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| MONDAY MARCH 18TH--TWO MORE DAYS TILL SPRING ARRIVES |
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| HAPPY TO SEE THESE FLOWERS FINALLY COMING BACK |
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| FINALLY GETTING TO THE END OF WINTER |
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| YEA--FINALLY THE END IS IN SIGHT UNTIL---- |
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| TUESDAY--MARCH 19 |
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| GOTTA BE KIDDING ME |
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| JUST GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!! |
ANOTHER DIFFERENT TYPE OF POST
FOR ME—JUST KIND OF BLABBING AWAY AND VENTING OUT INTO THE BLOGGING WORLD…THOSE
OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE KNOW ABOUT THE SUDDEN PASSING OF MY
LIFELONG FRIEND JAMES (JAY) MORIN BACK IN OCTOBER, JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE MY
BIRTHDAY…THAT SEEMED TO KICK THE WIND OUT OF MY SAILS IN A BIG WAY…THOSE OF YOU
WHO HAVEN’T BEEN REGULARS CAN READ ABOUT JAY IN THE OCTOBER ARCHIVES…THAT DARK
DAY WAS AN AWFUL PRELUDE TO WHAT IS USUALLY AN ALREADY DREARY TIME OF YEAR FOR
ME…
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| ROBIN PATIENTLY WAITING FOR ME TO LEAVE SO HE OR SHE CAN ATTEND TO WHATEVER WORK HAS TO BE DONE |
SOME OF YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I HAVE
A BOOK OUT “EPILOGUE: TIME MACHINE CHRONICLES.” IT’S BEEN DOING OK ON AMAZON
(14 FIVE STAR REVIEWS-1 FOUR STAR-AND 1 TWO STAR, AS WELL AS A FIVE STAR REVIEW
FROM BARNS AND NOBLE)…GOT A LOT OF E-MAIL FROM SOME READERS WHO WANTED ME TO
EXPAND ON A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE BOOK, SO I STARTED ANOTHER STORY..STARTED
OUT PRETTY STRONG AND THEN DIED OUT ON IT…I’LL E-MAIL WHAT I HAVE DONE TO
ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHERE I SHOULD CARRY IT (COULD USE SOME
INSPIRATION OR HELP)—I KIND OF LOST IT FOR NOW, WINTER BLUES OR SOMETHING..
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| THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ROBIN LIVES IN THIS SHRUB AND I ASSUME EITHER THE SAME ROBIN OR ONE OF IT'S OFFSPRING RETURNS EVERY YEAR |
THE MOTORCYCLE AND I HAVEN’T EVEN
COVERED 100 MILES THIS WINTER—ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND HAS BEEN CRUDDY…LOVE
ASTRONOMY-BUT MY TELESCOPE (16 INCH MEAD STAR FINDER) HASN’T BEEN OUT IN MONTHS-JUST
SITS IN THE GARAGE STARING AT THE CEILING…THEN TO KIND OF WRAP UP THE LAST WEEK
OF WINTER I TOOK A TUMBLE DOWN THE STAIRS THAT HAS LEFT ME FEELING LIKE AN
EIGHTY YEAR OLD MAN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR WRECK…TRIED TO WORK MY MIND OUT
OF THIS AWFUL FUNK AND TOLD MYSELF THAT SPRING IS THIS WEDNESDAY (MARCH 20TH)…TOOK
A LITTLE WALK AROUND THE HOUSE AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE—SOME PLANTS WERE
STARTING TO POKE THROUGH..TOOK SOME PHOTOS—AS YOU SEE..THOUGHT I WOULD PHOTO
THEM EVERYDAY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME JUST TO RECORD THEIR PROGRESS…BUT WINTER
JUST WON’T LIGHTEN UP ON ME, AND THE SMALL BIT OF HAPPINESS I FOUND UPON SEEING
THE LITTLE BUDS RISING TO GREET SPRING WAS BURIED UNDER SNOW NOT EVEN 24 HOURS
LATER..COME ON!! DIE
WINTER!! DIE!!
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| JUST 24 HOURS TO GO TILL SPRING AND WINTER HAS TO GO AND PAINT OUR BACKYARD WHITE ONE MORE TIME!! |
WELL, TRYING TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, I GOT INTO SOME DEEP THINKING..WE WERE CLOSEST TO THE SUN
ON JAN 4TH (91.3 MILLION MILES) WHICH IS WINTER IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE..THE
EARTH FLIES THROUGH SPACE AT 67,000 MPH SO EVERY DAY WE ARE 1,608,000 MILES
CLOSER TO THE SPRING EQUINOX AND WE SHOULD BE THERE BY TOMORROW (MARCH 20TH)
AT 11:02…AND NO MATTER HOW HARD WINTER TRIES TO LINGER, THE COLD WINDS AND SNOW
WILL GIVE WAY TO THE SPRING WARMTH AND THE PROMISE OF SUMMER (AND I HOPE A DRAMATIC
IMPROVEMENT IN MY ATTITUDE) I CLOSE THIS KIND OF WEIRD POST BY SHARING WITH YOU
A VIEW WE HAD LAST SPRING FROM OUR WINDOW…
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| TILL THE NEXT TIME STAY WELL STAY HAPPY STAY SAFE HOPE TO SHOW YOU THOSE FLOWERS IN BLOOM REALLY-REALLY SOON!!! JIM |
