Miscellaneous

My son took me shopping today to a store called Boomerang.  It's near Westport.  I think it's called Boomerang because it implodes you back in time.  Nathan told me it was sort of a costume store.  I was unprepared. Boomerang has clothes and household things from back in the good ole days.  I was walking into the most unique costume - thrift store ever. We entered the store and I nearly fell to my knees in worship. Here, before my cowgirl eyes, were floor to ceiling shelves filled with used…

I don't know where it came from.  It's been mine for years now.  I don't remember growing up with a copper kettle, but then my grandmother died after I left home.  I believe that it came to my house upon the death of my mother. It is a beautiful copper tea kettle.  I thought of it as a beautiful antique.  My mother died in 2007, some five years ago.  Yesterday, I had an amazing thought. What if it were a real tea kettle that my grandparents used? I decided to…

It happened tonight.  It was downtown small town America. Everyone was there.  It was Cruise Night in Pleasant Hill. After the blistering months of heat, it was nice. Rock band squalling in the empty lot.  Lawn chairs, people chatting, groups walking, old cars every where you could see.  Oh it was nice. Spouse and I found our car friends and that's when it happened. The lead singer was a woman. The song came out of the band. She started screaming Bobby McGee.  Oh Lord.  My body twitched to the raucous…

Summer is when I first realize that the great horse show is coming in September and I really need to practice stuff. Summer is when it's hot and humid. Summer is when I don't want to ride after work in the 100+ temperature. Summer is when I'm glad to be an "office worker". Summer is when I realize that I should have been practicing for the horse show during the spring.  What was I thinking! Summer happens every year.  I remember. Going riding all three days of this weekend, even…