Good Friday

 Tis Good Friday

As I harken back to my days of youth on the Farm, I fondly remember Good Friday, which meant that my brother, my best friend, my first cousin, and I would roam Thompson's Creek, in search for the creek bream and occassionly a blue catfish... It always started as we headed out the Big BakYard, down to the lower pastures, then out to the white sand bars of the Creek. Thompson's Creek, actually the West Prong of Thompson was the western boundary of the property I grew up on,   It as commonly known to the locals as Mockingbird Hill.

During those explorations of the deep holes in the clay creek bed, the cool natural springs flowing into the creek, it was an amazing time for four young pre teen boys, in the Deep Deep South..... 

Fond Memories of Life on a Southern Farm deep in the heart of Louisiana.. Always on a Good Friday

Its Been a While

 It's been a while....   I'll be back

If I was starting to get ahead ... things just happen

 Lil by little, I always think that living on just my retirement from the state of La would be adequate... It is but then some times the unexpected happens .... don't get me wrong .. retirement means I now recycle my glass bottles, take them down to the recycling depot.. things like that .. having gone from a fairly large 6 figure salary to a moderate 5 figure salary is an adjustment . however I believe I have made the transition ...then.... 

On Sunday I was coming down the alley in the back .. stopped to take  photo of some of a derelict home that everyone in then neighborhood has been complaining about, didn't watch what I was doing, and ran into the ditch...It buggered up the front wheel assembly on the Truck ...  Thank Goodness for my Consumer Cellular Road side assistance package..   the tow fee to get the truck to the dealership would have been $250.00 however... I had Roadside assistance with CC.. for $3.00 a month, I called them  The dealership was 10.5 miles the roadside assistance only pays for up to 7 miles, but they prorate the cost after that, so it only cost me $7.15 seven dollars and 15 cents extra for the tow truck or lift truck as they are called now to haul it to the dealership.... 

The deductible is $1000.00 .. the damage is over 3800.00 to the wheel assembly ...   I won't be going down that alley no more for sure.

Well .. Sliding towards the Ides of March ...

 As we progress towards the Ides of March... I have to meet the CPA on the 14th, have blood work for the every six month labs on the 12th  Then the Ides fall on a Friday this year...  I might go out for lunch that night or to the local sit on the stool bar and watch. the people.., for lunch.,. not certainly be in. the house bye sunset...  

Last Night

 Last Night I had supper with an old friend who has been in recovery off and on for about three years, its a fight that I have watched, he seems to win sometimes, gain ground, then a setback. But he continues to put forth a valiant effort.  I can say that, to to seeing the recovery of other people in. the neighborhood .. they usually give up and return to living off their parents etc..  The old friend has accepted a position with a local Catholic Hospital ...  which I believe will help him in the long run. 

Its pitty patting rain outside this morning  and as we go into the afternoon, early spring rain... which makes staying inside a comfortable setting ...   

I was thinking of Last night, I have an old acquaintance that is the opposite of the above friend,  So, many in this Lil City by the Red that stay in a mode of despair ....   On. the other hand we are getting our first new business in the area, its a distribution center for Amazon,  I hope it brings good jobs and helps with the unemployment here.. we desperately need some sort of industry, we lost Kraft Paper Mill, Dresser Value Company, etc... in the last ten years ..  In Rural Louisiana, when a big industry pulls out and either closes or goes to another state, it hurts in so many ways, people who live on the poverty line dip below it and never recover, the children see the parents failing, hope is lost, ..   I do dearly hope that this Amazon Center becomes a reality.  for we need some restoration of Hope.

March has Arrived

 March is here....... We usually have a brisk cold front move through here before Easter..  The high yesterday was 46, then today the high is going to be 75... .... it's about time to go to the drive thru liquor store, get some frozen margaritas half gallon, beer and come back to the house sit on the front porch.... 

Crawfish tails having been on sale lately, at most grocery stores, $5.87 pack, 12 oz packs, normally they are $12 to $16 dollars for 12 oz packs ...   I picked up 3 packs to make crawfish stew later on this month...

It's Friday so I am going to get catfish fillets for supper, fried mushrooms, all from DeBarge's Seafood here in town.... They have the best fried catfish.

Other than that .... aint much going on here in the Lil City by the Red