ODE THE MAN!, SISTA, THAT IS poignant. Paul Simon remains OM relevant, Yep..

& as you'd presented it, a fascinating look into one's historical background & foreground

whale''s set sail ~~

We'll need 2bring the church-key this time, Cass.....

Guinness, Smithwicks, Neg. Modelo, the Wholly Trilogy of Messyboat Refrigery

[‘less it’s all jus 2bdamned pricey this week then we got Killian’s & King Cool.]

(Funny, ha-ha.) Having chanced a second glance @yo Paper Moon energy. Looks like U’re b’side, could it be,

Alton Brown (of Good Eats notoriety)? Again, ..jus kiddin, ..but, look closer U may catch the same glimpse as me.

Not that we’d draw any energy away from your half o’the photo, oh no. But ..still…

guttural sounds of obeisance to Padmasambhava, an it ain't naffin', naffin’t all, not all

Hiccup....

Messybear: I dozed a few times, not minutes but seconds, beside her ..in-between smiles n talk of almost every little thing that came to mind. Like tonight’s scrimmage and how comfortable! the memory-foam mattress cover makes our bed n what basketball apparel ...we plan to get Silver for his Birthday on Saturday, just every little thing that came to mind rolled off our quiet dialogue tonight us two yo snuggly fit together side-by-side. Outside it was a chilly but not cold night tonight after we left the gym arm-in-arm in lockstep across the parking lot to the HHR, autumn woods providing backdrop to the north n east, a large bowl-shaped sliver of moon in the sky. A nice n easy drive (hands on warm thighs) into town to pick-up late dinner take-out of steamed tofu n sautéed Chinese vegetables, white rice, n chicken with broccoli for Silvercat, n chopsticks. Met Silv at home ..fresh out o the shower n all wired up, ..thrilled about the scrimmage tonight n the coming season, point guard to the core, shooting guard by the side-door, since pee-wee championship & the Harley M. Lane award, all heart n smart n so articulate as he recounted all 5 quarters of basketball miles while I served US up some Cantonese and settled in between the two of them…to enjoy the finer things in life. …It doesn’t always go down this way, in fact it’s often not near that comfortable. Most days are of protocol n budgeting n water softener repairs n infinite routine home maintenance, just like you, too, that n errands & preventative maintenance, n this expected thing n that unexpected thing n real efforts to remain in the black n woes that grow & diminish n snow flurries n doubtful scurries to & froe facing, bracing, avoiding cliché; n spats about that n this n outside hassles that always seem to want to force a character role into every good home life by subtlety, intricacy, n/or duress. ..After hugging our soon to be eighteen-yr.-old son, we...

Hiccup.