Where have all my students gone?

.....First I have to address Joel who said I did not attribute the poem "When the Sea waits..etc". Perhaps I failed to do so. If I did, it was only because I did not remember to attribute it. I do so for other poems. I did attribute "Dulce et Decorum est" a few posts back. I apologize for not remembering to use quotations. Remind me to get to it on a comment. Besides, I could claim "Poet's license! Symons is dead.

 

.....A couple of weeks ago I sent a gift to Phil and Hindy of grapefruit and (or) oranges. Today we received a beautiful basket (a real basket) of all kinds of goodies including a package of dark chocolates, which I'm told is very healthy for you.  I guess that's the reason I reached 92.

 

.....Second, and about Senor Trump.  He came out of nowhere to make the Republic presidential candidates.  I don't plan to vote for him. But perhaps when I listen to the speeches at their convention, I will.  Who knows? The Confederates always claimed to be the saviors of the American people. They claim that they know what Americans want. If that's so? Since Donald has drawn many more people to his side then to any other Republican, isn't that what the American people want? A screwball for President?

 

.....Thirdly,my two daughters  &  Bonny's   husband, Don came from California to celebrate my birthday. In addition to them Magda came here from Sweden and stayed at our place for two days. Magda is a professional vocalist who came to North Shore High School from Brasil and though spoke only Portuguese at first. She was one of my best students. 

Stupid is as Stupid Does

.....The apocalypse has arrived! My computer has stopped using Explorer as my browser & I have to gravitate to Chrome--which I am using now. I prefer Explorer. I have files there & I don't know if they are alive.  I am of the opinion of one that the problem is the modem.  But we shall see.'Right now I am going to try to get to my email.  I just hope that I will be able to come back here.  Bye.

.....Well, here I am.  Back again. I was able to activate my email for a few moments, but that didn't help me to get back here. It was Chrome that helped me. Anyway I am angerly furiously at the political nature of our Congress. The least opportunity that occurs causes Republicans & Democrats to slash each others' throats & suck the blood out with the claim that its tea from the Tea Party. Just you wait and see & hear what will happen when Obama designates a candyate to replace Judge Scalia. (Now if they could get judge Thomson out of there.) 

.......Just so I will have something to do, I decided to run as a director in our condo, Section I. Today was Meet the Candydates. Everyone had to speak a little blurb about themselves.  See?  I too joined the Party of the Stupid! Just remember folk, my opinion may have changed, but not the fact that I'm right.. 

Lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas! (Ben Franklin)

     Well, I fell again from the chair in front of this post. I say "fell again" because I fell from the chair in the living room three days ago. I didn't mean that I fell from the chair in front of this monitor again. I'm a falling fool! The irony is that we are paying for the device you wear around your neck so that when you fall you just have to press a button on the thing and it calls 911--except that I forgot to put it on! So I had to lie on the floor yesterday for a f....gin hour until Rho got home from bowling. (Isn't that the word that Frump used on TV the other day?) 

     Another day has passed, and no, I didn't fall.  However, I still have been remiss about keeping in touch with my readers. I figure that a lot of them have dropped out because there's nothing to read. They don't know what they're missing.  Neither do I know what is missing, so don't blame me for not knowing what they're missing. What I do know is that we both have had MD appointments as well as having bills to pay, birthday cards to send, taxes to make out, and as the King of Siam would say, "etcetera, etcetera, etcetera."

     We loved your letters. We're blessed with a family that is glued together.  Of course we are not around when you are bonding with one sibling or another so you may not be bonding on those occasions. At any rate, thanks for the offers to help us out. Of course, RH+ being 78 and I, ...whatever, it's time for us to be thinking about moving into an assisted living facility. Since I am...whatever it's about time I was there already with the HD 55inch TV having been carried there on my back.  Perhaps that's the reason my back hurts? I can't just hang around the house doing nothing so I thought of suing the BOARD for using my copyrighted musical script in a paid performance.  $10,000 ought to do it!