When American society moved from subsistence living to the Age of Connsumerism we lost the Renaissance Man Ability(for the most part.. it is way dangerous to generalize based on personal experience).A grown man throws a large round ball through a hoop and earns thousands of times more monetary compensation than say someone who actually does something useful, as for example,a carpenter..After the game(His JOB),he showers,grooms and attires himself in really expensive GEAR.Emanations of fame…

I breathe.. I write..Deep in the Night.. Where the cat on the hot tin roof is no longer so aloof..In that particular movie, Mendacity is my new favorite word.. Can Mendacity be a verb or a dangling participle favored by a crippled society? paul Newman drinks until the noise in his head is DEAD.. Elizabeth Taylor flounces about like a brook trout hooked by a big Crook.. Burl Ives lived how many lives? In this old time flick Paul is my hero.. He alone knows where  the  wild goose goes..…

In Ft. Worth many moons ago there was a venue(use the term Loosely) known as the Cellar.. Long long long ago a band known as Buffalo Springfield played this venue.. I personally did not have the unique privilege of hearing them.. However:my husband saw and hear them there and predicted they would go NOWHERE.. Interesting since my favorite Neil CD is Everybody Knows this is Nowhere.. So Buffalo Springfield did whatever they did.. Then Neil Young morphed into Neil Young.. I morphed into his…

The first time I visited Dollywood I was fascinated by the number of morbidly obese people zipping about on their motorized "carts" In Tennessee women consider themselves a normal weight at 200 lbs.. So do doctors here consider 200 lbs normal for a woman..As you enter the gates of Dollywood to your right is a SWEET shop.. When I crossed the portals of this emporium I was amazed..The SIZE of the offerings was obscene.. Cookies the size of Frisbees.. Sweet rolls that weigh more than I do..…

I Just learned Lionel Shriver has a new book out called (I think) My Big Brother.. Her book We Need to Talk About Kevin was genius.. The movie version paled considerably.. In my opinion, Tilda Swinton was miscast as Kevin"s mother.. My question to anyone who may have read this book is.. If you had a child like Kevin what would you do? I have asked this question before and the response was,PRAY.. That did not seem to work to well.. Next idea.. This book is so so worth a read.. All her books…

Who are you elusive creature? You are not a feature in my movie anymore...Scrapbook  memories with smiling facesand gorgeous places...You are really a time traveler.. A real DREAM unraveler...Are we kin? or not?  You somehow shape shifted into my life.. Strife.. strife strife.. Get your own life away from me and mine.. Can you spare a dime for the monkey grinder? Are you fearful of Circus clowns.. Down the rabbit hole went Alice.. She found her own palace in Tennessee with me...We.spend our…

April is the month..immortalized by Poets and Musicians.. Magician"s fool us with their sleight of hand.. Wizards lead Nature"s Marching Band...The sun warmed Earth gives birth to a slew of New Life.. Is their still Strife among People? Do they still Worship at the Steeple?  Perhaps.... April is also the name of a Lovely Lass with Grace and Class.. Who became my Friend Until the End.. Or Whenever and Forever....

Ladies and Gentlemen, This material is not gay and lighthearted;however it is most certainly true.. The names dates and times have been altered to protect the guilty Long ago in the 50"s in Garrison Gulch,Maine is the setting for our tale(Not FICTION)Our narrator and observer personally of these events is Gay Johnson who currently resides in Ecuador.. Our heroine(victim) Tapioca McMinnis is in parts unknown.. The villain of this tale,Hank Cowman is unfortunately fairly recently…

"Time and the tide wait for no man".. Time wasted.. Time Passages.. A stitch in time.. A babe is born toothless.. Blissful.. Innocent..Ruthless Time sets her clock and marches on.. The babe has her first tooth erupt.. Only a little smidge of pain(remember the idiotic statement no pain, no gain?) She smiles,she coos, she drools, Yet Time She still Rules..The babe becomes a time traveler.. Is she genetically blessed and endowed with pearly whites that actually Glow in the night? Nay, nay good…

Sometimes I still can't believe I live here. I didn't know anything about Utah when I was growing up and even less about Mormons. So what did I do? I became a Mormon (a Mo no mo, however), moved to the Mormon Mecca, finally finished school first with my bachelor's then later a Master's, both in painting. I married in the Temple (yep, I did) and had 4 children over the next however many years. I mean ... what?! This was not at all what I thought I would do. I always wanted to have kids, mind…

When witches brew their potions.. in their big black pots.. Do they,by chance use the Ever Popular Lodge iron cookware?.. Today"s trendy theme is organic and back to the basics(as long as we are not inconvenienced).. Nothing truly tasty is ever brewed/cooked except in an iron vessel.. If you  are a member of the Great Unwashed and perchance put an iron skillet in the dishwasher as I once did... You have committed the Unforgivable Sin.. The vessel is Ravaged.. Worse it is corroded with…

Eons past.. A ceramic bell from Franklin Mint reposed with a rose on the top in my Elve"s workshop....Who knew,but the bell grew.. Ceramic tendrils from the rose in repose began trailing down and around and around...But there was no sound.. not a creature was stirring.. not even a cat would dare purr..Dawn broke over the horizon and the elves began to stir.. The cat began to purr.. The elves saw the sight…

Today I was going to discuss my love of laundry.. I truly do love laundry, but Springtime won this Race.. laundry lost first place.. Do we remember Seals and Croft, Summer Breezes? Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.. One time I thought I knew who my friends were.. But Evil Stepped Down and the summer breezes blew Cold and all the Good Friends grew Old...But now in the late spring of my 68th year.. Nothing is left to Fear.No more tears, regrets or remorse.. I am sitting on the big white…

Cooking full on twice a day...That's just the way we Roll on the Ole home front..By full on, I mean like in the olden days when butter and cream reigned Supreme(Does anyone remember Jane Justin"s cookbook?)Cream of Mushroom, nothing low fat.. Glen does not do that!!!!! Sunday breakfast today was simple and quick.. A registered dietician would get really really Sick..A bacon, onion, tomato sandwich did suffice for my sweet hubby.. He has never been even the least bit Tubby. Did I mention the…

Weaving ribbons of inevitability... Then tying bows on the toes of Those.. who buy the Life of the Lie.. who Never Try to comprehend their fellow Men.. Or show Compassion to the Ones not in fashion.... And Who Practice the Black Art of Accepting Convential Wisdom and Disinformation ... Failing to follow their nose instead of their toes.. Losing the scent for a mere cent of the Maladorous Miasma of Mendacity..   Kay Fields... June 2,2013

I've never done a blog before. I didn't know what to title it, so I gave it my name hoping it'd be easy to find. Was it? I actually have an online blog plan in my future so this will be my first run at it.

I've started a new business! Not having anything close to a business background, it seems to be going in way too many directions at the moment. I would love for you to click on my FB page and then click "like." Is this allowed on here? If not, please disregard this (but do it…

      Weaving ribbons of inevitability..    Then tying bows on the toes of those .. Who buy the Life of the Lie.. Who never try to comprehend their fellow Men... Or show Compassion to the ones not in Fashion.... And who practice the Black Art of Accepting  Convential  Wisdom and Disinformation.. Failing to follow .. their nose instead of their toes.. Losing the scent for a cent of the Malodorous Miasma of Mendacity .. Kay  Fields, June…

Cathy and Noela,

Happy birthday to you nice folks!  Wishes for this year to be a great one.

Anyone have an interest in putting together a beach party for 63 grads here in Port Aransas?

Regards

Adios

Rick Pratt

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