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Monthly Archives: June 2010

Growing Old at El Patio

Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 08:40 PM (-06:00)

1. Double Takes When he walked up the to table, the waiter looked to Trudy. She was still looking at the menu, so he turned to me. And when he saw me, he did a little bit of a double take and then smiled and nodded in the slight way he always has. He was […]

A Different Line of Work

Thu, 10 Jun 2010, 01:26 PM (-06:00)

He is a rocket scientist. He works in Florida at The Cape beside the green-blue waters of the Atlantic where waves wash up on a sandy shore. He watched the Falcon 9 launch the other day. Here’s what he said. It’s a beautiful rocket. It looked like something out of the 60s. It was beautiful. […]

A Place Where Water Sometimes Sits

Wed, 9 Jun 2010, 08:36 PM (-06:00)

There’s a place on the south side of the lake where the water sits after a rain. Up on the hill, the rains run off the fields and pool around the trunks of the trees and cover the broken branches fallen from above. Most of the time the place is dry. (It sure has been […]

Carl

Wed, 9 Jun 2010, 08:11 PM (-06:00)

I spotted him from a distance, sitting on the bench under the bridge where he always used to sit. As I walked up, he turned his head. I raised my eyebrows, opened my mouth, tilted my torso forward and pointed at him. He smiled. “Hello, Carl,” I said. He nodded and smiled and said, “Hello.” He […]

Car Talk

Mon, 7 Jun 2010, 06:51 PM (-06:00)

He’s back from college and hasn’t driven a car in a long time—certainly not a standard.  So a little practice was in order.  Driving here, driving there.  Going to get something to eat, going to the hardware store. So we’re in the car, and he’s at the wheel.  And it’s a new car.  (Yes, I […]

Stunned Silence

Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 08:53 PM (-06:00)

You haven’t said much lately.  What’s been going on? I haven’t felt like talking.  I don’t have very much to say. You always have something to say.  What’s wrong? I guess I’ve just been sitting in stunned silence.  You know: BP’s spewing gusher a mile under the surface. Oh for heaven’s sake!  You need to […]

The Gulf of Mexico is a Very Big Ocean

Fri, 4 Jun 2010, 03:46 PM (-06:00)

The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume. — BP CEO Tony Hayward [Guardian] Unfortunately, not so tiny relative to attempts to clean up your spew. Nice try, though, doctor. hat tip: […]

Define Modest

Thu, 3 Jun 2010, 08:33 PM (-06:00)

[…] the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest. — BP CEO Dr. Tony Hayward [sky news] photo: AP/Charlie Riedel [Boston Globe]