I’m happy to announce that THE KUSH is a dude. Apparently, there was a data entry mistake on his voter registration. Now can someone find out if Steven Miller has checked the Cyborg box on his voter card?
Puerto Rico is struggling to get food, water, and electricity to people. The Mini-Peach-Putin doesn’t seem too concerned and instead of focusing on the disaster he is tweeting about the NFL players disrespecting the flag. RANT ALERT!!! RANT ALERT!!! I’m going to explain this using little words. The protests are not about the flag. The protests are about the killing of unarmed black men by police. If you think it is about disrespecting the flag, then you are a simpleton. If you think it is worse to kneel during the playing of the national anthem than to tolerate the systematic violence against people of color in our country, then in the words of poet John Lennon, “You say you got a real solution. Well, you know we’d all love to see the plan.” Maybe people of color in our country should start open carrying machine guns to protect themselves…how would you feel about that? Maybe violent protests around the country would help? Maybe all the professional athletes in the US should stop playing the games we all love to watch and see if that gets your damn attention. (This works fine for me since my two favorite sports to watch are international soccer and rugby.) Hey snowflake, stop being a baby about a flag and start caring about people!
I’m gonna keep caring about my family, my friends, and my souvlaki.
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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