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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Norman Rockwell…a Cultural Icon
I live my life in a multi cultural atmosphere…..meaning, as you might know, I married a Latina. A Colombian girl if specifics mean anything and with that marriage comes all the different customs, foods, habits, idiosyncrasies…..and thought processes.We had some friends for a … Continue reading
Advanced Abnormality
Well, I’ve been painting a doctors office….unfortunately its been an odd gig where I can’t start till noon and have to work till 6:30 or 7:00 but hey…could be worth a case of .22 cal. ammo . Well the other evening, the predictable creature of … Continue reading
Music to my ears……
Skilled construction personnel, tradesman, journeymen. These are people that have a skill beyond the physical hard learned ability to perform their chosen craft….they can often see in their minds eye the fruits of … Continue reading
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The Grand Finale…..
If you liked the last story perhaps you’ll get a kick out of the latest. Its not what I had planned to write but………let me take you back to just a few hours ago when my day ended on a very … Continue reading
A Dogs Life….
Did ya hear Bowser moved out? Now I’ll tell ya this but ya really gotta keep it under your hat. My wife finds out and I’ll be listening to incessant Spanish at a much higher decibel than I’m usually accustomed to … Continue reading
Steppin Out
Maggie holds to two theories as to why I have by far more than most living souls, the uncanny ability to have extremely few of life’s normal procedures proceed normally. Her first theory is that I’m a negative person, therefore … Continue reading
Linguisticaly Plateaued
My linguistic skills must certainly have reached a higher plateau. Lately I’m finding it easier and easier to communicate my point when I have to telephone the dreaded “support “of any of many large corporations / business’. You know what I mean…….when that extremely distinct accent that … Continue reading
K Mart Blue Light Special
Years ago we used to do our grocery shopping at a local Market Basket and on one memorably busy Thursday night I found myself at the checkout behind a woman and her egg headed thirteen year old son when some … Continue reading
The Keys Disease
Been working recently down in Key West with my Buds from Coast Construction on some hospital rehab work. The Keys Disease, the term is in reference to the affliction of accepting and/or embracing the Lower Keys style of life. … Continue reading
Flying Home for Christmas
Regardless of the hardcore travel experience I’ve accrued over the years it still seems its necessary to have those last minute dashes for last minute necessities. This time it was dashing out the night before the flight for socks. New socks … Continue reading
Merry Christmas Randy……
Randy hails from the West Indies and he must of hailed some time ago as its doubtful he would remember his 85th birthday. He lives in a neat and tidy home with his wife diagonally across the road from me. She … Continue reading
Its Not Just the Holidays….
Maggie is away for the holidays caring for her ailing Mother and so I was forced to fend for myself. So the day starts, and of course the tone of it is set long before the sun can improve its countenance. … Continue reading
A Rose….by any other name
My name….I mean look at it….Berthiaume. Its indecipherable for Gods Sake. Not a living soul can pronounce it and my Grandmother in fact often informed me that I myself mispronounced it. Well as I’ve spent an entire life with other people struggling over … Continue reading
Just Can’t Get a Break……
Some while back it was more than obvious that my regular barber was getting a little less profficient and I was getting a little less comfortable out in public. The answer, I decided, was to just keep getting little trims in … Continue reading
The Joy and the Pain…..
We’re back in the tropics…in fact our very dear friends have rented us a house directly across the street from the home we sold back in 2007. Maggie, ever the inner city kid at heart, is over the moon looking out the … Continue reading
Mail Away
Its rather sad, I think, that all my funny stories are true. I mean I myself see the humor in them , but that doesn’t mean I’m not feeling the aggravation of the endless crap that follows me around. We’re leaving tomorrow, maybe … Continue reading
Victim of a Southern Concept of Time
I had planned on spending the morning collecting some very overdue debts but last weeks request for a few more days to pay, {which really meant a couple of more weeks} left me at a loose end this very dark and … Continue reading
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My Aching Back…
Worked today, second Saturday in a row. I’m tiling a shower stall out in my old working grounds way out back of the mountain range, over an hour away. So this morning, bright and early, on one seriously country road I … Continue reading
Mountain Ways…..of Thinkin
Some fool cleaned it Finally happened, and perhaps its because of my locale, but I ended up with an insatiable appetite for a shotgun. I mean ya just gotta fit in, right ? Walmarts of course has the best deal on … Continue reading
Following the Work
Ronnie…..Paula…..and Maggie We left our home in the tropics, my wife and I, to follow the lure of what little work we could find in a wonderful place… Appalachia. I’d like to share a few emails we sent to … Continue reading
