just put some bleachers out in the sun....out on highway...

Spent yesterday speeding across the highways and byways that make up the mid-Atlantic region. Had a lot of things run through my head as I was driving... Between calls, rolling the radio dial from Dylan to the Who and the memories that rushed at me as fast as I was traveling, I had a thought... yes just one.. not a big one... but one that stuck with me through my drive back home and across my emails from the road... Words... What is the saying put a bunch of monkeys in a room with a type writer and they would eventually type something that makes sense... words... like musical notes.. there are just so many to use... it is how we use them that makes a difference. it is what they conjure up in our minds that makes them so powerful. Sometime it is what is between the words that says more...

Which brings me to the next part of my dance... Not sure if writing this blog is making more aware of of certain things but since I started this... things I took for granted are more apparent and important to me, things that were always there as mere memories seem to have different feel or reflection...for instance, traveling around the beltway, I had dinner at Tyson Corner's Mall... Years ago it was considered the biggest thing in the world of Malls.. But that isn't what stuck with me... what crawled out of the corners of my mind was that this is the place after many months of pleading.. .I got my genuine Daisy BB gun... yes I know you'll shot your eye out... best $9.99.. spent.. I will never forget the day my father pulled it out of the back of his Impala... I actually found it in a box in the basement ( Yes I save only the important stuff.. different gene than Toots) a few weeks back.. I felt the same way holding it some 10 years later ok... 36 years later as I did that day standing in the driveway.

The other thing about my trip is just how boring the drive north to south really is.. nothing like driving across east to west.. North to south you see Starbucks and Burger Kings... driving east to west, as soon as you leave civilization (NYC Metro Area), you see the world largest Frying pan.. ball of yarn.. ball of aluminum foil, largest t-pee (St Joseph AZ) and many other interesting things... North to South you get South of the Border (Long live Pedro) or South Lands and lots of firework and smoked ham stands...

Family is well.... Not much to say since I was gone for the day and night... they left for school yesterday and were a sleep when I returned. Got a glimpse of the milking machine in action.. now I know why Dixie was making faces at Toots... Looks like something you would find driving east to west.... Better yet.. looks like something the Professor would have made on Gilligan's Island... Dot is doing great... fussing less, actually went 4+ hours last night... which was a blessing for both of us... Little Guy has become a banker with my money... he has figured out that he can take my change from the counter and buy things at school. No matter how much he "doesn't" take he always comes home with change... Big Sis, was a Taxi player the other night... she played up two age brackets with two other girls from her team... She was the closing pitcher and hit in the tying run... nothing like supporting your cause...

Well that's it.. I actually am kicking myself for stopping the writing process this morning... Cause when I came back to it the flow wasn't there... not that I left something out.. More like I didn't put that last dash of something in... taste alright.. but missing the normal kick... heck maybe I'm just tired...

Have a great weekend.. keep those cards and letters coming in... I do appreciate the feedback... I promise something big for 5o... only two away...

Be Good...