NAM OR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND BOBBY KENNEDY BEING SHOT.  INSIDE THEY SHOWED THAT PLUS THE BLACK POWER SALUTE BY THE WINNING US RUNNERS AT THE 1968 OLYMPICS. 
                                              OUTSIDE MEMORIES FLASHED IN RED FLASHED ABOVE THE LARGE ENTRANCE DOOR LIKE IN THE WIZARD OF OZ.  THERE WAS OLIVER ,THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING MOVIE,THE BEGINNING OF 60 MINUTES, AND THE FIRST AIRBAG IN A CHRYSLER.  ALL THE MEMORIES HAVE RECEDED AGAIN.  THAT'S ALL I CAN REMEMBER.  A POIGNANT MOMENT AT KSC WAS GENE CERNAN TELLING ABOUT BLASTING OFF THROUGH A FULL RAINBOW OVER THE LAUNCH PAD AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.  HIS FAVORITE SONG IS "OVER THE RAINBOW"  WHICH THEY'D PLAYED AS WAKE UP MUSIC THAT DAY. 
                                          IT WAS FREE .  THE BUS TOOK YOU TO SEE THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING AND THE LAUNCH PADS.  ONE IS STILL INTACT BUT THE OTHER HAS BEEN DISMANTLED AND READY TO BE REPLACED WITH A HEAVY LIFT ROCKET PAD.  THE ONE BUILT FOR THE DISCONTINUED ORION LAUNCHES STOOD BY THE VAB AND WILL BE USED FOR THE NEW HEAVY LIFT ROCKETS TO BE TESTED IN 2013 AT KSC.

THE LAUNCH PAD IS EMPTY NOW.  ATLANTIS IN JULY 2011 WAS THE LAST SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH

                                           THE WEATHER WAS COOL,CLEAR,CRISP AND SUNNY.  YOU COULD EASILY WALK AROUND THE ROCKET GARDEN AND VISITOR CENTER GROUNDS WITH NO SWEAT.  TWO WEEKS AGO IF YOU LIFTED A PINKY IN THE NOON DAY SUN, SWEAT WOULD POUR OFF YOU.  MEET THE ASTRONAUT WAS EXCELLENT.  MIKE LEE WHO WENT FROM A ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE IN MICHIGAN TO MIT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER IN THE 80'S WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.  HE WATCHED ALLAN SHEPARD  CIRCLE THE EARTH FROM SPACE IN 1961 IN THAT ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE ON A BLACK AND WHITE TV WITH A COAT HANGER AS AN ANTENNNA.  BUT IT INSPIRED HIM TO READ 200 BOOKS ABOUT SPACE AND LATER BLAST OFF FROM KSC IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE.

FIFTH HOUSE OF CREATIVITY

                                  MY SUN IS IN AN ARTISTIC MOOD.  A FIFTH HOUSE OF CREATIVITY SOUNDS HIGH.  I'M OFF TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR FREE VISITORS WEEKEND.  I GO EVERY YEAR.  THEY HAVE AN IMAX THEATER WITH MOVIES ABOUT SPACE. A SPACE SHUTTLE BLAST OFF SIMULATOR, AND ATLAS ROCKET FROM THE MOON BLASTS THAT YOU CAN WALK UNER AND A BUS TOUR OF THE KSC LAUNCH FACILITIES.  ALL IS DORMANT NOW EXCEPT FOR LAUNCH PAD CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL LATE 2013 WHEN GIGANTIC MARS ROCKET WILL BE TESTED.

                                 TOMORROW WILL BE MORE ARTISITIC WHEN WE GO TO VIERA TO SEE THE SAND SCULPTURES AT THE STADIUM PLUS BROOKLYN PIZZA.  MAYBE WE'LL GET TO SATELLITE BEACH.  IT'S JUST OVER THE RIVER.

MORNING IS BREAKING

MARTHA'S VINEYARD LAST SUMMER

BROWN

                     I GREW UP IN A WITHERED BROWN SHINGLE HOUSE.  AS AN ADULT I BOUGHT IT AND PAINTED IT RICHMOND BISQUE.  I SOLD IT AND MOVED INTO ANOTHER BROWN SHINGLE HOUSE.  IT WAS QUITE WEATHERED TOO.  I SOLD IT AND EVENTUALLY BOUGHT A HOUSE IN CAPE COD WITH BROWN TRIM INSIDE AND OUT.  I PAINTED IT CAPE COD GRAY(WHICH IS RICHMOND BISQUE) AND KEPT THE BROWN TRIM INSIDE.  THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN HAD DARK TRIM INSIDE.  I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN FLORIDA WHICH HAS BROWN TILE AND FIREPLACE TILE.  I REPLACED THE DIRTY STAINED WHITE CARPET WITH BROWN.  IT HAS BEIGE WALLS WHICH I KEPT.
                      SO I'M BEING FOLLOWED BY BROWN MY WHOLE LIFE.  WHAT HAS BROWN DONE FOR YOU LATELY?  MY FLORIDA HOUSE HAS LOTS OF WHITE TOO IN THE TRIM AND LIVING ROOM TILE.  WE HAVE WHITE WICKER FURNITURE AND WHITE CORIAN COUNTER TOPS.  THE CABINETS ARE BROWN WOOD.  UPSTAIRS WE HAVE A BROWN TILED JACUZZI IN THE MASTER BATHROOM AND BROWN CARPET AND A BROWN LEOPARD BEDSPREAD IN THE MASTER BEDROOM.   OF COURSE EVERYONE WANTS HARDWOOD FLOORS.  THAT'S A CURRENT BROWN TREND.
                        I EVEN PUT A BROWN CARPET IN MY POOL HOME THAT I'M RENTING OUT.  IT WAS THAT OR HARDWOOD FLOORS.  THE WALLS ARE MOCHA CREAM AND HEALTHY GLOW WHICH IS LIKE A ROSY TAN.   THAT HOUSE USED TO BE PINK AND STILL PARTIALLY IS WITH SUN WASHED PINK WALLS IN THE LIVING ROOM.  I REPLACED THE STAINED PINK CARPET WITH BROWN OF COURSE. 
                            BROWN IS IT FOR NOW IN MY LIFE.   I CAN'T GET AWAY.  AT LEAST I DIDN'T MARRY MR. BROWN OR WORK FOR UPS.  BROWN SOUNDS BETTER IF YOU CALL IT CHOCOLATE AND TASTES BETTER TOO.  SO IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA, CHOOSE BROWN.  

OCTOBER 11,2011

                       IT WAS 87 DEGREES YESTERDAY IN BOSTON AND ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND.   IT WAS HOT,HOT,HOT INCLUDING CAPE COD.  STILL THE PLAYOFFS IN TEXAS WERE POSTPONED UN TIL 4PM TODAY BECAUSE OF RAIN.  WE BEACHED ON FALMOUTH HEIGHTS LISTENING TO THE LENNONFEST ON JOHN'S 1ST BIRTHDAY AT THE BBC(BRITISH BEER CO.).  IT WAS QUITE LEGUBRIOUS BECAUSE ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE AND 87 DEGREES IN MID-OCTOBER AT THE BEACH.       
                       THE FLOWERS ARE STILL BLOOMING.   THERE'S BEEN NO FROST.  WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE A FIRE IN THE FIREPLACE.  IT IS TOO HOT.   WE ARE HEADING TO FLORIDA WHERE LIKE TEXAS,IT IS RAINING LIKE CRAZY.  THIS TRIP IS ALL BECAUE WE WANT TO WATCH THE WORLD SERIES THERE.  BUT NOW IT'S TEXAS OR DETROIT VS. MILWAUKEE OR ST. LOUIS.   OY VEY!
                         SPEAKING OF FLOWERS, I WENT TO THE PALETTES AND FLOWERS EXHIBIT AT THE FALMOUTH ART CENTER.  BOTH THE PAINTINGS AND FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WERE GREAT.  THE MOST AMAZING ART WAS 3D PAINTINGS THAT SORT OF LOOKED LIKE PAINTINGS ON VELVET.  I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT'S DONE.  THE ARTIST DIDN'T OR WOULDN'T SAY.  THERE WAS BRIE,PINEAPPLE,STRAWBERRIES AND WATERMELON PLUS CHOCOLATE COOKIES AND CANDIES AS REFRESHMENTS.  IT WAS COMBINED SHOW BY THE ART CENTER AND FALMOUTH GARDEN CLUB.
                            OH I FORGOT THAT TODAY I HAVE TO GO TO HIGHFIELD FOR A NEW ART EXHIBIT.  TOUGH LIFE EH?  THIS PACKING,TRAVEL,CLOSING UP A HOUSE AND A LACADAISICAL HUSBAND WHO IS ALWAYS ON A DIFFERENT PAGE IS THE ONLY WRINKLE.  WHAT ELSE IS NEW?  HE SITS BACK AND LET'S OTHERS DO EVERYTHING.  HE MAKES A FEDERAL CASE IF HE EVER HAS TO HELP.  HE'S A SELFISH,SELF-CONCERNED,SELF-INVOLVED TWIT.

IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON

                           THE WAXING GIBBOUS IS 98% FULL.  THE FULL MOON ALWAYS SIGNALS FINANCIAL UNDETAKINGS FOR ME.  UH OH!  WHEN IS IT?  TOMORROW?

DR. OZ FOR THE NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE

                       FOR 25 YEARS, I'VE TOLD MY HUSBAND TO PUT DOWN THE TOILET SEAT.  HE NEVER DID.  OUR BATHROOM ISIN THE HALL.  WHEN YOU'D WALK BY THE BATHROOM,YOU'D SEE THE NAKED TOILET.  WE'D HAVE COMPANY STAYING OVER AND THEY'D SEE THE NAKED TOILET.  HUBBY WOULD NOT PUT HE SEAT DOWN EVEN WHEN I PUT MY FOOT DOWN.  ALL THE KING'S HORSES AND ALL THE KING'S MEN COULDN'T GET MY REPROBATE HUSBAND TO PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN.

EXCEPT DR. OZ ON ABC.  ONE DETAILED EXPLANATIKON FROM THE GOOD DOCTOR ABOUT HOW BACTERIA SPRAYS ALL OVER YOUR BATHROOM WHEN YOU FLUSH CONVINCED MY OBTUSE HUSBAND TO PUT THE SEAT DOWN AND THE LID TOO.   DR. OZ SAYS THE BACTERIA(ECOLI) GETS ON YOUR TOOTHBRUSH ETC..  HE DOES NOT TELL YOU THAT BLACK MOLD BUILDS UP IN YOUR TOILET FASTER WITH THE LID DOWN.  BUT AT LEAST WHEN I NOW WALK PAST MY BATHROOM, I DON'T SEE THE NAKED TOILET WITH ALL ITS YUCKINESS EXPOSED.  NEXT HOPEFULLY THE GOOD DOCTOR WILL WORK HIS OZ MAGIC AND MAKE HUBBY CLOSE THE BATHROOM DOOR AND PICK HIS SOILED ECOLI RIDDEN STAINED UNDER WEAR OFF THE FLOOR. 

SO IT'S THE OZ FOR THE NOBEL IN MEDICINE AND THE PEACE PRIZE TOO.  WE NO LONGER HAVE TO FIGHT OVER THE TOILET SEAT BEING UP OR DOWN.  THANK YOU DR. OZ

FULL MOON

                       THE MOON IS 89% FULL NOW.  I GUESS IT'S THE HARVEST MOON SHINING FOR ME AND MY GUY.  WHICH REMINDS ME:  I AIN'T HAD NO LOVING SINCE JANUARY,FEBRUARY,JUNE OR JULY.  BUT THE POINT OF THIS MOONSTRUCK DISSERTATION IS:  FULL MOONS =MONEY DECISIONS FOR ME.  MY GURU RICK LEVINE SAYS I MAY SEEM WISHY WASHY BUT I KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS  SO JOE FRIDAY RICK IS NOT.  HE SAYS FORGET THE FACTS, GO WITH YOUR INTUITION.  I'LL BE RIGHT.  I DON'T KNOW IF RICK REALLY KNOWS ME.              
                            NOVEMBER IS WHEN I MAKE ALL MONUMENTAL MONEY DECISIONS.  IN LAY OF THE LAND BY RICHARD FORD, HE SAYS WE BUY REAL ESTATE AT THANKSGIVING TO COMPENSATE FOR SOCIAL DEFICIENCIES IN OUR LIVES SUCH AS NO ONE WHO WILL EAT A TURKEY LEG WITH US ON T-DAY OR PREFERRING A SOUP KITCHEN TO BEING WITH YOUR RELATIVES. 
                            As they say in Brian Friel's Philadelphia Here I Come:  AMERICA IS A VAST RESTLESS PLACE -FULL OF IMPERMANENCE AND ANONMITY-AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
                             SO IT'S:  FLORIDA HERE I COME!  DAMN THE TORPEDOES,FULL SPEED AHEAD.  RICK LEVINE ,MY HOROSCOPE GURU SAYS :  THE NOSE KNOWS,GO FOR IT.  RICK, RICK -YOU'VE GO TO HELP ME-TO QUOTE WITHOUT Capitals or Quotation Marks CASABLANCA.
                                HEY NOW THOSE ARE HARD DECISIONS.  BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE PARIS.    THESE RAMBLINGS ARE WHAT RICK SAYS IS THE VOICE OF A LIBRAN WOMAN WITH GREAT INTUITIVE DECISION MAKING POWERS.  THAT'S ONE WEEK BEFORE MY 67TH BIRTHDAY.

YOU CUT THE TURKEY?

                            RICK,RICK-YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME!

IGNORE SELF DOUBT

RICK LEVINE,HOROSCOPE SAGE

         I COULD LAND IN  A FUNK TODAY SAYS RICK LEVINE MY GYPSY HOROSCOPE SAGE.  HE SAYS I AM WORRYING UNNECESSARILY.  DON'T WORRY.  BE HAPPY. 

DO CHORES,PLAY LATER

   MY FIRST CHORE IS TO BRING MY CASINO WINNINGS TO THE BANK.  TOUGH LIFE EH?  I'D HAVE MORE BUT A MINI-JACKPOT WASN'T ENOUGH,$1000 WASN'T ENOUGH,AND $11OO WASN'T ENOUGH.  I LOST SOME BUT NOT ALL TRYING TO WIN $25,000 OR $75,000.  LUCKKILY I STASHED MOST OF MY JACKPOT IN THE ROOM AND LATER THE CAR.  I JUST USED A LITTLE.  WE DDI TWO NIGHTS FREE AT THE MGM GRAND.  I'M QUALIFIED FOR IT EVERY WEEK.  WE DID GET FREE MEALS AT JUNIOR PLUS CHEESECAKE TO TAKE HOME.  WE DID GET A $75 DINNER FOR MY BIRTHDAY AT THE CRAFT STEAKHOUSE WHICH WAS QUITE GOURMET WITH A TINY SALAD,MINI HORS D'OEUVRES,MINISCULE POTATOES AND RAVIOLI THE SIZE OF A POSTAGE STAMP PLUS A PERFECT FILET MIGNON AND A BRANDIED PEACH CAKE PLUS ICE CREAM FOR DESSERT.  IT WAS VERY RECHERCHE WITH SURPRISING INGREDIENTS AND TASTES BUT A DELICIOUS PRIX FIXE FOR $45 EACH.  JUNIORS WAS INCREDIBLY GOOD WITH GREAT CORNED BEEF HASH,PASTRAMI.BLINTZES,BAGELS AND CHEESECAKE.  THEIR MOTTO IS ALL YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT.
UNFORTUNATELY I WILL HAVE TO GET ONE OF THOSE STOMACH BAMDS INSEDRTED TO COUNTERACT ALL THIS FOOD.  WE ATE LIKE CRAZY IN WHITE PLAINS AT OUR FRIENDS.  SHE MADE ARTHUR AVENUE BACALAGIA'S RAVIOLI AND TUTTOROSA SAUCE PLUS HOMEMADE RICOTTA CHEESE CAKE(THERE'S ANOTHER KIND?) AND MEATBALLS AND PORK CHOPS.  AT MARIO'S ON ARTHUR AVENUE IN THE BRONX WE HAD PIZZA,SUFFED CLAMS,ANTIPASTO,LINGUINE WITH CLAM SAUCE,VEAL AND EGGPLANT SORRENTINI PLUS MINI CANOLIS AT BILL'S FORDHAM PREP MINI-45TH REUNION.  WE WENT TO THE BRONX BOTANIICAL GARDENS TO SEE THEIR PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN WALK.  THE PUMPKINS SHAPED LIKED CATERPILLARS WERE ARTIFICIAL.  AMAZING.  BUT STILL IT WAS GREAT PLUS THE JAPANESE MUMS IN THE CONSERVATORY.  IN WESTCHESTER I TOURED MY HOMETOWN WHITE PLAINS WITH SEVERAL SKYSCRAPERS NOW PLUS MANY NEW RESTAURANTS,MOVIE THEATERS AND SIDEWALK CAFES AND BARS.  MY HOUSE LOOKED FINE ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE OWNED IT.  LISA TOOK ME TO MANOR PARK IN LARCHMONT WHICH WAS GORGEOUS WITH VIEWS OF LONG ISLAND ACROSS THE SOUND AND S AILBOATS ALL OVER THE WATER.  IT'S JUST LIKE FALMOUTH EXCEPT THE PARK IS MORFE MANICURED WITH GAZEBOS AND BENHES ALONG THE WAY.   I LOST THIS PAGE BEFORE SO THAT'S ALL FOLKS.

LOST

I TYPED FOR AN HOUR.  IT DISAPPEARED.  BOOH.  I CAN'T FIND EDIT. YUCK.

INSTANT CARMA II

               ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND MY CAR THAT HAS WORKED ALL SUMMER HAS DEVELOPED A SHIMMY JUST AS WE ESCAPE THE CAPE TO THE BRONX AND BEYOND.  MAYBE IT'S A RED SOX CAR AND IS PUNISHING US FOR OUR EASY ENTRY INTO THE PLAYOFFS.  THE SOX ARE OUT AND TAMPA IS IN THANK S TO A DEVELISH HOMERUN BY LONGORIA TO BEAT NY.  RED SOX NATION MOURNS IN THEIR THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.  WHILE NYC,THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD HANDS THEIR FARM CLUB A WIN AND TROTS OFF TO DETROIT.  I HOPE THEY ARE IN  DETROIT THIS WEEKEND,OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A LITTLE CROWDED AROUND THE BRONX ZOO WHERE WE ARE HEADED FOR A REUNION AT MARIO'S ON ARTHUR AVENUE.
                 THE BRONX IS A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN.  WHILE I'M OUT TESTING THE BRAKES AND STEERING.  HUBBY,THE VACUOUS ONE IS CALLING OUR CONNECTICUT TO ANNOUNCE OUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.  I HAD PLANNED TO GET THE CAR CHECKED OUT AT SULLIVAN TIRE.  NOW IT'S NO SUCH LUCK.
              TO TOP IT OFF  MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON.  FALMOTH MOTORCAR WHO CONSTANTLY ADVERTISE THEIR EXPERTISE ON MY FAVORITE RADIO STATION WMVY WANT TO PUT A NEW WATER PUMP IN AT COST.  THEIR CRACK DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS AND SERVICE MANAGER (FORMERLY WITH CHEVROLET-OY VEY) SAY I NEED IT.  $1000 WORTH OF REPAIRS AT FALMOUTH MOTORCAR DIDN'T FIX IT.  I HAD IT DONE THREE YEARS AGO PLUS THE OTHER IDENTICAL WORK AT ANOTHER CAR REPAIR SHOP.  I ONLY DRIVE THE CAR AROUND TOWN IN THE SUMMER.  ALTHOUGH I DID GO TO VERMONT AND CANADA LAST YEAR.   IT ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT.  BUT FMC SAYS IT'S A VOLKSWAGEN AND THYE HAVE WATER PUMP AND CONVERTER PROBLEMS OVER AND OVER AND OVER.  SO DO VOLVOS.
               MY VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET WAS WORKING PERFECTLY.  I BROUGHT IT IN TO THIS FALMOUTH MOTORCAR BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THEY ADVERTISE THEIR SUPERIOR DIAGNOSTIC ABILITIES ON MY FAVORITE STATION WMVY.  THEY WANT ALL OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD TO USE THEM INSTEAD OF THE DEALERS IN HYANNIS.  THEY GIVE A 2 YEAR/20,000 MILE GUARANTEE ON ALL PARTS AND LABOR.  WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU IS THEY DIAGNOSE A ZILLION THINGS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE DONE.
                  I TOLD THEM THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS BROKEN.  THERE'S NOTHING WRONG.  IT'S THE BRAKES AND CLUTCH THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM SOON.  I BROUGHT THEM TO THE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CONSUMER TASK FORCE.  THE TASK FORCE SIDED WITH MR. DUFFY,THE OWNER OF FMC.  SO I FOLDED AND SAID OKAY I'LL PAY ANOTRHER $500 FOR A WATER PUMP SINCE THE ENGINE LIGHT DIAGNOSIS SAYS I NEED IT.  DUFFY SAYS HE WON'T CHARGE ME FOR LABOR TO MAKE UP FOR MY COMPLAINING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT THE LIGTH IS ON AFTER $1000 IN REPAIRS.
                      SO JUST AS I TRY TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCE, THE BRAKES START TO GO.  IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME.  I MISSED MY NIECE'S GRADUATION PARTY IN CT BECAUSE OF A WHEEL BEARING.  THIS TIME IT'S NYC,WP AND CT NOT TO MENTION FOXWOODS.  SO WE SHOULD JUST RENT A CAR.  BUT THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
                 INSTANT CARMA'S GONNA GET YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT.
                

                    

AWAKE

                                      BARELY AWAKE, I GOT UP AT 5 BUT WAS AWAKE AT 4.  BUSHED YESTERDAY BUT I MADE IT TO THE JAZZ SHOW AT WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY CENTER.  DAN BARRETT, A TROMBONIST FROM CALIFORNIA PLAYED WITH A BASS AND GUITAR PLAYER.  IT WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND SUPERB PLAYING BY ALL THREE.  I HAD TO GO BECAUSE I'M MISSING THE FALMOUTH JAZZ STROLL WEEKEND.  IT'S ALL WHITE I THINK.  BUT IT'S JAZZ,JAZZ,JAZZ.

THE HOLE

THE HOLE'S HOUSEBOAT

THE HOLE'S AIRPLANE HOUSE

                                       THEY PLAYED DUKE ELLINGTON AND GEORGE GERSHWIN.  OH I  ALMOST FORGOT THE SINGER.  SHEWAS FANTASTIC AND THE TROMBONIST DID A VOCAL JAZZ RIFT TOO.  IT BEATS COUNTRY MUSIC OR EVEN EAR DRUM BLOWING ROCK AND ROLL.  THE SOUND WAS PERFECT AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING SINCE MANY (MOST) MUSIC SHOWS ARE TOO LOUD.

WHEN YOU'RE HOT,YOU'RE HOT AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT

BORROWED SUNSET

MY MOON IS NOW IN RATIONAL AQUARIUS

          THAT'S A RELIEF.  I'M ENTERING INTO THE AGE OF AQUARIUS-AQUARIUS!
I CAN STILL BE CREATIVE BUT I MUST FINISH MY TASKS SO I CAN START NEW ONES.  SOME DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS,MR. RICK LEVINE-GOOGLE HOROSCOPE SCRIBE.  IT'S MORE LIKE A HORRORSCOPE.  C'EST LA VIE.  C'EST LA GUERRE. SAY YOU NEVER CAN TELL.

              I PUT A BOUQUET OF HYDRANGEAS IN A RED,WHITE AND BLUE VASE IN A TINY WHITE WICKER CHAIR ON MY FRONT STOOP FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY.  NOW THAT WE'VE ALMOST FORGOTTEN, THEY WANT US TO REMEMBER.  WE BARELY CAN; SO WHATEVER THEY TELL US WE TAKE AS FACT.  HOW DID THEY NOT KNOW THEN AND THEY KNOW NOW?  WHO ARE THEY?  IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE MACHO GAME BETWEEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT,THE CIA AND THE FBI.  WE WERE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE JUST LIKE WE ARE NOW.  BOYS WILL BE BOYS-OY VEY!

CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF

AVERAGE CAPE COD RESIDENT AWAITING HURRICANE IRENE

                        I GOT UP AT 5.  I PROBABLY HAD 6 HOURS SLEEP IF I'M LUCKY.  I TURNED ON THE TELEVISION TO MAKE SURE NYC WAS STILL IN ONE PIECE AND TO SEE IF THE HURRICANE HAD HIT THERE YET.  THE WINDS IN CAPE COD 2.5 MILES FROM VINEYARD SOUND WERE SWIRLING IN NOISY GUSTS.  HURRICANE IRENE WAS STILL IN ATLANTIC CITY.  IT MADE LANDFALL THERE AT 5:30 AM.   IRENE IS NOT GAMBLING IN AC BECAUSE ALL THE  CASINOS ON THE BOARDWALK  ARE CLOSED DOWN.  IRENE IS NOW A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE AND HEADING FOR NYC SINCE THE CASINOS AREN'T OPEN.
                       THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAYS,TRAINS,BRIDGES AND AIRPORTS ARE CLOSED DOWN IN ADVANCE OF THE HURRICANE.  LOW LYING NEIGHBORHOODS WERE EVACUATED INCLUDING HOSPITALS.  IT'S NOW 8 AM.  NEW YORK WILL BE HIT AT 9.  THE HUDSON VALLEY AND BERKSHIRES WILL RECEIVE 10 INCES OF RAIN.  LANDFALL WILL BE NEAR BRIDEPORT IN CONNECTICUT AFTER IT HITS LONG ISLAND.  CAPE COD WILL GET 1 INCH OF RAIN AND 75MPH WIND GUSTS. 
                           SO I'VE BEEN HYPER REDECORATING MY HOUSE,BATTENING DOWN HATCHES THAT DON'T NEED MORE BATTENING AND ALL IN ALL OVER DOING IT.  MY HUSBAND IS STILL SOUND SLEEP.  HE HAD HIS HYPER FITS AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT WHEN HE TOOK BLUE RIBBON LIKE YOU WOULD USE ON WRAPPED PRESENTS TO ANCHOR DOWN HIS NEWLY PLANTED WEEPING CHERRY,JAPANESE RED MAPLE AND HEMLOCK TREES.  HE ATTACHED THE TREES TO LARGE ROCKS FROM THE ROCK GARDEN WITH BLUE RIBBON. 

MENAUHANT BEACH FALMOUTH,MA ON VINEYARD SOUND

                               SO WHO'S ONE FIRST?  I DON'T KNOW. HE'S ON SECOND.  WHAT?  WHAT'S ON THIRD.  SO WHO'S ON FIRST?  IT'S ALL STRAIGHT OUT OF DUMB AND DUMBER.  
         HANG  A BLUE RIBBON
           ON THE NEW YOUNG TREE
              IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE HURRICANE BOB
                     IRENE DO YOU STILL WANT ME?

YELLOW

MY FIRST CAR,COAT, KITCHEN, BEDROOM AND BOYFRIEND'S CORVETTE WERE ALL YELLOW.  YELLOW IS A SIGN OF HOPE.  I'M MARRIED TO A MAN WHO COMES FROM  A LONG LINE OF HATERS OF YELLOW.


SINCE WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE.  THAT MAKES LIFE HARD.

YELLOW SUBMARINE-LAHAINA,MAUI

IT'S NOT EASY BEING YELLOW

DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER

                               THE FULL MOON IS COMING.  THE MOON WAS SHINING ON VINEYARD SOUND LAST NIGHT.  THE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA PRODUCTION OF ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Y COMDEN AND GREEN WAS BEYOND SUPERB.  EVERYONE WAS IN TUNE AND LOUD AND CLEAR.  THE PLOT AND DIALOGUE WEE DELICIOUS.  THE AMAZING ALMOST OPERA LIKE NUMBERS WERE EXCEPTIONAL IN WIT AND EXECUTION.  HE TAP DANCERS AS BELLHOPS TO THE BEAT OF THE TRAIN WERE INVENTIVE AND FUN.  IT REALLY SHOULD GO TO BROADWAY IMMEDIATELY. 
                                  SO WHY WOULD ANYONE LOSE THEIR TEMPER AFTER A NIGHT LIKE THAT?  THE FULL MOON IS COMING AND MY HOROSCOPE SAYS:  DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER.  THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO EAT ALOT  OF GARLIC AND KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AT BAY.  SO WWE ARE GOING ITALIAN.
               VOLARE AH AH OH.  CAMPARE AH UH OH.  NEL BLU DE PINTO DE BLU.  WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE AN OLD PIZZA PIE.  THAT'S AMORE!  OLEASE MR. COLUMBUS,TURNA THE SHIP AROUND. WHY YAH TELLA ISABELLA THAT THE WORLD WS ROUND.  CHIS GONNA DISCOVER RAY CHARLES!
                          CIAO BAMBINO
                              CIAO BELLA
                                        LUGOSI THAT IS
  IT'S THE FULL MOON
                  SO HOWL

FALMOUTH ROAD RACE ON FULL MOON

                       BUT DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER!       

WHO CARES?

                          REALLY WHO REALLY REALLY CARES?  RUTH BADER IS ON THE SUPREME COURT.  ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WAS MARRIED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA.  BARBARA WALTERS HAS A LISP.  JUDGE JUDY AND LARRY KING ARE TWINS.  SARAH JESSICA PARKER WAS DECLARED THE UGLIEST ACTRESS IN HOLLYWOOD GETS SECOND TO ANGELINA JOLIE IN WAGES FOR A FILM.  OPRAH IS THE SIZE OF A HOUSE AFTER 50 DIETSTHE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS,NY,NJ,THE MAFIA AND ATLANTA RULE THE AIRWAVES.  THE JERSEY SHORE CROWD IS IN FLORENCE,ITALY OUT MEDICIING THE MEDICIS.  WHO CARES?
                          NOW THAT'S THE MESSAGE-WHO REALLY,REALLY DOES?  AND WHY?

WHO CARES?

THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF.  HELEN MIRREN AGE 66 HAS THE BEST BODY ACCORDING TO LA FITNESS. 

THE RELUCTANT COOK

                  ANY TIME THERE'S NO FOOD POISONING, IT'S A  GOOD MEAL is the motto of all RELUCTANT COOKS.  RETCHING,VOMITING, DIARHHEA AND DOUBLING OVER WITH STOMACH PAINS ARE SIGNS OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL COOKING ATTEMPT.  OTHERWISE THE QUALITY OF THE MEAL IS IN THE EYES AND PALATE OF THE CONSUMER.  LACK OF TASTEBUDS OR INORDINATE HUNGER ARE THE BEST DINERS FOR A RELUCTANT COOK.  
                     FROZEN FOOD OR CANNED IS PREFERRED OVER FRESH.  NO SPOILAGE  OR MOLD  NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THE ELECTRICITY GOES OUT OR THE CANNED FOOD IS DENTED OR RUSTED.  PREPARED FOODS ARE EASY AND HAVE GREAT VARIETY INCLUDING ITALIAN, MEXICAN AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN LIKE MAMA USED TO MAKE.  THEY ARE NOTHING LIKE THE OLD TV DINNERS YOU ATE ON YOUR SNACK TABLES.  TAKEOUT OR LEFTOVERS ARE AN EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE.
                      THE RELUCTANT COOK HAS DOMINO'S PIZZA AND THE LOCAL CHINESE RESTAURANT ON SPEED DIAL.  POWDERED MILK OR CREAMER WILL NEVER SPOIL UNLESS THE ROOF LEAKS OR THERE IS A FLOOD.  FOR A GOURMET MOMENT INTERNATIONAL DELIGHT OR CREMORA WILL DO.
                           SO EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY FOR TOMORROW WE DIE(OF FOOD POISONING IF THE RELUCTANT COOK DECIDES TO COOK FROM SCRATCH.  A BEEFEATER IS NEEDED TO AVOID FOOD POISONING.  IF THERE'S NO LIVE BEEFEATER AVAILABLE USE  A HEAVY DOSE OF THE BOTTLED GIN FORM.). 
                             

IF YOU DON'T COOK,YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO PLAY

                                                  CHEERS

SLOW

A WHALE OF A VIRUS HAS ATTACKED MY COMPUTER.

                 MY COMPUTER IS INCREDIBLY SLOW.  I GUESS IT HAS A VIRUS.  UH OH!

BEACH GLASS

                                  I BOUGHT A JAR OF SOMEONE'S COLLECTION OF BEACH GLASS FOR $3 AT THE THRIFT STORE.  YOU CAN BARELY FIND ANY GLASS SMOOTHED BY THE OCEAN WAVES AT THE BEACH ANYMORE.  THIS JAR HAS A LOT OF FADED GREEN,SOME DEEP BLUE,A FEW PINK AND QUITE A FEW CLEAR PIECES OF BEACH GLASS.  PERHAPS I'LL MAKE A MOSAIC OUT OF IT.
                                I'M READING SEEDS BY RICHARD HORAN.   THE AUTHOR VISITS THE HOMES OF FAMOUS WRITERS AND OTHER NOTABLES(SUCH AS MOHAMMED ALI) AND DESCRIBES THE TREES AT THE FAMOUS PERSON'S FORMER OR PRESENT RESIDENCE.  THEN HE COLLECTS SEEDS,ACORNS OR PINE CONES FROM THE TREES.  HE HAD THEM GERMINATING IN POTS IN EVERY WINDOW OF HIS HOUSE IN OSWEGO.  THEN I THINK HE GAVE THEM TO A TREE MUSEUM.  NOW THEY CHARGE A DOLLAR AND A HALF JUST TO SEE THEM.    
                               I HAD TO LEAVE MY HAPPY HOME TO READ THE BOOK BECAUSE THEY WERE CUTTING DOWN TEN YOUNG OAK TREES ACROSS THE STREET AT THE HOUSE THAT JUST SOLD FOR $225,000 -TWO BEDROOM AND NO WOODS LIKE MINE.  THE TREE MENWORKED ALL DAY CLEARING THE TREES.  IT TOOK THREE OR FOUR MEN.  AT THE END THEY HAD TO LOAD HEAVY LOGS INTO THE TRUCK.  THE NOISIEST PART WAS THE CHIPPER.  WE HAD TO CLOSE OUR WINDOWS.
                                 BOURNE'S POND WAS A GORGEOUS QUIET PLACE TO READ ABOUT THE JOY OF TREES.  THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT WON'T ALLOW TREES TO BE CUT ON THIS PUBLIC PROPERTY.  BECAUSE OF ALL THE TREES,THERE ARE VERY FEW HOUSES VISIBLE ON THE SHORELINE.  OUR COVE PARK TREES PROVIDE LOTS OF SHADE AND RESPITE FROM THE BLAZING SUN. 
                                  SPEAKING OF SUN-THIS IS THE LONGEST DAY.  SUMMER BEGINS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY-JUNE 21,2011.  IT WILL BE 80.  IN  A DAY OR TWO RAIN AND A COOL FRONT BLOWS IN FOR A FEW DAYS.  THE WEATHERMAN SAYS THAT WILL BE THE PATTERN ALL SUMMER. 
                                        THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S A GREAT GROWING YEAR WITH ALL THE RAIN.  IT'S EASY TO PLANT TREES AND FLOWERS IN THE COOL WEATHER.  BILL PLANTED 6 RHODENDRONS AROUND OUR PROPERTY.  I GUESS THAT COMPENSATES FOR THE 10 OAKS CUT DOWN ACROSS THE STREET.  THEY HAVE TEN OR MORE LARGE RHODODENDRONS THAT FORM A NATURAL FENCE BETWEEN THEM AND THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND AND NEXT DOOR.  THE RHODIES WERE SPECTACULAR THIS YEAR.  SO WERE THE MOUNTAIN LAURELS.  BILL PLANTED TWO OF THOSE TOO.
                                        ANYWAY IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TREE HERE IN FALMOUTH.  UNFORTUNATELY JUST LIKE BEACH GLASS,TREES ARE STARTING TO DISAPPEAR.

WALDEN POND-(NOT!-BOURNE'S POND)

 WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE.
                     BY THE WAY THE COVE PARK HAS A HANGING TREE.  A NEIGHBOR'S HUSBAND HUNG HIMSELF THERE EARLY IN THE MORNING.  I FOUND THE BODY HANGING FROM THE TREE.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND CUT HIM DOWN.  HE WAS DEAD AT AGE 54.  HE'D BEEN A VIET NAM VET.  HE HAD A NEW YOUNG CHILD LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD.  THEY STILL LIVE AROUND THE CORNER.  I PUT A CROSS OF STONES AND SEASHELLS UNDER THE TREE.  

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WHEN I HIT A BUMP

           FALMOUTH MOTORCAR FIXED THE ENGINE LIGHT WIRE SO IT WOULDN'T KEEPCOMING ON.  SURE ENOUGH THAT EVENING WHEN I HIT A BUMP,THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN.   WHAT ELSE IS NEW? 

THROW ME A LIFE PRESERVER

         INSTANT KARMA'S GONNA GET YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT.

ONE DAY AFTER I SPENT $1000 AT FALMOUTH MOTOR CAR FOR REPAIRS THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON

                                MY YELLOW ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON FOR ONE MONTH.  MY CAR WAS WORKING FINE BUT I WAS AFRAID IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTOR OR SOMETHING.  FALMOUTH MOTORCAR HAS CONSTANT ADDS ON THE LOCAL RADIO STATION WMVY TELLING THAT THEY GURANTEE THEIR WORK AND PARTS FOR 2 YEARS OR 24,000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST.  THEY HAVE TWO GARAGES ON CAPE COD.  ONE IS ON EAST FALMOUTH HIGHWAY NEAR WHERE I LIVE, SO I BROUGHT MY CAR THERE. 
                                  FALMOUTHMOTORCAR DIAGNOSED IT AS I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE CAPE COD TIMES ON HOW REPAIR STATIONS CAN'T PROPERLY DIAGNOSE CAR PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURERES AND DEALERS WON'T SHARE THE OMPUTER CODES WITH THEM.  THE DEALERS WANT TO REPAIR THE CARS.  THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS AND IN THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THE CAR COMPANIES SHARE THE COMPUTER CODES.    MY CAR IS A 1999 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO SO I HOPED IT DIDN'T HAVE COMPLEX CODES.
                                    BEFORE YOU FALL ASLEEP I'LL GET TO THE POINT.  $1000 IN REPAIRS WERE DIAGNOSED.  ONE WAS A $250 CONVERTOR (THE SIZE OF MY FIST AND NOT A CATALYTIC) AND THE REST WERE DISTRIBUTOR CAPS AND A VACUUM SEAL + LABOR.  IT TOOK THREE DAYS BECAUSE THEY GOT THE WRONG CONVERTOR FROM TRACEY VOLKSWAGEN IN HYANNIS.   
                                    THE POINT IS MY YELLOW ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON THE NEXT DAY.  I BROUGHT IT BACK.  ALSO MY CLUTCH WOULDN'T  GO INTO GEAR EASILY.  THEY PUT MY CAR ON THE DIAGNOSIS MACHINE.  NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED.  THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE LIGHT.  IT HAD A SPLIT FRAYED WIRE COVERING.  THAT'S WHY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER $1000 IN REPAIRS.  I ASKED WHY THE ENGINE LIGHT WASN'T CHECKED FIRST.  THEY SAID THEY DON'T DO THAT!!!!  I LEFT.
               LATER I DISCOVERED IN LOOKING THROUGH MY CAR REPAIR RECEIPTS FROM OTHER REPAIR SHOPS THAT I'D HAD A NEW DISTRIBUTOR CAP WHEN THE WIRES WERE CHANGED AT JOHNNY'S TUNE AND LUBE IN 2006 AND A NEW VACUUM SEAL AT CLEMENT'S CAR REPAIR IN 2008.  FALMOUTH MOTOR CAR SAID THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED AND VW VACUUM SEALS ARE A PROBLEM.
              I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY ENGINE LIGHT WIRE.  I VOWED I WOULD PARK MY CAR WITHA BIG SIGN EVERY DAY ON TOP OF IT AT TEH RESTAURANT NEXT DOOR AS I  EAT LUNCH.
               DON'T GO TO FALMOUTH MOTORCAR.  I PAID $1000 FOR UNNECESSARY REPAIRS.  I STILL MAY.  BUT I'LL DEFINTELY CONTACT THE CONSUMERS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE MASSACUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.  FALMOUTH MOTORCAR INC. HAS BBB SIGNS AND MECHANICS' PROFICIENCY DEGREES ALL OVER THE WALLS.