Longtime No Communication . . .

I have no excuses for not writing down my thoughts of late. I did go to San Diego County for a few days last month as mentioned in the last blog. It was an OK trip but something seemed a bit off for me. I cannot put my finger on it. The weather was hot. My family were all preoccupied and I felt as if I were a "fifth wheel." My sister Norma welcomed me as always and was gracious to let me stay with her while she was in the middle of moving. I got to see my grandsons engage in their atheletic endeavors but their family is so full of their own commitments that there is scarcely time for an "outsider," as Dad/"Gramps" seems to be. I long for that feeling of excitement we felt when my grandpa use to come from out of town to visit. Although, I do seem to recollect that my Mom was not always keen to see her father.


Shortly after my return from that trip another death occurred in what seems like a long line of them recently. My friend Charles died two weeks ago. He is the one mentioned in the most previous blog. He had said that the doctors had given him 2 weeks to 2 months. He made it to exactly one month from that prognosis. It is a sad thing when one dies so young. 67 is realtively young! We will miss him at afternoon group curmudgeon's gatherings at Barnes & Noble.


In addition, last week my Uncle Johnny in Lousiana died. He is my mother's only sister's husband. Although I had never really met him he was married to someone we were very close to during the early period of my life. He was in his mid-80s. I mourn his loss, especially how that loss may affect my Aunt Roby.


There has not been much in the way of positive "news" to convey here. But it seems to be my "half empty" view of life anyway, maybe even all the way "empty." Both my daughters refer to me as Eeyore, but I plug along. However, I am ready for some good news should, by chance, that occur in the near future.


As for films of late . . . there is not much positive in that either. The Informant with Matt Damon may be the best of the lot, Extract was not too bad. Surrogate with Bruce Willis was the usual bloody action thriller, entertaining on some level but not all that good. I went to see a much anticipated comedy starring Ricky Gervais, The Invention of Lying, but it was so bad I walked out and went into Moore's new rant on Capitalism, which was actually pretty good, even though his standard "doc" mode. I succumbed to Vince Vaughn's Couple's Retreat this last Friday and found it somewhat ammusing but another "dud." To say the least movie fare has not been worth the money I spent, and that is in short supply since buying the Condo.


And so it goes . . .


Adios Amigos y Amigas