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check your expectations at the door.

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We're not big on logic

but there's no shortage of irony.

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 Nice is different than good.

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Oh and ...

I flunked charm school.

So what.

Can't write anything.

> Jennifer <

Causing considerable consternation
to many fine folk since 1957

Pepper and me ... Seattle 1962

  

Hoist The Colors

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Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Your own gift you can present

every moment

with the cumulative force

of a whole life’s cultivation;

but of the adopted talent of another

you have only an extemporaneous

half possession.

That which each can do best,

none but his Maker can teach him.

> Ralph Waldo Emerson <

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Represent:

The Black Velvet Coat

Belay That!

This blog does not contain and its author will not condone profanity, crude language, or verbal abuse. Commenters, you are welcome to speak your mind but do not cuss or I will delete either the word or your entire comment, depending on my mood. Continued use of bad words or inappropriate sentiments will result in the offending individual being banned, after which they'll be obliged to walk the plank. Thankee for your understanding and compliance.

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In The Market, As It Were

 

 

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Contributor to

American Cemetery

published by Kates-Boylston

A Pistol With One Shot

Ecstatically shooting everything in sight using my beloved Nikon D3100 with AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G VR kit lens and AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 G prime lens.

Also capturing outrageous beauty left and right with my Nikon D7000 blissfully married to my Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D AF prime glass. Don't be jeal.

And then there was the Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f:3.5-5.6G ED VR II zoom. We're done here.

Dying Is A Day Worth Living For

I am a taphophile

Word. Photo Jennifer Weber 2010

Great things are happening at

Find A Grave

If you don't believe me, click the pics.

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Dying is a wild night

and a new road.

Emily Dickinson

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REMEMBRANCE

When I am gone

Please remember me

 As a heartfelt laugh,

 As a tenderness.

 Hold fast to the image of me

When my soul was on fire,

The light of love shining

Through my eyes.

Remember me when I was singing

And seemed to know my way.

Remember always

When we were together

And time stood still.

Remember most not what I did,

Or who I was;

Oh please remember me

For what I always desired to be:

A smile on the face of God.

David Robert Brooks

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 Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

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Keep To The Code

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You Want To Find This
The Promise Of Redemption

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I BELIEVED, AND THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN; we also believe, and therefore speak;

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

II Corinthians 4

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THE DREAMERS

In the dawn of the day of ages,
 In the youth of a wondrous race,
 'Twas the dreamer who saw the marvel,
 'Twas the dreamer who saw God's face.


On the mountains and in the valleys,
By the banks of the crystal stream,
He wandered whose eyes grew heavy
With the grandeur of his dream.

The seer whose grave none knoweth,
The leader who rent the sea,
The lover of men who, smiling,
Walked safe on Galilee --

All dreamed their dreams and whispered
To the weary and worn and sad
Of a vision that passeth knowledge.
They said to the world: "Be glad!

"Be glad for the words we utter,
Be glad for the dreams we dream;
Be glad, for the shadows fleeing
Shall let God's sunlight beam."

But the dreams and the dreamers vanish,
The world with its cares grows old;
The night, with the stars that gem it,
Is passing fair, but cold.

What light in the heavens shining
Shall the eye of the dreamer see?
Was the glory of old a phantom,
The wraith of a mockery?

Oh, man, with your soul that crieth
In gloom for a guiding gleam,
To you are the voices speaking
Of those who dream their dream.

If their vision be false and fleeting,
If its glory delude their sight --
Ah, well, 'tis a dream shall brighten
The long, dark hours of night.

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Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again.

~ Ronald Reagan

Photo Jennifer Weber 2010

Not Without My Effects

My Compass Works Fine

The Courage Of Our Hearts

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That Dog Is Never Going To Move

~ RIP JAVIER ~

1999 - 2016

Columbia's Finest Chihuahua

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~ RIP SHILOH ~

2017 - 2021

My Tar Heel Granddog

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~ RIP RAMBO ~

2008 - 2022

Andrew's Beloved Pet

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Monday
Oct292018

I had a hand in this

TG and I made our way on Saturday up to Salisbury, North Carolina.

Among other day-trippy type things, we did a bit of graving.

In Chestnut Hill Cemetery we found these fine dearly departed folk.

No; wondrous as it would have been, the Fingers and the Nails were not interred side by side.

Nor could I find any evidence that their families had mingled in marriage, resulting in a Mrs. Susie (or some such) Finger Nail.

There was a Barrow too, but I searched in vain for Wheel. More's the pity.

I mean no disrespect. May they all rest in peace.

And that is all for now.

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Wednesday
Oct242018

I'll stand. You sit.

Photo courtesy Andrew Weber

Andrew has sent me a picture of himself standing at the Arctic Circle in Sweden.

It's hard for me to picture my boy there, but I believe the evidence is convincing.

Tomorrow Brittany will fly out of Charlotte on the first leg of her journey to join him.

Although I don't envy those who travel in this way, I do think it's exciting and I can't wait to hear all about it when they return.

Meanwhile, Andrew also sent me a picture (at my request; he showed this to all of us at Sun Ming last Friday night) of Maverick the Boxer sitting on the neck of a sleeping Rambo the Lab mix.

Photo courtesy Andrew Weber

Which is truly one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Apparently Ramby's head is one of Maverick's favorite places to park and contemplate life, and he does it frequently.

I told you before: Rambo may be the sweetest, most mild-mannered dog that ever lived.

According to Brittany, when they travel with both dogs, Rambo will rack out in the back seat of the truck and Maverick will lie right on top of him, stretched on his back, roaching.

As down the road they go.

You can't make this stuff up.

And that is all for now.

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Happy Wednesday

Monday
Oct222018

A son is a son

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A son is a son 'til he takes him a wife;

A daughter's a daughter for all of her life.

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On Friday night, we celebrated Brittany's birthday.

Which was actually yesterday, but she was in Knoxville with her family on the day.

On the afternoon of his wife's birthday, Andrew flew out of Knoxville for Sweden, where he'll fly refueling missions for three weeks.

On Thursday, Brittany will join him there for two of those weeks, because they're newlyweds and don't have children yet, and she has a current passport, and isn't it thrilling?

I can't wait to see pictures (I'm hoping to share a few with you) of the sweethearts schussing the Scandinavian ski slopes, or swanning around snowy Stockholm.

Meanwhile, last Friday evening we all assembled at Sun Ming, our favorite Chinese restaurant. 

We sat at a huge round table -- there were eight of us -- with a lazy Susan in the middle. That thing was three feet across.

Soon the revolving lacquered circle was laden with platters of General Tso's Chicken, Orange Chicken, Chow Steak Kew, Szechuan Beef, and Sesame Chicken.

There were bowls heaped with perfectly-prepared egg fried rice, and plain rice, and steamed broccoli.

I have a serious weakness for these dishes.

Apparently I'm not the Lone Ranger; everyone was chowing down with gusto, and chattering at the same time.

Much of the talk was of TG's and Dagny's adventures at the South Carolina State Fair the night before. Chad and Erica had met them at the fair, so there were many stories.

Like when Dagny fed a kangaroo a carrot, called him a "good boy!" then squatted down to have a look and make sure that "he doesn't have a baby."

There's a video.

She's apparently all clued in to the reproductive habits of marsupials. Don't ask me how.

Dagny had mentioned at least fifteen times that she saw dinosaurs at the fair, augmenting her claim with a pretty decent imitation of a T-Rex. 

(You know: hands up like claws, fierce expression, sound effect like RAAAAAWWWWWgggghhhhhhrrrrr!)

I finally asked why she believed she saw actual dinosaurs at the fair because -- you know -- if they had those, I was thinking I should have gone.

Turns out the prehistoric creatures were impressive animatronics. But still. I question my decision.

(Not really.)

Somewhere in there, I realized that someone (honestly I cannot remember who) was struggling to pronounce a word.

There were fits and starts: Velcr -- Vita -- Vacu -- Vola --

Veni Vidi Vici? No?

Then it happened:

Velociraptor, Andrew (sitting beside me, to my right) said.

Velociraptor, I said.

But we didn't only both say the word; we said it simultaneously.

And not only did we speak in unison; we pronounced the scary extinct creature's name in exactly the same way (correctly) at exactly the same time.

I'm talking each of the five syllables coming out of both of our mouths as if only one were speaking. 

With identical velocity, as it were.

I don't think anyone else even noticed. But Andrew and I did.

A half-beat later, we chuckled -- again, in exactly the same way, at exactly the same time.

His left elbow brushed my right elbow as our shoulders shook with shared mirth.

And that was all there was to it, and it took all of five seconds from start to finish, and it may not seem like anything worth mentioning, because perhaps you had to be there. 

But I was there, and -- 

Well. That's my boy.

He's busy; although his front door is a scant ten miles from mine and we attend the same church, I don't see much of him.

He has a demanding job and also serves in the United States Air Force.

He's got a lovely bride to whom he is devoted, just as she devotes herself to him. As it should be.

But as the meal concluded and we waited for the fortune cookies, I thought of how fortunate I am.

How fortunate we all are.

And that is all for now.

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Happy Monday

Thursday
Oct182018

Fair game

At long last we are being treated to some beauti-fall weather.

Today, the high barely reached seventy.

In honor of this annual climatic milestone -- or perhaps because it's the only night available to do it -- TG is taking Dagny to the South Carolina State Fair.

I don't do fairs. Just, no. I will be here at home.

Audrey, who apparently doesn't do fairs either, is joining me. We plan to watch TV and eat snacks.

Dag is also spending the night with us, and some of the day on Friday. Tomorrow evening the whole family will be going out to dinner, to celebrate Brittany's birthday.

TG plans to feed Dagny fair food for her supper (who knows what that will entail -- probably something fried) tonight, take her on a few rides, then hang out in the animal exhibits.

There's a petting zoo, a Border Collie demonstrating how he herds goats, and all kinds of barnyard-type critters to admire.

This afternoon, I asked Dagny what she's wearing to the fair, as it will be right cool when the sun goes down.

My new leggin's, she replied. The pink ones. No, the gray ones.

Mmmmmkay. Sounds like a plan. I'm pretty sure her denim jacket will be involved too.

The days are getting shorter. The nights are turning colder. The leaves are brightening and crisping in preparation for their collective swan song.

I wish you could hear the squirrels when they jump from the white oak which looms over our house, onto the sun room roof, then scamper to the edge and take flying leaps onto the privacy fence, along which they run like they're on fire.

Above my head, they sound as though they weigh thirty-eight pounds and are wearing shoulder pads and cleats.

They maraud around our deck as well, tails twitching, scooping up acorns.

Rizzo, who is ardent about acorns, notices and growls from the recesses of my recliner but does not bother to elevate his hackles.

The pickings aren't exactly slim; there are enough acorns on our deck for a gang of peckish squirrels and a Chiweenie whose tastes run to organic snacks found in nature.

I tell Rizzo: Play fair. You aren't allowed to have acorns anyway.

Whereupon he sighs, yawns, and goes back to sleep.

It's nuts.

And that is all for now.

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Happy Thursday

Wednesday
Oct172018

Wake me when it's over

A week ago Sunday, while at church, I learned through the grapevine that another hurricane was headed our way.

Michael.

He was due to arrive on the following Wednesday. Or so went the scuttlebutt.

What in the world? I marveled to TG on the way home. 

Unlike when Hurricane Florence was still thousands of nautical miles away, we hadn't been told two weeks out that we needed to plan for the end of the world.

And you know how that turned out. We had a rainy day. And not even particularly rainy, by South Carolina standards.

(Again: I understand that many suffered catastrophic effects of Hurricane Florence. Again: they have my prayers.)

But here we were with a tropical storm a mere three days away, and no extra bread in the house.

Fast forward to Thursday -- almost a week ago now -- when Hurricane Michael did arrive, in the form of a much-downgraded tropical storm.

The folks in the panhandle of Florida had already experienced devastating losses when Michael loomed on our horizon.

For reasons I'll never understand, this storm was not hyped to us in the same way at all. Even though it turned out to be worse.

As in, our sun room took on water in two corners. The rain came down pretty hard for many hours during the wee hours of last Thursday morning.

Our pool was nearly full to the brim when TG and I woke in still-gray, grainy light to check that all hatches were still battened down.

That's when I discovered the water on my new sun room floor and ran for the stack of pool towels. TG stood by to grab the little Shop-Vac and suck up the puddles.

But not long after, as I drank my coffee and sat watch, the rain subsided. The towels in the corners, having deftly absorbed the opportunistic rainwater, were all that was needed.

By one o'clock that day, the sun was out and puffy white clouds scudded across an azure blue sky.

By three o'clock that day, the pool towels had been washed, dried, folded, and re-stacked in the cabinet where they will ride out the winter.

Crisis averted.

And then it got hot again -- we've been in the high 80s for days now, with killing humidity.

I think Indian summer is about to be in the rear-view too, however. And the sooner, the better.

Rizzo does not like storms; they appear to traumatize his wee canine soul.

When I got up on the day Michael swanned through Columbia, as the rain lashed the windows and seeped in from the corners of the sun room, Riz cowered in the recliner on his blankets, clutching his Bullibone.

The picture above isn't from that day; I took it this past Monday, because as he sat beside me snoozing, I noticed that he'd dragged his blue-rings chew toy up with him and had his paw shoved through one of the rings.

His Bullibone was nearby too. Just in case.

The blue-ring chew toy is the one I bought for him at Pet Supplies Plus on the day we rescued him, in January of 2017. He also has a small black tire with a rope through it, but that came later, and the blue rings are his favorite.

Besides the Bullibone, which is his absolute favorite.

What would I do without the Riz-man?

I'd spend a significant amount of time being sad and lonely, which is its own kind of storm.

And that is all for now.

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Happy Wednesday