Saturday, May 5, 2018

The blessing of the bikes.

Tomorrow there will be three thousand motor cycles lining both sides of the street and a priest will drive between them in a golf cart spraying holy water on each of them.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Driver's license

Standing in line to get my driver's license at AAA. A burly, older man with an accent that I took to be Portuguese, is told that he can't have a copy of his registration because it has expired. "But the sticker on my license says 19. How could it be expired?' This was followed by a long back and forth with the very good natured clerk, who called in two other clerks for their opinion and support. Eventually they told him that he would have to go to the registry. All through this he kept turning to those of us in line as an audience for his complaints about the computers etc.
As we waited for this to be resolved the woman at the front of the line and the man in front of me carried on an animated conversation. All that I heard were her reports about what her son was doing. What courses he was taking at college etc. The guy in front of me was retired and spent his winters in Florida. "Next year I'm not coming back until May." After she got her license, as she was leaving, she reached out her had to shake his and said, "Thank you so much for all you did for my son." I wanted to ask him what he had done, but I didn't.

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Foster

Jessica was exhausted from looking after N. for two week-ends and 7 nights. He has had a cold and sleeps poorly at night. he is affectionate and attached to her, he calls me dad and judy gma. He responds with a NO! and often a shriek when asked to do most things, but then does them cheerfully. We appreciate that he says thank you when given things. He won't watch television. It seems he is accustomed to watching movie on a phone.He is eager to go to water and enjoys throwing rocks into the bay.

Friday, April 27, 2018

odd thought 1

If I believed in God, I might be convinced that he/she created prostatic hypertrophy to get men to appreciate that they are still peeing. Certainly as I stand and wait for my urine to flow and occasionally clean up my dribbles I do think of God wonder why he has done this to me, and indeed all men who live long enough to be grateful for another day of peeing.

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Werner Herzog's  Where Green Ants Dream. Australian aborigines resist mining company's drilling on land where green ants have religious significance for them. A moving portrayal of problems of cross cultural misunderstanding.
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Jessica's foster boy is sick. The trials of idealism.