Superbowl Sunday, a day that we can come together and support the Atlanta Falcons. President Steve Bannon is hoping for the Communists to burn down the Reichstag while we’re distracted. Or am I mixing up my history? Another beautiful combination is Souvlaki!
Day 18:
Snow Day! That means I can watch Betsy DeVos become our new education leader…unless one republican grows a pair of souvlakis and votes against her.
Day 19:
We are closing in on the first month being done. We’re building a wall and New Mexico is paying for it, Hilary is going to be locked up soon, and Trump’s secret plan to destroy ISIS has been put into action…little did we know that destroying the US was the plan. ISIS can’t destroy the US if we do it first. Time for a souvlaki.
Day 20:
Betsy DeVos is now heading the Department of Education. This is a really vivid, long nightmare. I hope when I wake up, I’m well-rested. The first thing I’ll want after a long night’s sleep? Souvlaki!
Three Weeks= 21 days:
Looks like the terrorist organization Nordstrom is in the Trump crosshairs. I feel safer everyday knowing The Donald has his tiny fingers on the pulse of dangerous places. Looks like he’s going after well-known terrorist John McCain this morning. What goes best with strategic attacks? Souvlaki!
Day 22:
Well…Muslim ban revoked…Nordstrom and Iran are on double-secret probation…Trump either spends all his time roaming the White House in a bathrobe, or he doesn’t own a bathrobe…and the wall will cost taxpayers 20 billion dollars and take three years to build. Those bad hombres now have three years to catch a flight over the wall. Busy day, you probably don’t feel like cooking so head out and pick up a 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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