In 100 days we will reach one year of rule under the Trumplestillskin administration…if we survive the next 100 days…or if Agent Orange survives.
This morning it sounds like everyone in Washington DC hates Donnie Trumpie. White House Chief of Staff, Machine Gun Kelly is miserable. T-Rex Tillerson is angry. Who knows where Jeffro Bowdeen Sessions is hiding…probably in an empty tin can of tuna. Sarah Huckabee Saunders’ makeup is slowly turning her into a Sith Lord. And sitting in the middle of this mess is a three-year-old who is angry because he didn’t get everything he wanted.
Statesman Eminem has a freeform rap about Trumplestillskin that is blowing up the internet. I tried to watch it, but when it comes to white guys spitting mad rhymes, I’ll stick with John Keats.
Because Agent Orange Julius Caesar doesn’t know how the Constitution works, or what his job is, he wants to revoke NBC’s license. Imagine if Obama had suggested the same thing for Faux Newz. The old white guys in our country would have bought ALL the guns and started fortifying their double-wide’s. Senator Ben “It’s Pronounced SASS, Not Sassy” Sasse (R-NE) has asked if Trump is forgetting his oath of office. You know the part where he promised to protect the Constitution. Remember the oath? That was where the largest group of people gathered in the history of the world. The sun came out as Trumplestillskin was speaking and God’s voice was heard to say, “This is some guy from New Jersey. I’ve done better. What’s the deal with the electoral college? Really dumb, guys.”
Well, we can all be assured that we made it this far surviving on souvlaki and lies. We can make it 100 more days.
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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