I wore a suit and tie this morning because I would be attending Mr. Franklin’s funeral. Mary Claire was standing with Kathy as I was coming through the kitchen heading out the door. “Doesn’t dad look nice,” said Kathy.
Mary Claire looked me over and was impressed. “You should dress like that more often.”
“Why?” I asked.
“It looks like you want to work more.”
Don’t tell Tim Tuff.
Tonight I’m working on copy/pasting journal entries from our old Hypercard family diary into the Stonegate blog. I copied over Michael Fletcher’s Big Nose, which is about the first night of bombing in the Gulf War and has little Danny asking questions about gas masks. As I read the posting, in the background I had iTunes playing Stevie Wonder’s Songs from the Key of Life. I heard a teacher shout out the question “Who invented the gas mask?”, and the kids yelled in response “Garrett Morgan, A Black Man.” Strange coincidence.
See: Lyrics to Black Man
Hear: The song Black Man
A cool front came through. Clyde was very happy to wake up to play in 59 degrees in August. Makes yard work more attractive.
When we had to have our water main replaced (2/2002), the yard got marked up with all kinds of colorful flags and paint lines. We also happen to have the radio fence marked at the time with white flags.
I took a series of pictures, figuring it would be good reference in the future. I’ve since referred to it so many times, I went ahead and created this quick reference gallery: mac.fiveforks.com/stonecables.
Kathy and I bought a Dwarf Slender Hinoki Cypress to plant next to the mailbox. Based on this photo, the Faulkner’s TV may be at risk when I start digging. Stay tuned. (Hope the Faulkner’s can!)
