Just A Couple Of Quickies

I've been pretty busy in a non-connected piece of America. Cell coverage is spotty to nonexistent, and I drive 20 minutes at 60 mph to get to a small grocery store for belly supplies. Sometimes I get my text messages the next day or occasionally 4-8 hours after they've been sent. Photos by phone is any one's guess. Lately my wireless Internet just turns off for 5 minutes every once in a while freezing up my screen and communications. When the technology fails, the ocean calls. I walk and plant myself in front of the continuous approach of the gulf's fringe under a sky brilliantly ablaze with stars I am just meeting for the first time. A dog still barks, but under the tones of coercive waves, the urgency dissolves, and the dog is OK with that. Me too.

In the grocery store I was listening to a local sing to his buddy with much glee. The happiness of the event captured me and I stole a closer listen. I didn't understand the words at first since they were being filtered through a set of missing teeth and a thick Texas cowboy twang, but the tune rose above the fractured notes and I recognized one of my favorites. I was surprised and pleased to know that the Spaghetti-O song still shared popularity amongst the happy time shoppers. This guy was even doing motions to the song. Nice interpretive dance! I hope I am that happy one day when my teeth fall out and I serenade a buddy with catchy jingles at a store!

A cat gave me a head nod today. In my world that means a bet has just been placed for a dollar. I nodded back not knowing what it was we were betting on but I figured, one, it was only for a dollar, and two, the cat didn't know where to find me if it needed to collect. On the other hand if I won, how could I take a buck from a cat anyway? Boy will my face be red if the cat had some kind of condition and wasn't betting me at all!