Povey Prattle

These old sneakers/training shoes/walking shoes  -  whatever you call them - just had to go after about six months of wear and tear. (I walk a lot!) No amount of super glue could repair the soles. I must have a strange gait as shown by this left foot shoe. Some may remember that I bought a snazzy replacement pair at Kohl's the other week, only to discover when I got home that they were womens shoes, with womens sizes. Since I was in danger of wearing the soles of the old ones until they disappeared, I set out to look for replacements this morning. Here they are in all their glory, a nice pair of Nikes!   You may think that this is no big deal, after all, we all purchase shoes from time to time. It is a big deal when you are looking for half sizes,  and wide shoes. I need size  8 1/2  wide. This size is  more difficult to find than a Republican who is a member of the ACLU. Triumph and joy -  I found just the size  I needed at the local Bealls Store,

I forget who first posted this, but I thank him or her Merciful heavens!  Zion is not in the least bit bothered by thunderstorms; nor by fireworks (of which there were a superabundance last night -  4th July). Also, he drinks fine red wine not beer.

I do not fly the flag every day, but reserve it for days of special meaning  such as New Year's Day, The Revd. Dr. Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, etc (and a few more). I fly it with humility and discerning pride on INDEPENDENCE DAY   and with a certain defiance this year to make it clear that Old Glory does not belong to HIM....   but to WE THE PEOPLE And in 2019 it bothers me that the Flag which should be a symbol of liberty and justice for all   also flies outside the American prison camps for would be immigrants.

As a United States citizen by choice and not by birth I love the Declaration of Independence.   It is a noble and brave utterance, which I try to read every year on the Fourth. It evokes the very best of patriotic thought until I come to this part. He (King George)  has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. T his is no more nor less than an assertion of white supremacy , right there in one of our foundational documents. That assertion, unchallenged  in 1776,  has led to misery, suffering, forced relocation,  and (to be bluntly honest) the State sponsored GENOCIDE of the children of God who inhabit what we now call the United States of America. On this Fourth :  raise the flag, sing the anthem, read the Declaration of Independence  watch your home town parade, eat your burgers an

Remember that time when there was a power outage?  It may have affected your neighbourhood block, or your street, or a wider area.  Despite the fact that you most likely had all the necessary "official" information at hand, I am willing to bet that from time to time you turned a switch, hoping that by some magic your electrical power had been restored. (At the time after Hurricane Irma some Sarasota friends longed for the "magic" for up to six weeks.) There is no such magic -  gosh-darn it! If you are a regular, or even occasional reader of my page you will know that I have been without air conditioning at my home since Sunday. Thank goodness I have a service contract with a local firm whose technicians have done their very best. They and I thought that the problem had been resolved on Monday afternoon, but this was not the case as I discovered this Tuesday morning when the magic of turning on my a/c  did not work. Earlier today I wrote this to some of

THREE TRUCKS. 3:00 p.m. at Glen Oaks Ridge, Sarasota. FL. A/C Warehouse - Outside my house A/C Warehouse - four doors away on my street Unique Air - three doors away on the street opposite my driveway ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Air Conditioning Conclave in the neighbourhood?  I find this to be mildly amusing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This morning at about 10:00 I realised that my A/C  was pumping out tepid rather than cold air.  On what was a busy day my service company engineers arrived by 3:00 p.m. ( so I was home bound for a while).  They explained the problem in what sounded to me like an ancient Sumerian accent (for all that I understood). I shelled out my $246  and for a while the unit was pumping out cold air.  A few hours later I am not so sure, my home has not cooled.  I'll let it be until the morning before calling the Service Co.