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LATEST HEADLINES 2012

ARMY RANGER DEPARTS FOR A YEAR IN KOREA

Army 2nd Lt Grandson of raja left for Korea well armed to defend our country

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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WHIPS ASS OF UNIV OF LOUISVILLE 69-63

Longtime rivals and ranked in the top 5 teams, this is proof that God loves UKY the most.

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LOCAL RESIDENT LEAVES INN TO RETURN TO STINKIN' LOFT IN GEORGETOWN

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BREATHING DEVISE;  WORN AT NIGHT TO PREVENT INHALATION OF LINGERING FUMES FROM BRICK SEALER  APPLIED IN SPACE BELOW LOFT

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FIRST SNOW OF WINTER BRUSHES SMALL KY TOWN. EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN EXCEPT FAVAS

Menu features leftovers from 2011 and fresh frickles

 

 

 

 

Bringing the Troops Home

Another war has come to an end--I truly honor and respect all the troops that served while the rest of us were encouraged to do our part by shopping. I've lived long enough to see a lot of wars--I remember the end of WW2 as a little child--jumping and somersaulting on the grass in celebration with a friend as the few cars passed honking. We won!

I can't recall us "winning" another of the many wars since then. They have been declared ended but not clearly won and I've known some injured or killed from my lifetime of wars.  The Vietnam Wall reduces me to tears.

And if/when we leave Afghanistan I'm not the young naive patriot I was as a kid. I definitely will not be doing somersaults down Main Street. By then I'll be too old.

Occupy Main Street?

What are the chances? We have three banks on the corners but all are local. We have a steady stream of marchers, but they are in the many parades featuring fire trucks, horses, Santa Claus, various queens, Jesus, local leaders,etc. None carry protest signs.

The closest to protest in town were a couple of Tea Party rallies at the Court House, mostly involving gray haired, overweight Republicans whose major goal is to get rid of Obama.

Everett, Ralph, Mr. McIntyre, all local old-timers actually occupy the Main Street benches in front of Favas daily in good weather, but 5 old guys do not a protest make. Besides, they served in Okinawa in World War 2 and in the Korean War-- they have nothing more to prove..

Art, Politics and Literature

I will be spending the next several waking hours beginning with art--photo club meeting where we will be sharing photos expressing "time" and "skies" plus a demonstration by a young member who teaches physics at Georgetown College.

At 5 a.m.tomorrow I will report to the Court House, to be bored for about 14 hours serving as an election official (sheriff, once more having sworn I've avoided any duels since the last election) as Kentucky has a gubernatorial race this fall. Thereafter I will head to the library to lead our book group's discussion, A Singular Woman--the Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother by Janny Scott.

All this should free me up to do nothing of importance for the rest of the month.

Stiff Competition

Last weekend--

The good news:  20/20 Vision exhibit opened with 56 fine photos.

The bad news: The news media opened with one grainy photo of Anthony Wiener's wiener.

We just couldn't win against that kind of competition. 

And Away They Go?

Tomorrow the Rapture is scheduled--or predicted--or whatever.

Anyway it should clear up the parking spaces on Main Street leaving cars with keys in them and maybe a freezer full of steaks at Favas and cold beer at Galvins, assuming the owners can make the cut.

I'll be judging photos at a dog and sheep show and waiting the arrival of good friends, the Cooks, from Chicago. I doubt that they will be "Raptured", but if they are, I hope it's after their arrival and Bill leaves behind his keys.

They have a real cool car.

 

Chicago Day 2

My car trunk is filling up with Chicago specialities and still need to make room for Karen's 30 photos for the exhibit. No more hoarding goodies--now time to focus on Kathryn's party tomorrow for 60 people.

We've received proofs of the invites for the exhibit (www.carnegie center.org) along with a proof of the large banner that will be hung outside the building. Unexpected! Going to be tough to wing it....

Air and Airways

Look! Up in the air!  A legion of chimney swifts have arrived--more than I have ever seen here, diving and tweeting and enjoying life. Also the first bat whisked past--and not from my building. Finally a night warm enough to enjoy the show from my porch.

I rarely watch anything except PBS but checked the weather on TV to see what awaits us. Tucked between the news and weather were a plethora of ads for adults who have joint pain, stomach pain, various dysfunctional body parts, suffer from dry eyes and leaky groins, are over-weight (since their only moving parts are their restless legs) and men who achieve an erection only when they are alone in a bath tub with a naked (?) woman in an adjoining tub.

How I long for the days when commercials were for refrigerators, racy cars and soap bubbles. As for now, I'm strictly for the birds.

Chasing the Hour Hand

Scanned and identified another 170 slides of Route 20 for 20/20 Vision exhibition and for the web site we are developing. Reading When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle, a favorite author. Two trips to Lexington for dance classes and program rehearsal and to buy bagels for First Friday's "lots of lox" gathering here tomorrow a.m. (bagels don't exist in Georgetown--probably because they don't do well with sausage gravy).

Set dye for artist friend Judy who does hand painted silk scarves and ties. And awaiting the arrival of season 4 of Mad Men from Netflix--takes me back to that awful era of the early sixties and assures me why I never got my act together.

Guess this indicates a lack of focus and why I never liked bridge. Once the snacks disappeared I found a fistful of cards and 3 women to be b-o-r-i-n-g.

 

 

Southern Living

The March issue of Southern Living has a profile on Georgetown, including a few restaurants and the arts. There is a photo of Main Street at night--look for the the building with the green awning--my loft is above it on the far end.

It may be worth taking a peek but not worth buying the magazine. Neither Frickles nor I are mentioned.