Saturday Slight

I'm hoping the potty-mouth people don't put me on their shame-shame list like they did Joe Biden this week. There was noise pollution at the Lovestead this morning. With luck the neighbors on each side were still inside their houses when Lefty and Heather played escape artists and ran past me out the barnyard gate.

Down the lane they raced, toward the hayfield---tails in the air, heads swaying from side to side, nostrils flared. And, behind them I shouted out "S" bombs, adding "heads" to the adjective-noun combo. I hope Geneva didn't hear me. While shouting, I ran to the grain barrel and scooped up some pellets in a bucket to rattle.

Could be my bomb blasts shielded out the sound of grain rattling cuz it didn't faze them for a minute. They just kept on running. I just kept on cussing. Suddenly they wheeled around in the field and came galloping back my way.

Even as mad as I was, I could not help but admire the exquisite beauty of two gorgeous Arabians, enhanced even more by morning sunlight as they came prancing down the lane toward me.

They must have sensed trouble brewing cuz Lefty stopped and let me throw the lead rope over his neck. As fast as they had escaped they proceeded right back to the muddy barnyard. Can't say as I blame them for wanting to be in the green grass rather than the muck.

As for my potty mouth, I repent, and I repeat that it's usually horses doing what they're not supposed to do that brings out my more primitive behavior.

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We're taking the pickup and horse trailer over to my sisters' this morning to haul 16-foot panels down to the high school. That's where they'll set up a pen around a grid with 400 squares and later today, Barbara and Laurie's horses will go into the enclosure to leave green deposits.

Whoever bought the square that has the most green gets a little green to take home: $999, to be exact. Apparently, the law says such activities must be under $1,000 so they're following the rules.

From this, the journalism and Monticola students are hoping to reap some good profits to help finance their trip to Portland and the national convention next month.

AND: they're having a yard sale from 9-2 at the high school today, so we hope the locals will show up and help with the cause. They're also taking portraits during the day, and I've heard they have some pretty fancy lighting and sets, thanks to help from Coldwater Creek.

Besides making money for their trip, today ought to be a wonderful and practical learning experience for these students as they deal with the public and put their talents to use.

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Seems like my Facebook fun brings in a new story almost every day. This past week I reconnected with Cathy Klager. She and her husband John used to have the Whistlestop Restaurant (was Pend Oreille Sport Shop, now Mick Duff's Pub) on First Avenue in Sandpoint. Good donuts, good food all day long.

The day I turned 40, I was sent on a scavenger hunt around Sandpoint. The House of Flowers was still going---maybe it was Michigan Greenhouse at that time. When I went there, they gave me a dozen dead roses. I went on to the Whistlestop.

As I walked in the door, Cathy greeted me, wished me a happy birthday and handed me a baby, just days old. I knew I was supposed to play along with the game, but firmly declined the opportunity to take home a newborn.

She, the baby, is now 23. Cathy tells me that Eryn has graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in aerospace engineering and she's off to work at Edwards AFB as a flight engineer. Look at what I turned down that day.

By the way, I was standing in Mick Duff's, former home to Whistlestop Cafe, last night when I saw Pierre and Denise. And what did that Pierre do???? He gave me a big smack on the cheek and told me I'd just gotten a French kiss.

Needless to say, a lot of strange things have happened to me whenever I go inside that building.

Congratulations to John and Cathy on both of their daughters. Their other daughter Lisa is a junior at Central Michigan University, studying child development and special education.

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Guess that's enough for this Saturday. Hope you all have a great one as we wind down this month of March and look forward to the fun, the green and the flowers of April.