Falling
Joe saw my car parked in front of the Café Del Sol and decided to take a break from his busy counselor workday to come in and say hello. Mara, Leah, and I were gathered around the Scrabble board in the cushy chair corner of the café.
After some friendly antics and Scrabble game theatrics, we all settled down. Mara, Leah, and I each had the intention of winning the game and so we leaned into the board to study it. It was soon after that when Mara gestured towards Joe, who was sitting on the couch behind me, and asked in a hushed voice, “Is Joe meditating or did he fall asleep?”
Joe’s voice rose through the hush like a whale sounding, and with one word, he surprised us by answering, “YES.”
Did that mean he was doing some of both? I guess his answer or the fact that he answered at all, floored Mara (see photo).
Post notes: I skipped the part where Joe stopped responding altogether and I put the purple poet beret on his head. I was thinking it would be “the picture of the day,” but when I went to take it, my camera battery was dead, something Joe had just warned me about the night before. Lucky for him I didn’t listen.
You saw it here first: My commentary originally titled “Worse than Watergate and Monika Lewinsky,” was published in the Roanoke Times today under the newly edited name “Country Agrees: Bush Steps Over the Limit.”
May 26th, 2006 9:39 am
Had a good laugh over your description of the whale sounding.
My hub “meditates” in his sleep quite often and will often startle us by answering a question out of the blue, even though we could have sworn he was fast asleep. It must be a guy thing, huh? 😉
Off to read your article about Bush!
May 26th, 2006 10:17 am
I love scrabble… love, love, love it!!
May 26th, 2006 10:33 am
I would have LOVED to see the picture with the beret. Figures the battery was dead AND he warned you… LOL
Here via Michele’s. Have a great weekend!
May 26th, 2006 10:43 am
I played M&G earlier today and found this post about bird flu : “In an attempt to stop the spread of bird flu President George W Bush has just ordered the bombing of the Canary Islands.Turkey is next!”. Posting today about actually meeting a blogfriend I met via Michele’s, would love to share it with you.
May 26th, 2006 10:45 am
Yes, just seeing a Scrabble board makes me want to play, the way folks who smoke want to light up when someone else does.
I’ll eventually capture Joe in the purple beret. He’s such a good sport about my blog punking.
May 26th, 2006 11:01 am
Colleen, I actually posted one picture of me with sunglasses on, it is a fact! Some 6 weeks ago, I think. You are right.
May 26th, 2006 11:08 am
I think everyone around here snores when they sleep so not likely to reply to questions. The purple beret picture would have been a GREAT capture. Now that he has been forewarned, he may keep his guard up. LOL.
May 26th, 2006 3:57 pm
I’m here from Michele today, Colleen…
That is a wonderful wonderful pist about Bush and Impeachment. Congrats on it being published! I love the photo of Joe looking very much to me like he is skleeping…LOL…too bad aboit that Camera Battery! It would have been great rto see him in the Purple Poet Beret!
May 26th, 2006 3:58 pm
LOL, LOL, POST!!!! Forgive my finger, it knows not what it types!
May 26th, 2006 10:59 pm
Here via Michele and at OldOldLady Of The Hills’ insistence. I’ve been looking for a place to take a few days away from the world and she thought Floyd might do the trick.
I took a peek around here and the town’s website and it looks like a really nice place to be!
May 27th, 2006 10:44 am
I am going to keep your article in my scrapbook! Martin always gets the Roanoke paper….great article, way to go Colleen!
May 28th, 2006 1:24 am
i bet he looked lovely with the beret! Sounds like a nice day..
May 28th, 2006 11:14 pm
The article is wonderful. I was shocked when he won a second term. I must confess, there are several dozen (or more) people in my town who have not removed their Kerry-Edwards bumper stickers, me being one of them.
Here from Michele’s.
May 29th, 2006 11:00 am
That Cafe del Sol looks like such a neat place to just chill out and have fun. I’m looking forward to visiting there when I’m in your area.
Your article was superb! Very well written and you covered it all.