STAND UP TO A BULLY

JUST WHEN I'M INTO PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD,MY HOROSCOPE SAYS TO STAND UP TO A BULLY.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

I WENT OUT IN MY KAYAK AND SAW 50 DUCKS FLY AWAY AS I APPROACHED.  THA TPUT ME INTO NIRVANA AND NOW MY HOROSCOPE IS A MAJOR SHOCK.

ME-STANDING UP TO A BULLY

GO FIGURE!

THE ONLY THING HARDER THAN LETTING GO IS HANGING ON

                    NOW THOSE ARE WORDS TO LIVE BY.  HANG ON,HANG TOUGH,HANG TEN,AND HOW ARE YOU HANGING?   NOW I'M GETTING THE HANG OF IT.  OR MAYBE I HAVE A FEW HANGUPS.  DOES HANDKERCHIEF COUNT SINCE IT'S PRONOUNCED HANGKERCHIEF?  I THINK I HAVE A HANGKERING, I MEAN HANKERING FOR HANG CHU AND SNOW PEAS TODAY AT HANG WON ON CHINESE RESTAURANT. 

HANG ON TIGHT-WHEEEEE

                      SO HANG IN THERE-WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE?

IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE-IF ONLY I'D REALIZED IT SOONER.

                              THAT'S WHAT COLLETTE SAID ON HER DEATHBED.  IT'S AS GOOD AS VIRIGINIA WOOLF SAYING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT'S THE ANSWER ?   "WHAT'S THE QUESTION?" OR "A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE."  OR "IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS."  OR  "A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD NOT SMELL HALF SO SWEET."  OR A LOT OF OTHER ONE LINERS.

"GOT YOU LAST" IS THE QUOTE ON THE MEMORIAL TO A YOUNG MOTHER ABOARD AN AMERICAN AIRLINE'S FLIGHT THAT TERRORISTS CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER

                              I GUESS WE ALL TURN INTO HENNY YOUNGMAN,THE KING OF ONE LINERS ON OUR DEATHBED.  YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STAMINA THEN.  "ROSEBUD," SAYS ORSON WELLES AT THE END OF "CITIZEN KANE." 

FALL

                                  FALL BEGAN BEFORE DAWN TODAY.  SO TOMORROW IS THE FIRST FULL DAY OF FALL.  THE LEAVES FALL HERE ON CAPE COD BUT WE GET VERY LITTLE COLOR BECAUSE ALMOST ALL THE TREES ARE OAKS.  THERE ARE SOME MAPLES AND TULIP TREES SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL ADD SOME YELLOW.  RED IS MAINLY FROM THE BURNING BUSH WHCI NOW IS CONSIDERED AN INVASIVE SPECIES.  I WISH SOME WOULD INVADE MY YARD AND ADD A LITTLE SCARLET TO THE PROPERTY.
                                 BUT FRANKLY SCARLET, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF WE GET BRIGHT COLORS OR NOT.  IT'S WARM AND FOGGY AND RAINY.  YOU CAN HAVE YOUR WINDOWS OPEN AT 11PM AND IT'S NOT COLD. 

MAD MARTHA'S VINEYARD

      I MADE IT.  I SAILED AWAY FROM FALMOUTH TO THE ISLAND.  I TOOK BUSES FROM VINEYARD HAVEN TO OAK BLUFFS TO EDEGARTOWN TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THEN BACK.  I ARRIVED AT 2  AND LEFT AT 7:15.  THE AIRPLANE HOUSE AND NOBSKA LIGHT WERE VISIBLE AS WE SAILED ON THE ISLAND HOME FERRY OUT OF WOODS HOLE.  WE PASSED SAILBOATS AND FERRIES AS WE HEADED FOR VINEYARD HAVEN.  MORE LIGHTHOUSES WERE TO BE SEEN ON MV'S COAST. 
      BUMS WALKED AROUND OAK BLUFFS MUMBLING TO THEMSELVES.  FOREIGNERS SPOKE ON CELLPHONES IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGES IN EDGARTOWN.  TEENAGERS TOOK THE PUBLIC BUS HOME FROM THE SKATEBOARD PARK.   DAYTRIPPERS STUDIED VINEYARD TRANSIT BUS MAPS TO DETERMINE WHERE TO CONNECT TO THE NEXT BUS TO THE NEXT TOWN.  THEIR NOSES WERE HIDDEN IN GUIDEBOOKS DETERMINED TO SEE THE ISLAND SIGHTS.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES ABOUNDED IN OAK BLUFFS.  GLIMMERING WHITE WHALING CHURCHES AND CAPTAINS HOMES SHONE IN EDGARTOWN.  VINEYARD HAVEN LOOKED SPIFFY WITH BOOKSTORES,FRENCH RESTAURANTS AND ART GALLERIES.

THE BEST WAS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE IN FALMOUTH.  THE OCEAN BEACH STRETCHED FOREVER.  IN LATE AFTERNOON ONE WEEK BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF FALL.THE BEACH WAS VAST AND THANKFULLY QUITE EMPTYISH.  THE WEATHER WAS WARM AND SOOTHING UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN AT 7 PM.

THE AIRPLANE HOUSE-WOODS HOLE

NOBSKA LIGHT-FALMOUTH,MA

ISLAND HOME -THE FERRY FROM WOODS HOLE TO VINEYARD HAVEN

SIGHTS FROM THE FERRY

VINEYARD HAVEN HARBOR

GINGERBREAD HOUSE-OAK BLUFFS

MURAL ON A GINGERBREAD HOUSE - OAK BLUFFS CAMPGROUND MEETING

OLD WHALING CHURCH-EDGARTOWN

PRISTINE EDGARTOWN PARK

SOUTH BEACH-ATLANTIC OCEAN

BY JOHN HALLIDAY-VINEYARD HAVEN

MURAL IN VINEYARD HAVEN STEAMSHIP TERMINAL

SO IT WAS BRIEF BUT TO THE POINT TRIP HITTING QUITE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE THE SUN SET AND THEY ROLLED UP THE SIDEWALKS ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD.

ONE OF FLORIDA AND THE REST OF FALMOUTH

FLYING

FINALLY

I HAVE TOTALLY LOST GOOGLE.  I STILL HAVE YAHOO. BUT GOOGLE,YANKEE STADIUM,ALL MY BOOKMARKS,BLOGS,HOROSCOPE AND MORE HAS DISAPPEARED.


AS THEY SAY IN HOLLAND:


MAMMA MIA MAMMA MIA MAMMA MIA


OR IS THAT ONLY ONE M?  

MAMA MIA ETC.

SWAN LAKE

                         TWELVE SWANS A SWIMMING FLEW AWAY WHEN I APPROACHED THEM ON BOURNES POND AT NOON TODAY IN MY BLUE KAYAK.  THEIR WINGS CLAP TOGETHER IN A SWISHING NOISE.  FIFTY BABY DUCKS (DUCKLINGS)  SCURRIED AWAY WHEN I APPROACH THEM IN A COVE ON THE POND.  THE GREAT BLUE HERON FLEW AWAY SQUWKING LOUDLY BECAUSE I HAD DISTURBED HIS HAPPY HUNTING GROUND ABOVE THE GREEN GRASSES OF THE POND.

ON BOURNES POND UP NORTH

SIXTH GREEN DOWN SOUTH

                            JUST ANOTHER DAY ON THE POND FOR ME IN THE LAST WANING DAYS OF SUMMER IN CAPE COD.  I LIVED HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.  I'FF LY SOUTH LIKE THE BIRDS IN OCTOBER.  FALL BEGINS IN NINE DAYS.

SPAM

SLOW
    LIKE
A
             SNAIL-

FAST

                         GOT VIRUSES?

SPAM

SLOW
    LIKE
A
             SNAIL-

FAST

                         GOT VIRUSES?

DISAPPEARING BLOGS

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN TO THE BIG BLOGOSPHERE IN THE SKY

DESTRUCTION IN THE NAME OF SELF-EXPRESSION

                      WHY?
                            WHO?

                                WHEN?

SELECTIONS

THE FOUR BEATLES ON MENAUHANT BEACH IN EAST FALMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS.

HAUNTS

THE MANY WONDERS OF FALMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS