fishing with the lamersons

ted sweetly invited us to their family pond last night for an evening of fishing. we brought aunt jujy along too, since she is an expert fisherman! what a beautiful evening, and the kids had a blast!

an unfortunate truth

admonishment

What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
~Jewish Proverb

better than christmas

today is "national doughnut day". (seriously ~ click here if you don't believe me!) i love, love, love doughnuts. and then, i love them some more. i'm certain that the world's most perfect food can be found at crispie creme doughnuts in chillicothe ~ round chocolate doughnuts with chocolate icing and creme in the middle. oh my.

god was having a good day when he invented the doughnut. fried food that's also sweet. i mean, come on, what could be better? i envision crispie creme's chocolate doughnuts hanging from trees when i get to heaven - zero calories, zero fat - just waiting to be plucked and eaten.

so, happy doughnut day, y'all. and if you're in chillicothe, eat one for me.

quotes from the counter-culture

well, from jim morrison, specifically.

oddly enough, i agree with jim on a few things...

*People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.

*The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on and individual level. It's got to happen inside first. You can take away a man's political freedom and you won't hurt him- unless you take away his freedom to feel. That can destroy him. That kind of freedom can't be granted. Nobody can win it for you.

*I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

i've been singing this song all day

another saturday night

okay, some cows drifted into our neighborhood yesterday. well, maybe they didn't drift. they were actually seen sauntering up route 220. we don't know where they came from.

someone called the sheriff.

then someone called gary boggs...the pied piper of cows. he led them safely to his farm property behind our subdivision.

the cows had spent the majority of the afternoon in our neighbor kathryn's yard. she's excited about drying out all the cow patties and using them as fertilizer for her flowers and garden. :) really, she is.


jeff and shellie, on the other hand, have some holes to fill.