WARM

PLAYALINDA BEACH-CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE

                        WARM WOULD BE FINE IF I COULD GO TO THE BEACH.  IT'S TOO FAR FOR ME TO VENTURE ALONE SINCE I'VE BEEN GETTING THE VAPORS WHEN I DRIVE.  I MOVED HERE SO I COULD GO DAILY TO THE 25 MILES OF  UNSPOILED BEACH IN THE CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE.  I DID THAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO UNTIL I DEVELOPED THE VAPORS ONCE ON THE WAY BACK.  I HAD TO STOP AT THE 7-ELEVEN FOR COLD SODA AND FOOD.  I ATE IT AT THE CEMETERY ON GARDEN STREET UNDER A TREE.  I RECOVERED AND MADE IT  HOME.  ANOTHER TIME I HAD TO CALL MY HUSBAND BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY DIZZY AFTER A DRIVE IN THE HEAT.  HE BEGRUDGINGLY CAME AND GOT ME.  I'VE BEEN TO A ZILLION DOCTORS BUT STILL HAVE THESE SPELLS EVEN AFTER A HYPOGLYCEMIA DIAGNOSIS.  I'LL GO FOR MORE BLOOD TESTS SOON.
                          IT'S 17 MILES  ROUND TRIP TO THE BEACH.  YOU HAVE TO DRIVE 6 MILES THROUGH THE WILDLIFE PRESERVE BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SEASHORE.  YOU CROSS TWO ISLANDS BEFORE YOU REACH THE BARRIER ISLAND BEACH.   I HAVE TO PUT THE TOP DOWN ON MY MIATA BECAUSSE THE AC DOESN'T WORK.  EVEN WITH THE TOP DOWN I CAN BARELY DRIVE OVER THE NEW BRIDGE.  SOMETIMES I TAKE THE LONG WAY VIA US 1 BUT I CAN BARELY DO THAT WITHOUT BLACKING OUT. 

THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LAUNCH PAD AS SEEN FROM CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE

                        SO THAT'S THE SAGA.
                              
                          

THE BABY WILL FALL

                                       A TINY SQUIRREL WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON OUR PATIO TODAY.  I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.  I TOLD MY HUSBAND.  HE WOULDN'T COME AND LOOK.  HE WAS WATCHING A GOLF TOURNAMENT.  I COULD SEE THAT THE BABY SQUIRREL'S HEART WAS BEATING.  I COULD HEAR WHIMPERING OR MOANING.  SUDDENLY THE BABY SQUIRREL WHO WAS NO BIGGER THAN YOUR HAND,TURNED OVER ON HIS STOMACH.  SOON HE WAS LIFTING HIS HEAD AND STRETCHING HIS FRONT PAWS.  ONE HUNDRED FEET ABOVE HIM STRETCHED A GIGANTIC OAK TREE THAT IS HIGHER THAN OUR TWO STORY TOWNHOUSE ON THE GOLF COURSE'S SIXTH GREEN.  ON ONE OF THE LOWER BRANCHES, THE SQUIRREL'S MOTHER WHIMPERED AND MOANED.  QUICKLY SHE RAN DOWN THE TREE TRUNK PICKED THE BABY SQUIRREL UP IN HER TEETH BY THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND RAN BACK UP THE TREE WITH HIM.    I HEARD HER COOING AND MOANING OVER HIM.  HOPEFULLY THE BABY WILL LIVE AND GROW TO HOP AND SWING AND SCURRY AMONG THE BRANCHES OF THE GIANT OAK.  IT'S A BUMPER CROP OF ACORNS THIS YEAR,SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD THE SQUIRREL FAMILY LIVING IN THE HIGH RISE ABOVE THIS CENTRAL FLORIDA GOLF COURSE.
                               I TOLD MY GOLF WATCHING HUSBAND ALL ABOUT THE SQUIRREL'S RESCUE.  HE NEVER STOPPED WATCHING TIGER PUTT AT A GOLF COURSE IN A THOUSAND OAKS,CALIFORNIA.  WILD WORLD OF SPORTS IS HIS THING NOT WILD KINGDOM.  I'M GLAD THE BABY LIVED.  HIS HEART WAS BEATING SO HARD.  AT MY OTHER HOUSE I'M PAYING ANOTHER $250 TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED COMPANY REMOVE SQUIRRELS WHO HAVE INVADED THE ATTIC AND WALLS OF THE HOUSE THAT I'M RENTING OUT.  IT'S THE SECOND TIME THE HUMANE EXTERMINATOR HAS REMOVED SQUIRRELS FROM MY HOUSE AND SEALED UP THEIR ENTRANCE HOLE.  TWO SQUIRRELS HAVE LIVED OVER THERE FOR YEARS.  IT'S  ONLY THIS YEAR THAT THEY STARTED CHEWING INTO THE HOUSE.  TERMITES HAVE DECIDED TO START CHOMPING ON THE WOOD PANELS ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.  I RENTED THIS POOL HOME TO A SINGLE MAN.  NOW HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW AND THREE CHILDREN UNDER AGE 5 ARE LIVING THERE.  IT MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE OF THE POOL.  THEY HAVE A BARRICADE SEPARATING THE POOL FROM THE HOUSE BUT IT IS LOW.

TOWNHOUSE,6TH GREEN,AND LARGE OAK TREE

SIXTH GREEN BEHIND MY TOWNHOUSE

                              IT'S THE YEAR OF THE SQUIRREL FOR ME.  AS YOU CAN SEE MY HUSBAND JUST SITS IN HIS LAZY BOY AND WATCHES TV.  I HAVE TO DO IT ALL.  OH NUTS!  LUCKILY THE RENTAL AGENT AT $250 A SHOT IS BATTLING THE SQUIRREL INVASION AT MY RENTAL PROPERTY,

ROCKETS RED GLARE FROM TITUSVILLE AND OUR SPACE PROGRAM IS STILL THERE

MARS OR BUST

A REAL BLAST

THE SPACE PROGRAM STILL EXISTS.  WE'RE HEADING TO MARS WITH A  VW SIZED ROVER  THAT COST $2 BILLION.  IT WILL SAMPLE THE SURFACE OF MARS AND DETERMINE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF LIVING THINGS PAST OR PRESENT.  THE VW "CURIOSITY" WILL REACH MARS NEXT AUGUST 2012.  THE ATLAS ROCKET BLASTED OFF FROMCAMAVERAL AIR STATION ACROSS FROM TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA AT 10:02 AM ON NOVEMBER 26,2011 RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.

BEACHED

                        THE BITCH BEACHED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO ALONG THE ATLANTIC.  IT WAS GLORIOUS AT AN HOUR BEFORE SUNSET.  IT'S HOT AT HOME YOU NEED AC ONE WEEK FROM THANKSGIVING IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.  THE OCEAN IS COOL BUT STILL YOU CAN SWIM.  THE WAVES WERE ROLLING PERFECTLY-NOT TOO FAST AND NOT TOO SLOW. THE SEA OATS ON THE LOW DUNES GAVE AN ETHEREAL SOFT QUALITY TO THE SCENE.  THE SAND WAS VERY SOLID LIKE DAYTONA BEACH AND PERFECT FOR WALKING OR DRIVING IN A CORVETTE WITH JACK NICHOLSON  LIKE SHIRLEY MCLANE IN TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.   AS WE DROVE BACK ACROSS THE MOSQUITO LAGOON, THE SUN WAS EATEN UP GRADUALLY BY A CLOUD.

Arising At 10 AM On A Sunday Morning Like In The Old Days

SUNRISE OVER THE 4TH HOLE IN TITUSVILLE,FL.  I MISSED IT BY 4 HOURS TODAY

                     It's noon.  I'm still not awake after arising at 10 on a Sunday morning.  I haven't done this in years.  What precipitated this I don't really know.  Maybe it was an enjoyable trek around the Brevard Zoo in Viera on a beautiful day or food poisoning at Moe's Southwestern Grill in Viera or watching vulgar demeaning especially to women teenage boy movies on tv on a Saturday night or avoiding the other choice which was Penn State wearing blue at the football game in respect for the victims raped as young boys in the state college locker room by the former defensive coordinator who they still let in the locker room after he retired in spite of numerous complaints to the university authorities or that it was a cool night and I could close the windows so I never heard any golf  course lawnmowers at sunrise or leaf blowers.   OR MAYBE IT WAS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I WOULD WRITE THE LONGEST MOST RAMBLING RUN ON SENTENCE IN THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE WHEN I WOKE UP.  It makes James Joyce's ULLYSES seem easily  intelligible.

                      So that's all folks.  I'm still waking up and it's approaching 1p.m..

DARK SKINNED MAN WITH GOLD TEETH AND A MOHAWK HAIRCUT

PARADISE LOST

                                        A MAN IN DAYTONA FOUND A STRAY PIT BULL.  HE BROUGHT IT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.  ON WEEKENDS ,THERE ARE SELF SERVICE CAGES FOR STRAYS.  AS THE MAN WAS FILLING IN THE INFORMATION.A DARK SKINNED MAN WITH GOLD TEETH AND A MOHAWK HAIRCUT IS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OPENING THE CAGE AND PUTTING THE PIT BULL'S HEAD INTO A BURLAP BAG.  NEXT THEY PUT THE PIT BULL IN THEIR CHEVY MALIBU AND DRIVE AWAY.  ALL WHILE THE GOOD SAMARITAN WATCHES IN SHOCK AFRAID TO CONFRONT THE DANGEROUS LOOKING MAN.  HE DID LEAVE A NOTE FOR THE SHELTER THAT SOMEONE HAD STOLEN THE DOG HE WAS TRYING TO PUT IN THE CAGE.  THE DOG WOULD PROBABLY BE USED FOR BAIT IN A DOG FIGHTING RING.  BAIT IS DESIGNED TO GET THE DOG TO START FIGHTING.  THE BAIT DOG IS REMOVED AND THE COMPETITIVE DOG IS PUT IN THE RING.  PLACE YOUR BETS,GENTLEMEN. 
                   A MAN IN PALM BAY WAS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA STEALING AN I-PHONE FROM THE COOK'S FIVE YEAR OLD SON IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT.  THE THIEF WAS A CUSTOMER.  FORTUNE COOKIES AREN'T ENOUGH NOW A DAYS TO KEEP A CUSTOMER HAPPY IN PALM BAY,FLORIDA. THE THIEF WAS CAUGHT A FEW DAYS LATER BUT THE PHONE HAD BEEN SOLD OR HOCKED.  THE COOK WANTED IT BACK BECAUSE OF ALL THE PICTURES IT CONTAINED.
                     IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF CHARLES DICKENS' OLIVER BUT IT'S FLORIDA IN 2011.  AMAZING!

LIFE'S A BEACH

THAT'S WHERE I WENT FOR MY 67TH BDAY.  IT WAS GRAY,WARM,PEACEFUL,EMPTY AND VAST GOING THE LENGTH OF FLORIDA.  YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE ATLANTIC TODAY.  IT WAS ROLLING IN WITH A CONSTANT ROAR.  THE LACK OF SUN MADE IT BEARABLE.   YOU CAN;T WATUSI WITH A SUN BURN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.  WE  FOUND A PORT CANAVERAL RESTAURANT THAT SERVES CRABS.    DO YOU SERVE CRABS?  WE ASKED.  THE HOSTESS SAID:  WE SERVE ANYONE AND SEATED US BY A WINDOW.  WE ORDERED UP SOME CRAB CAKES AND OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER EVEN THOUGH I'M A DEMOCRAT.  THEY SERVE SWEET HUSH PUPPIES WITH SWEET CINNAMON BUTTER.  SO WE DIDN'T NEED DESSERT.
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                                          BIRTHDAY
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