#schlomo

[dinosaurwithablog]

Happy Hanukkah 🕎.... Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b-mitzvotav, v- tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Hanukkah....

I always light the candles on my menorah with my favorite shalom gnome, Schlomo!! I love how this beautiful holiday has not been ruined by commercialism. It has remained a holy celebration of a miracle that happened a long, long time ago!! As it should be!!

Good yontif to all!!

[biracayipadam-veng7]

+nasıl oldu da böyle deli oldun?

-tesadüfen! haham olmak istemiştim,ama pozisyon doluydu. sonra baktım ki, delilik boşta, başkası olacağına, ben olayım dedim.

+kendini yalnız hissetmiyor musun?

-hayır, hayır etrafta yeterince deli var.

[bluepatina]

Fresh snow and a sunny day

[onceuponawildflower]

[bluepatina]

Had to share this from our neighbor Janna and my daughter’s best friend when they were growing up. Audrey, my daughter, was freakishly not scared by anything and loved horror movies. Her birthday sleepovers often were accompanied by rather frightening VHS movies like Blair Witch Project and M. Night’s crazy shit. Auddie’s old houses stories were no doubt a product of tales told over camp fires after a full day of fishing, a bit of Bulleit, peanut butter sandwiches (for them) and fresh smoked Lake Superior whitefish swapped for fresh caught whatever I caught on the pier in Cornucopia or Herbster. The dog would snore loudly while I told these horrific tales because she’d battled waves for hours and drank in gallons of fresh Gitche Gummi lake water.  Here’s the jist of the thread....

“Written after a fun-filled October weekend at Elkhart Lake at one of the last of the old school summer cottages that belongs to a family friend. Between walks around the lake, trying to find Old Lucy hidden in the fall leaves, catching northerns or muskies off the pier to finishing off bottles of Jack with my mother, this was a happy time. Janna was along for many of those adventures”. “I was just reminiscing the other day about how cool our trips to Elkhart Lake were. Loved it except Auddie used to come up with stories about old houses that would scare the shit out of me. “ “Nothing ever scared Audrey. She lived for the next birthday sleepover to freak the living day lights out of her invites with the latest creep show VHS movie. One night it all came together when I cut the bejesus out of my hand on a broken water pipe in the kitchen. I came into the living room during a particularly frightful moment in the movie and all of the girls screamed when they saw blood gushing from my hand.” "Oh, I remember. That night haunts my nightmares to this day.”

[bluepatina]

I had to go to the bank and deposit a big check to cover replacing the furnace, A/C, hot water heater and thermostat in my mother’s old condo (now mine). I also needed some stuff from the grocery store, to check my office mailbox downtown and inspect/photograph a couple of recent sales of older industrial flex space in the city. So, I did it on the newly tweaked single-speed bike with the front basket. I took care of the errands, put maybe 15-18 miles on the bike and got my workout for the day. I did all of this before, but now I’m doing it without booze, beer or wine. Each new day brings further clarification to certain things like baggy eyes in the morning or minor forgetfulness. I was sure it was from drinking, but it turns out to be just getting older. Unless you stop completely, there is really no sure way of knowing.

I still hang with friends at the bar and play pool, but now I just drink seltzer water with a lime and I still tip the bartenders. The best part is how much money I have saved. It’s insane.

[bluepatina]

Mom and Dad partying at the lakefront with a friend circa mid-fifties. A case of Blatz for the three of them - oh hell’s yeah!

[schlomo]

Social Distancing Fashion Whore. Send me your #CovidStyle You are loved and you are not alone! From 6ft away, I salute you for still wanting to be in the world. . . . #humansofportland #covidstyle #schlomo #porchland https://www.instagram.com/p/B95XlQvJCKG/?igshid=udee98bpnmra