Stripppers........

....... there is just something about keeping the beat that bass players and drummers understand.......... and while I am am off to do other things, this song inspired me tonight.......

..... God Bless those intrepids who strode the stage and made "The Full Monty"......... I re-watched it again tonight, and they never cease to inspire.....

Fire.....

..... and while the election rolls, here you go........ I heard this on the way to town today and it just struck me....... .

.... besides...... isn't it nice to take a break from the real for a bit?......

Oooops.....

.... I stood on the front porch this morning with coffee and cigarette in hand and watched as the Sun inched over the eaves..... the second frost of the season melted within seconds of the sunlight touching it and the blades of grass stood shimmering in their dampness..... ice to water in only a few seconds.... but such is the nature of the late October in the foothills of the mountains...... every tree, every element, every animal is poised on the cusp of change.... God, how I do so love autumn and watching her slip into winter.... watching the leaves slip down, one by one, with the crisp blue sky silhouetting them is akin to watching your wife undress when she doesn't know that you are watching......

........ a small dogwood tree stands just to the left of my front porch, and as I took in the morning it was alive with robins.... the tree, smallish in comparison to the oaks and maples that dot the area around it, was covered in nibbling, hungry beaks...... to dogwood's red berries were not standing a chance against the onslaught..... I laughed at the hurried rustling of leaves, the crunch of dogwood fruit, and the fluffing of feathers that surrounded me as I finished my coffee.....

... and it was then that I realized..... damn, I probably should fill up the birdfeeder......