Spitball Army

I love you Sweetheart. Stick around. I’ll be home one of these days.

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I. Great Uncle did stunts in silents and shot a man in a cowboy one-reeler, then vanished to the hills like Roy Earle in High Sierra. II. His nephew, my father, could quote all of Fred C. Dobbs’ lines and shared his suspicious tendencies. Perhaps it was genetic. III. Dad called him Hobart Humphrey. I’d […]

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Card is titled: “Switchbacks on Pikes Peak Auto Highway to Summit, near Mile 14 near Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs.”

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Approximate playing time: 77 minutes.

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This is what Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s Wikipedia page looked like at 1:37 p.m. CST on 8 January 2011. Click on the image if you wish to enlarge it. As of 2:00 p.m. CST, Rep. Giffords was reported as still being alive. The Wikipedia page had been updated to reflect this.

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I hope you will be able to get that Plymouth you mentioned. Anything – just so it is a NEW car with a “roll back” top.

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The moon, plugged-in, illuminates the clouds in the dome overhead. I feel it within reach: my own white and gray Truman Show.

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The first cool wisps of Autumn swirl around me in an invigorating embrace. I feel warmer somehow, energized. I must be a lettuce.

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Waiting to get my hands on you. When I do, I’ll literally squeeze the love right out of you.

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She bundles the kids and sends them out to clean the yard. “Bag them one leaf at a time.” She’s just bought 23 minutes of sanity.

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