Trump turned up the crazy dial to 11 yesterday. First, he invited the Russian press into the Oval Office to take pictures of him with two of the guys involved in the Russian election scandal. Trump said, “Next time bring some KGB guys to plant bugs.” The US press, the enemy, was not invited in because Trump was worried, they’d ask him a question he’d later have to contradict.
Trump did have a cray-cray interview with Lester Holt where we found out that Comey assured Trump that Trump was innocent, that Comey begged to stay on the job, that Comey is a showboater, that Comey just looks tall but is really 5’10”, that Trump ate a beautiful piece of chocolate cake, that Comey assured Trump three times that he was innocent, that Trump probably illegally interfered with an ongoing investigation by questioning Comey, that Trump was innocent of anything involving Russia, and that Trump shouldn’t ever allow people with brains to interview him.
Flynn is now refusing to turn over papers to investigators. He’s probably holding out for a plea deal before he rolls over on the ducktail coiffed cheeto.
In other related news, a Russian jet flew within twenty feet of a US jet. (I realize this has been going on for a few years.) Where is Tom Cruise when you need him?. Come on Maverick! America turns its lonely eye to you!
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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