President Agent-Orange-Julius-Caesar Dumpster-Fire-and-Fuhrer The-Mini-Peach-Putin Von Trumplestillskin will be overseeing his first 9/11 memorial today. Things I hope he doesn’t mention:
1. His victory.
2. The size of the crowd.
3. The media.
4. North Korea
5. The deal he made with the democrats.
6. The money he got for Trump Tower even though it wasn’t damaged during the attack.
I’m not sure which interview was more stomach turning: Steve “Street Fighting Made My Face Like This” Bannon on 60 Minutes, or Hillary “Not All My Excuses Are Not For Bill” Clinton on Sunday Morning. Bannon didn’t apologize for anything and Clinton blamed everyone else for not winning the presidency. Anyone else want to help me write a romantic comedy screenplay? When Hillary Met Stevie. “They were enemies…until they weren’t.”
Priebus and McGahn have hired lawyers. That makes it official. There are no more lawyers left in the US. All of them are in WA DC defending or prosecuting the Trumplestillskin administration.
North Korea has promised the “greatest pain” to the United States. I’m not sure what that means, but if you’ve stepped on a rock with the heel of your foot you know what NK is planning. I’m checking my shoes every morning until they launch the ICBMs. Better safe than sorry.
Irma didn’t destroy most of Florida, but it came close. Al Gore is probably behind this whole thing. I’d be mad at Florida too…so close and yet so far.
I’m going to get up close and personal with a souvlaki this afternoon.
Why is my page titled South of the Strait? Well I live in a far corner of the United States. I live in a small town south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. If I was going to throw a rock across the strait it would land in Canada. I used to be an English teacher. I have worked in Westport, Port Angeles, and Sequim, Washington... and I did two years of substitute teaching in Coalinga, California.
I've moved around a lot, living in: Sterling,Kansas; Chicago; Jordan, Montana; Lemoore, California; Auckland, New Zealand; Spokane, Washington; Gambier, Ohio.
What do I write? For WordPress I used to print once a week for general comments. I wrote reviews of music concerts my daughter made me attend. (Each month she would want us to drive to Seattle to see a music group. I usually stood in the back watching weird stuff.) I also wrote about trips I have taken in Europe where I liked getting lost. I also wrote during the few months when my son was treated for cancer. (He is officially free of cancer of five years.) About three years ago I decided to stop writing blogs so I could concentrate on writing a few books. I have completed three books...or maybe four. I have now compiled my short stories poems and memoirs on Amazon. You can get it at Amazon now..."A Work In Progress"--Jon Eekhoff. I have been very close to getting a printed book called "Lost Summer" but I was never offered $1,000,000.00. (It's set in Paris, 1920's, with baseball, writers, artist, and actually true stuff.) I wrote a book about college basketball called "Laidlaw." It's kind of a mix of "Moby Dick" and a coach who is about to get fired so he takes his team out for a free drive around the West. My most recent book is "California Tales." These are connected stories about the missionary churches in California. They are sad, funny, inspiring, and odd. I had the entire book done in my head and had just one section to finish the next day...and that is when I fell 20 feet from my roof and landed on the cement. (Like a lot of men, I thought I could maintain my own roof instead of leaving it to the professionals.) I don't remember anything about my accident but I am told I was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Though conscious and responsive after surgery to remove part of my skull, I don't remember anything from my first month there. I spent another month of Harborview working on walking, speaking, and writing. That was two years ago. As a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) survivor, I could have quit writing, but I am not going to quit. I work with the University of Washington Speech and Hearing Clinic.
So, here I am. I am married and live here in Sequim with my wife Cheryl. Our kids live in nearby cities. Writing is now an exhausting exercise, but something I plan to keep working on.
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