Comments on: “In quiet places, reason abounds”

By: Katry@comcast.net

Katry@comcast.net — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:15:46 +0000

My Dear Hedley,
The world is so much smaller now, but we’ve lost an intimacy with each other and our surroundings. People don’t even know neighbors who have lived on the same street for years, streets no longer safe for little kids to walk to school on or play on in the afternoons before the streetlights come on. Us and them have frightening differences which can only be resolved by violence. Even little girls are victims.

By: Hedley

Hedley — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:55:24 +0000

A strange day really, Detroit endures yet another visit from Terry Jones spitting his hatred and venom in the name of free speech. Alex Karras is gone perhaps this is why the NYT carried an article yesterday on the Lindell AC…Karras v Dick The Bruiser and Billy Martin against everyone

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/sports/missing-the-lindell-ac-in-detroit-where-athletes-mixed-with-fans.html?_r=0

And a little girl in Pakistan lies in a hospital bed, brutalized because she dared to blog about wanting to go to school.

I wanted to post about the migration of the Sandhill Cranes which peaks this weekend with between 5,000 and 6,000 flying in to Baker Santuary near Battle Creek but it really is one of those days when the air hangs heavy.

By: Katry@comcast.net

Katry@comcast.net — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:50:18 +0000

Bob,
No stand corrected! I wouldn’t have even had a guess.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:41:36 +0000

Oops, I stand corrected.

By: Katry@comcast.net

Katry@comcast.net — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:52:52 +0000

Bob,
I looked up conkers, and they are from the seeds of the horse chestnut tree.

By: Katry@comcast.net

Katry@comcast.net — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:50:55 +0000

Bob,
After the horrific summer you had, 80˚ sounds cool! It’s great you’re in the best month of the year. You deserve it!!

I did feel accomplished. I didn’t do the laundry, but I did lemon oil a few of the old pieces of furniture I have. That wasn’t even on the list!

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:34:47 +0000

Today the sun broke out from behind the clouds and it warmed up to 80 degrees. October is the best month for weather in North Texas. October is when the State Fair runs for three weeks in Dallas. It’s the largest State Fair in the country.

Glad to hear you got all your chores done and could enjoy the afternoon.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:32:17 +0000

I think you are talking about the fruit of the Bois d’arc tree. We used to call them horse apples not conkers. Of course our friends across the pond call most common things something different. They call the hood of a car the bonnet and the trunk is the boot.

By: Katry@comcast.net

Katry@comcast.net — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:38:36 +0000

Hi Caryn,
We had a chestnut tree near us when we were kids, but they were to hard to use as projectiles-they hurt too much.

I looked up conkers, and it has to do with putting it on a string and hitting your opponent who hits you. The loser is one whose conker breaks apart first.

That beef stew sounds delicious!!

By: Caryn

Caryn — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:18:21 +0000

Hi Kat,
I was in New Hampshire today so I don’t know what the weather was down here. Doesn’t look like it rained. Just murky.
We have conkers but we don’t play conkers. I have no idea what that is all about. I just remember Mr Humphreys, from Are You Being Served, having a lucky conker in his pocket. The Spawns of Satan drop the husks in my driveway. I’ve never found the source tree for these things but it has to be more than 5 streets in any direction away from my house.
I shopped at the farm stand and got some locally raised beef and veggies for a crockpot beef stew. My big accomplishment for the day.
Enjoy the evening.