Huh? What's Up With That?

  oddities, observations & ?s #7                            Last spring, we took a day trip to Frankfort, Kentucky, a city with a rich and colorful history, lots of ongoing political intrigue, and surrounded geographically by a hill-and-valley type landscape.    Speaking of landscape, we came upon a plant and flower nursery while in the state capitol that we thought was unique.    Wilson Nursery is located on a state road called the East-West Connector Highway  and  is situated on a hillside about two blocks long and a block and a half wide. A full service restaurant is at the crest of the hill and the rest of the nursery slopes downward from the eatery.  The layout was like a water slide.      I seated myself on the back deck of the restaurant at a table for four under a huge canopy that shielded diners from the sun.  A glass of iced tea was all I needed...

  put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew...                                   guy clark, 1981                                                                       I am hard pressed to come up with any person I admire more than those who can grow homegrown tomatoes in the summer.     Part of the reason for this outright adulation is because after many, many, futile warm seasons, I finally gave up all gardening pretenses.  Acknowledging there are those who are superior in the skills of gardening allowed me to move on to other pursuits.     HUH ?  What's up with that ?    It is such a delight to eat a slice of a homegrown tomato on a fried egg sandwich, or, when placed on top of b...

pos(people over 60)memories #3...                     Some people like to think about their favorite memory or two on a regular basis.  Two ladies said they think of great family memories as a recurring theme.     Others may dwell in the past way too much.  One man told me he thinks the 1970s were the greatest decade in his history and he would like to go back to that time.   Still others claim not to have a fun memory they occasionally bring up just to reminisce. Two people, independent of each other, told me they stay in the moment and don't look back.  I find that almost impossible to do, but, it must be real to some.   Richard DeHart, 85, started his adult life in the Armed Forces.   I was in Vietnam in 1969 and left in early 1970, he recalled .  Then, I turned right around and went back in late 1970 and stayed a year and a half.   Okay.  It's now 1972 and you left the serv...

oddities, observations & ?s...#6                                                             There are many objects or concepts we don't observe, see, or, hear of today, because of scientific advancements, cultural change, or evolution.    It is as if they had never existed.   Except for professional photographers, I can't remember the last time I saw someone holding a camera up to their face, squinting through one eye, looking into a lens, and, snapping a camera shutter that captures the moment.   It has been many years since I've seen a Bell Telephone truck on the road.   Cd’s, floppy discs and thumb-drive backups are in the past.  We are in the Age of the Cloud .     I remember thinking a Garmin GPS was like having a magical box with some mysterious knowledge unknown to me. Now, it is all ab...

  memories of POS...#2   I have spoken to several random people willing to share their favorite memory and this second in a  series of blogs called, memories of POS  is the result of part of those conversations.        Some of the men and women were reluctant to impart what some would consider the most personal of thoughts.  That's understandable, but, for those willing to tell a story, it was fun to eavesdrop.        Of the all the memories revealed, all but one fit into one of four categories: childhood, career, love, family.   HUH ?  What's up with that ?    The ages of those I have spoken with range from 34 to 85.  The people over 60, (POS) had the most difficulty citing just one favorite memory and tended to recount several events as their most visited.  However, when asked to choose a numero uno, each one narrowed their many thoughts to a single memory.    Beverl...

  #5 of oddities, observations, & ?'s...                                                               I noticed former Vice-President Mike Pence was booed as he took the stage   at the NRA Convention in Indianapolis last April.  Simultaneously, as  boos were echoing around the Indiana Convention Center, another section of the crowd cheered the former Hoosier governor.     I presume the negative reaction Mr. Pence received was prompted by his role in support of the constitution of the United States while serving as Speaker of the House on January 6, 2020.     It is unknown if the press asked those who applauded  why they were showing a positive reaction, but, the cheers could have been for the same reason as those who booed.   How ironic.  Some of the very same peop...

  memories...#1                 There are certain memories that resurface more often than other remembrances.     What is so much fun about scenes stored in my memory vault  is that many times I didn’t realize at the time the portrait in front of me would become a lasting impression, much less memorable.     I like this quote I saw years ago:  You never know when you are making a memory.      HUH ?   What's up with that ?   Memories have provided a bonanza for multiple industries, including, music, drug therapies, long-term care facilities, and, memory preservationists.   According to Lyrics.com , there are over 163 thousand songs with the word memory in the title, lyrics, or, album title.    If a product’s popularity is gauged by the amount of advertising dollars spent to promote and market the product,  Prevagen  has to be one of the front runners in memory ai...