Last evening, at the end of a warm sunny day, the last of the sun was flitting through our apple trees and as I gazed out kitchen window I noticed Sydney just sitting there in the lawn chair with the dogs, rocking and chewing his wad of tobacco. It occured to me that he has been a bowl of mellow jello lately and I decided to PONDER that fact.
Certainly in the last three months my priorities have been rearranged. I have come to realize that I have done about all I can to "fix" Sydney and also to realise that it doesn't matter now.
Too bad I didn't figure that out 34 years ago. It might have been a smoother marriage. Too bad one can't pass the lessons on to young wives.
At any rate, all those years of: sit up straight, comb your hair, don't curse, make your bed right, don't eat so much, you need to go to church, don't chew with your mouth open, quit chewing tobacco, stop drinking, etc.,etc, just used up some of the good times we could have.
It is quite a thing to find out that the world will go on without out you and perhaps with some improvement? Anyway sure has been peaceful around here. Sydney gets up about 11:30, reads the paper till 1 or 2, then starts worrying about dinner and that activity lasts until the boys come home for dinner about 5pm. Then there is the news, jeporady, wheel of fortune and if I don't take the controls, cop shows....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
About Me
- The Calico Pen
- My book "The Bastard Tree" is still available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. I hve had a lot of positive remarks about my story and although I am not making money with it, I am glad I did it. It is one of those things that people always say, "you should write a book," so I did. I like to write and I hope you will enjoy reading what I post.
