Well Donnie lost another legal battle, that makes it Trump= 0, Laws=3. I am tired of all this winning. Speaking of winning, Jared Kushner is winning the race to be the first Trumpiod to end up in jail. He is now the focus of the FBI investigation into Russian influence in the election. The Kush will be a delicious dish in prison, he looks good in orange.
The NATO meetings were a cornucopia of crazy. Trump pushed the Montenegrin Prime Minister so he could be in the front of the line like he was a three-year old racing to get birthday cake. Trump’s lucky he didn’t do that to the Italian PM. Melania would be getting a fish wrapped in a newspaper and a note that says, “Donnie sleeps with the fishes.” Then Trump did his handshake thing with French Prime Minister Macron. Macron has real man hands and squashed Donnies little mitts like they were made of Playdough. To top it off, Donnie gave a speech without a teleprompter and it did not go well. The other NATO leaders were laughing. To me, it was a cross between a 10th grader giving a speech written by his mother and a eulogy given by a 90-year-old man at a funeral of a person he didn’t really know well.
Back in the USA, Montana elected a pro-wrestler who came out of retirement to body slam a reporter. I hope the lawsuit for this one goes the distance. In Michigan, some ICE agents sat down, had breakfast, complimented the chef, and then arrested three people working at the restaurant. Bring me your tired, your poor, your people willing to do jobs others aren’t so I can deport them. Yep, this is our nation right now. Good thing we can still hold out hope that a Souvlaki Hut might be coming to a neighborhood near 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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