President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Salad ate dinner in the Forbidden City last night. It was a rare honor for an overseas leader and Trump said afterwards, “The only Chinese food I’ve had that was better was the taco bowl at Trump Tower.”
Speaking of China, Rand “China Doll” Paul has upped his broken rib total to six now. First reports were four, then five, and now six. Is he breaking more ribs in the hospital? Do we need to bubble wrap him? If we do bubble wrap him, it’s a great opportunity to mail him to another country. I have some stamps.
First Team Trumplestillskin lost most of the team, then they got their butts handed to them on Tuesday, and now they have lost the Country Music Award presenters, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. (Believe it or not, I was not watching, so this is all second hand.) The hosts were told not to do political jokes, so they sang a short song titled “Before He Tweets.” It’s pretty funny for a country song. Let’s hope the second verse has a bit about losing his job, losing his wife, and ending up in the drunk tank.
Michigan (State Motto: Wisconsin is lowering the drinking age? Hold My Beer) has a bill to allow gun nuts to carry concealed weapons at schools and churches. That sounds like the logical solution. The logical way to put out a fire is to throw gas on it. The NRA’s new motto: Fighting Fire with Gasoline for over 100 years.
The only gas I want right now is the residue sloshing around in my gut after eating a hot 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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