Every once in a while I'll drive down a road I've been down many times and spot something I've never seen before. Today, it as the First Universalist Cemetery on Maple Street Road in Alabama. The cemetery features a large, jagged stone with a wood sign in front of it listing all of the people believed to be buried in the cemetery. All of them appear to have died before the middle part of the 19th Century. Most of the grave markers are moved or broken.
you forgot to mention,
you forgot to mention, Howard, that even though the markers are moved or broken - that the cemetery is MOWED and MAINTAINED nicely - as are ALL the cemeteries in the Town of Alabama. Our Highway Department does a GREAT job of mowing these formerly overgrown and forgotten cemeteries.
What's going on, why is your
What's going on, why is your grass green? I thought grass was brown, where are the dust clouds and shriveled cacti? Day 51 above 100 degrees, 2011. Day five of 105 or above, in a row. I've been shoving ice cubes up my anus to no avail. Just don't think about the consequences, that's what I keep telling myself. Damn, I might be a teabagger at heart after all.
Love ya', 'taviaNY! tm.
I don't miss endless days of
I don't miss endless days of 100-plus degree weather, severe droughts, fire storms, Santa Ana winds and air so hot and dry it's like walking in an oven.
Billie, I experienced my
Billie, I experienced my first Santa Ana wind storm while in Ontario, Cal. It was like blizzard conditions back home. Instead of cold, blowing snow, this was hot, blowing dust.
I'll take the cold, blowing snow any day of the week.
Me, too, Bea. And Santa Anas
Me, too, Bea. And Santa Anas usually occur in the fall as I recall and the wind blows from the east toward the coast. Ontario isn't very picturesque. They have a auto racetrack and, at least at one time, had a good little newspaper.
I was there on business. We
I was there on business. We were in a little room that had a door to a deck. I made the mistake of walking out to the deck and learned, first hand, about this weather.
It wasn't pretty.
No, Ontario is hardly picturesque. It has the racetrack and the airport. I was there, once, when the Concord landed. Another time, it was the Santa Ana winds. The only other thing I remember about Ontario was a small restaurant, located in what was once a home, that served the best Mexican fare I have ever had.
Forgot about the airport. I
Forgot about the airport. I never had a convenient opportunity to see the Concorde at all, but I'll bet it was amazing. Haven't read up on why it was shut down. I ate at a place like you mentioned once in East L.A. It was awesome. I have high standards regarding Mexican food and I can't wait to apply them to Mi Rancho when it opens around the corner from my house. Every time Howard and I travel to California we pig out on rolled tacos with guacamole and the like. Love it!