Dorie’s Different Reality

The echinacea (echinaceas?) have started blooming. I think they look like happy hula girls!

I went to JoAnn Fabrics the other day, and they were stocking the Fall things! I just mention it in case you need a maple leaf wreath right now. It’s just the way the retail world works- three months ahead. You can get excellent deals on party ware, leis for your next luau, etc. right […]

Well, let me give a big Yahoo! to the Supreme Court for upholding the Constitution! Gun laws are stupid. The people who are going to break the law don’t worry about registering their guns, trust me. We don’t even own a gun, but know plenty of people who do. None of them are criminals. […]

Not quite the “first fruit” Because I snitched some squash last week and chopped it up in a salad. A small harvest yesterday. Took that nice big cabbage in and used about 2/3 of it for coleslaw. Our things aren’t quite organic, because we really have a war with the insects. There […]

Not quite, but that’s what Friday was on The Mickey Mouse Club show when I was a wee’un. Sometimes Bobby would tap dance. I can’t remember, was it Jimmy or Roy that did rope tricks? Often they had special guest kid performers; like a 13 yr old ventriloquist-stuff like that. I tell ya- it was […]

for our little friends waiting at the Bridge…

Moonlight, Thomas Cole, 1833-34
Empress Bardula
On Summer’s First Night
Held a Grand Convocation
In Solstice Moonlight….
She called forth the Creatures
Most fortunate All
Well groomed and stately
They arrived at the Ball
Two tiny turtles
Were first to arrive
Then Perry the Budgie
Bearing wild oats and chives
Diplomatic Bardula
Invited kittens and cats,
Who danced the Fandango
and wore party hats!
Three […]

Sooooooooo, since BOTH parties know who their candidate will be. (so do the Libertarians, who’ve already met) Why don’t they forego the conventions this year and put the money to better use? Yeah, I know- big business for the host cities- hotel rooms, restaurants, etc. Think of the jet fuel it would save though!

To all the dads. Also to everyone who had a dad!

First in honor of Tim Russert’s untimely passing yesterday, a link to brush you up on the warning signals for a heart attack and what to do: HeartAttack
I heard a disturbing statistic that nearly half the time a person’s first heart attack is their LAST heart attack- as in, See Ya Around The […]

O Wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world
That hath such people in’t!” -Shakespeare, The Tempest
There is never any good news anymore! From Japan comes news that the government has implemented “Fat Police” in a national effort to prevent their becoming fat like the Americans. Japan has national health […]