President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Lord Dampnut Dumpster Fire and Furher Von Trumplestillskin Von Trumpenstein is still involved in his hotel business according to emails from the director of revenue management. Does that matter? Ethically it really does matter, remember how upset all Trumpenstein’s voters were when Hillary wouldn’t release her Goldman Sacks speeches. He promised to break off all his ties to his businesses, remember the big stack of papers he had his lawyers produce? Just another lie, but if you are a Trumperteer you don’t care ’cause you got your coal job back and you’ll soon get that big $100 tax break. You’ll be losing your healthcare and it won’t be long until they come for your social security, but at least you’ll have that new DVD player you’ve been wanting.
Iran has had large protests and our president has weighed in on Twitter. He ended his tweet with “the world is watching.” Yep, and they are watching you Mr. Turnip Head.
Other than that, things are quiet down in Mar-a-lago. Too much golf makes an old man tired. I hope he has a chance to rest up so when he gets back to WA DC, he can start working on that infrastructure bill. The first thing he might want to design is a federal prison with an escape hatch for orange men over 70.
I’ll happily send him a souvlaki care package each day he’s in prison. Think I’m joking…I’ve been posting this nonsense for 343 DAYS! Please make it stop!
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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