Most days I'd rather trust these guys than the bozos ruining the House of Representatives. While John Boehner will be remembered for his shortcomings as Speaker, he is parting with a dash of honesty. The Hill is full of "false prophets" and Ted Cruz is a "jack ass."
I expect Cruz to begin channeling tail gunner Joe McCarthy. For the history challenged, he was the drunk demagogue who fueled the "red scare" hunting for communists in Hollywood, the State Department and under the bed. He did a lot of damage until common sense, decency and journalism exposed him for the gas bag fraud that he was. Oddly he is still a darling of some right wing Evangelical Christians, so Cruz may indeed reincarnate intolerance, ignorance and ignominy.
FLASHES OF KID HOOD
While a lot of folks in Washington have lost theirs, Lana still has hers. She's beginning work on some painting ideas and rolled out her kid hood prized marbles.
AND THESE ARE HISTORIC
These clay marbles belonged to her mother and are well over a hundred years old.
A SKY MARBLE
An appreciated cloud cover and fog occluded our view of the eclipse, but the night before the moon and clouds provided a dance of their own.
See you down the trail.
I always think of Joe McCarthy when I see a picture of Cruz. As for those marbles, your great photos make me wonder what happened to all those marbles I had as a kid.
ReplyDeleteProbably in a collection, appreciating in value huh?
DeleteWow! I had no idea Lana had such a collection. And those clay ones of her mothers are probably worth some money to collectors.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know she had her mom's until today. Don't think she's ever had them valued.
DeleteWhen I was in grade school one of my classmates won his age division in the city marble championship sponsored by the American Legion. They moved him up age group by age group and he won it all. Iverson is the reason I lost my marbles. He had about 12 of those blue Crown Royal bags full.
ReplyDeleteI had a college roommate who had been a pee wee national champion. Never tried to compete with him. I wonder where those Blue bags came from. That's what they used at the Indy for several years, to draw qualifying positions.
DeleteDale is fascinated by marbles. We saw some artsy marbles up in Haines, Ak and they were about $35 and up. I am sure that Lana knows that the glass shop in Harmony has lots of marbles.
ReplyDeleteThose marbles in Haines are a lot more expensive than the ones we all played with as kids. After all these years, they are still beautiful.
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