Mueller’s investigation is moving towards Obstruction of Justice…that’s not good for Donnie Tiny Tweeting Fingers. There may not be enough evidence to prove collusion before we get a peek at Trump’s taxes, but I’ll take Obstruction of Justice if that is what it takes to get a tee time for the Donald at a federal prison. (Yeah, he’ll probably get a pardon, but I can dream.)
Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea meeting with Un. Rodman gave Un “The Art of the Deal” as a gift. Un said, “Thanks, I like fiction. Especially fantasy.” Maybe Rodman can be the glue that holds the two craziest leaders in the world together.
We sold $12 billion in weapons to Qatar. Trump just called them a sponsor of terrorism a week ago. Yep, what the world needs now is more weapons.
Speaking of weapons. Some Burnie Sanders supporter/nut-job shot up a republican baseball practice. I’m not going to make light of this event other than to say that it might be time to look at some reasonable gun laws. No one has died yet, but four people were killed yesterday at a UPS office by a gunman. Those four people are just as important as the congressmen in my opinion. Regular, everyday people are shot all the time in the US. The answer isn’t more guns because that is what we have been trying…and if ain’t working, why are we still trying? Australia had a mass shooting, made laws restricting guns, no more mass shootings…maybe it isn’t just the Souvlaki Hut that they got that makes Australia a land of wonder down under.
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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