President Agent-Orange-Julius-Caesar Dumpster-Fire-and-Fuhrer The-Mini-Peach-Putin Von Trumplestillskin was back on Twitter yesterday. He retweeted a gif of him hitting a golfball that struck Hillary and knocked her down. This the President of the United States…retweeting a gif…long sigh. You’d think he didn’t have anything to do. He is going to be speaking at the UN today. His main speech writer, Stephen “Robot Recall” Miller is going to have his challenges with this one. He can’t use any big words, because Trump never reads the speeches until his sees them on the teleprompter. Don’t believe it, watch as he reads his speeches, it’s like he gets surprised by what he is saying. “We will go to Mars.” Nods, smiles, mouths, “Wow, we’re going to Mars. Who would have known?”
Alec Baldwin won an Emmy for his portrayal of the POTUS. I wasn’t sure if the award was for bravely portraying the Trumpster-fire, or for managing to play the President without getting sick all over himself. The highlight of the Emmy Awards was Sean “Spicy” Spicer’s appearance. Very funny.
Michael “Resting Worried Face” Cohen will be testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee tomorrow. Cohen is one of Trumplestillskin’s business partners and knows where all the Russian money is buried. Good luck Cohen. Enjoy your Fifth Amendment.
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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