Dorie’s Different Reality

another sleepy dusty Delta day….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc
I’ve been thinking a lot about Ode to Billie Joe lately.  I can’t believe it was FORTY years ago this summer, this song burst forth. Our  ”Summer of Love” with a sidetrip to Mississippi! What Bobbie Gentry wrote is nothing less than a gothic tale. We’ll always wonder what was thrown off [...]

   One of the things I was wrong about under Life in General was Economics. Mike got his technical training, got a good job with a large company and good benefits.  He was supposed to work a certain number of years, then we could retire and run around in an RV like our parent’s generation.
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