Povey Prattle

The sun decided to avoid Sarasota today. Overcast all day. The neighbouring community of Glen Oaks Garden Condominiums has been employing a long-necked, small-headed Giraffe for the past two weeks, I think to install roof top a/c units. I'll miss this busy critter when he/she returns to Africa.

This. If you desperately missed my daily blog/face book postings it's 'cause all unwittingly I changed a Face book setting so that my posts went to one friend only, instead of to all friends. Thom Smith of Dalton MA was the chosen "one friend only"! I reposted most things to all friends today. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- That Those nights when you are drifting in and out of sleep and in the semi-somnolent minutes you have strange concerns. Three nights ago I could recall the name of two of the Canadian Maritime Provinces  (Nova Scotia and P.E.I.) but for the life of me I could not recall New Brunswick.   I had to look it up soon after I arose the next morning. Last night I could not remember how to spell "worry".  I wanted to spell it with qu as the first two letters (as in quarry), but I know that was incorrect.  It took a while before I could get to worry not quorry. ---------------------------...

Post Market fitting of Cruise Control on my new Kia Forte. The personable man who fitted it (Travis)  from Dealer Mobile Outfitters in Tampa called me to let me know that he would be late due to heavy traffic on I-75. (That was very nice). He installed the Cruise Control in my driveway in about 75 minutes, then he was headed first to Brandon FL and then to New Port Richey FL.    S.W. Florida folks will know that these are not easy drives. An honest man, working hard at an honest living. With this warning in mind I will not travel to Britton Hill, the highest point (345'above sea level)  in Florida. My lower teeth bridge still being AWOL I took myself to my very excellent Dentist, Dr. Timothy Mercer  (in my mind I call him Timmy, but he does not know this), to have some impressions made for a new bridge. It may take up to two weeks before this prosthesis is made, so I will endure being snaggle-toothed for the duration.

1.  NPR news reported today that "An American woman has won the (women's section) New York Marathon for the first time in forty years" I find this sentence  to be very ambiguous, and unclear.  Has this good woman been trying to win the race for Forty Years? How would you re-phrase this NPR statement? 2.  Goodwill of Manasota (Manatee and Sarasota Counties) in S.W Florida has a few excellent used book stores.  The one on Clark Rd and Derek Ave in Sarasota County is particularly  well organised. I was there this afternoon and bought a couple of paper backs for the princely sum of $7. One is by famed Boston Globe writer James Carroll about his relationship with his father "An American Requiem: "God,My Father, and the War (Vietnam) that Came Between Us". The other is by famed Author Bill Bryson (Notes from a Small Island etc)  about his upbringing in Des Moines IO Enough reading for a couple of weeks. 3. The inestimably wonderful local ...

I have a bridge on my bottom teeth to replace a tooth with a root so rotten that the   Endodontist, honest man that he is, would no recommend a crown.  I should say that I had  the bridge, because it has gone AWOL.  Has the Gremlin been at work again? BY WAY OF BACKGROUND (1)   I am a restless sleeper.  I sleep talk, I sleep laugh, I sleep walk. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND (2)    I usually put the bridge in a tumbler of water before retiring for the night. I sometimes forget to do this. When that happens I sometimes find that I have removed the bridge in my sleep and tucked it under my pillow.  I've also been known (again whilst sleeping) to throw the bridge across my bedroom. Whatever I did last night (Thursday/Friday) the bridge has gone awol,   I cannot find it.   I have searched high and low -  no it's not under the bed, nor did I put it in a drawer or in my freezer durin...

There are Gremlins. They are not all made by the now defunct American Motors Corporation. AMC Gremlin There are photocopier Gremlins. Remember the days of frequent paper jams?  Some thirteen years ago when I was the Rector at St. James's Church in Cambridge, MA I came across the then "Clerk of the Vestry" (the wonderful James A) as he rushed to make photocopies before our Vestry meeting.  Dear James encountered some pain in the neck paper jams. He ventured "this photocopier has a soul, and it is malevolent" . I knew exactly what he meant.  The gremlins had been at work. Some gremlins assailed me this afternoon.  I returned home from my exercise regime at the SRQ  YMCA, and could not find my Y pass.   Had it dropped out of my pocket as I left the Y? Had it dropped out of my pocket when I shopped at my local Ace Hardware on my way home? Had I dropped it in the car? (my ex...

I was the guest of Melba H-K for lunch at Marina Jacks today with her husband Carl, and Carl's caregiver Imani. It was good to eat alfresco with nice views of the Marina and SRQ's famous dolphin fountain. Sarasota Marina Marina Jacks from Bayfront Park Dolphin Sculpture ======================================================================== I ate the Bunless “Bleu Cheese” Burger .................................................................................................Ten Ounce Certified Angus Ground Beef Patty Topped with Bleu Cheese and Sautéed Mushrooms, Served over our Marina Jack Harbor Salad. Seasonal Fresh Fruit (very little fruit on my salad!) It was good, but as I often think about Marina Jacks food, it could have been better. Since MJ's has a near monopoly on bay front dining in SRQ maybe they do not have to try that hard.   And I was in touch with my pet gripe! Why are portions in so many SRQ (and American restaurants in g...