My big brother celebrated his 70th birthday on the 7th of May and again several days later. Or, if I know him, maybe he is still celebrating. He lives far away, and we don’t get to see much of him. However he was on our hearts and minds as the rest of the family got together for a little cook out the other day.
It got me to thinking after everyone had gone home for the evening. MY BIG BROTHER IS GETTING OLD. Ergo I AM GETTING OLD! How the hell can that be? Just the other day we were digging an outhouse hole together. Old people can’t do that kind of work. We were racing through the woods behind the homeplace and down the dirt bank to the old railroad track and past the frog pond to the new pond. Or to the cave. You can’t do that when you are old; and it was just the other day. We crawled out the bedroom window and hightailed it through the woods to Charlie Waters’ house to watch TV. The Hit Parade my favorite show. And just the other night on the way back from the Waters house he gave me my first cigarette, a Chesterfield, no filter. I remember taking my first big drag and shortly a big ol’ oak tree jumped up in front of me and knocked me flat on my back. He walked me around in the woods for quite a while before he brought me home. I sleep well that night.
You know, when I really think on it my big brother is not getting old. He is getting younger every day! Me too!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Retired for sure
Well about 3 weeks ago I really retired. Bente’s big brother is in the country for a visit and spent a week with us before heading for the west coast. He will be back this weekend for another week then back to Denmark. I took the week off to visit. Then for the past two weeks I have done nothing but play golf. Very poor golf I might add, but I have enjoyed everyday of it. I haven’t listened to a lot of news or should I say the “evening entertainment” since I truly don’t believe there is a real news show on TV. I haven’t been on the net very much so I really haven’t had a lot to write about.
Maybe bad golf. I am very much out of shape and hampered with arthritis really bad but I still go out there and swing away. I no longer care about the score. Wait a minute there! Yes I do care very much about the score. It is just that I haven’t played in so long and I seemed to have gotten old in the mean time and can’t turn. Back or forward. Oh I hit some good ones and a lot of really bad ones but I keep at it. I keep telling myself that today is the day that I will be back in form but it seems just out or reach.
Bente is also a little rusty but she has thrown in several good rounds and probably would have had several more if she had not been playing with me. I seem to drag her down with my bad playing. She joined the ladies group and in the very first tournament her team won first place. I am quite sure she was the reason. She to is bothered with a touch of arthritis and has to watch the big swings but she has not lost the game like I have.
We played this morning and I hurt so bad I can hardly walk. But I must stop for now as I have to go to the range and hit some balls. If I could just get through the ball. Maybe if I…….
Seth
Maybe bad golf. I am very much out of shape and hampered with arthritis really bad but I still go out there and swing away. I no longer care about the score. Wait a minute there! Yes I do care very much about the score. It is just that I haven’t played in so long and I seemed to have gotten old in the mean time and can’t turn. Back or forward. Oh I hit some good ones and a lot of really bad ones but I keep at it. I keep telling myself that today is the day that I will be back in form but it seems just out or reach.
Bente is also a little rusty but she has thrown in several good rounds and probably would have had several more if she had not been playing with me. I seem to drag her down with my bad playing. She joined the ladies group and in the very first tournament her team won first place. I am quite sure she was the reason. She to is bothered with a touch of arthritis and has to watch the big swings but she has not lost the game like I have.
We played this morning and I hurt so bad I can hardly walk. But I must stop for now as I have to go to the range and hit some balls. If I could just get through the ball. Maybe if I…….
Seth
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