Happy 143rd "birthday" to Canada and 234th to the US, both belated. Jimmy (the moose icon among my followers) reminded me of Canada Day recently - thanks Jimmy. I hope that your summer job on the railway in the Canadian Rockies is going well.
On the Fourth, Leo, David and I went over to Gareth and Analisa's (the couple that we're closest to) for their traditional barbecue. She was kind enough to grill vegetables for me, so I pigged out on eggplant. I really enjoy eggplant, while as David says "The best that I can say about eggplant in a dish is that it was well hidden." Leo enjoyed playing in their pool with their son Alec, and I enjoyed holding Kaylin, their 11 month old. She thinks that I'm funny when I make faces at her while she is in her mother's arms, but when I hold her she thinks that I'm someone to watch very closely for bad behavior.
On the Fourth I thought about the founding of my country. I visited Philadelphia a few years ago and took the tour to see the buildings and rooms where the Declaration of Independence was signed. It seemed to be a fitting room for our country - relatively small room, not at all ornate with unpainted wood plank floors. I also thought about the gay and lesbian soldiers who have died for a country that doesn't treat them as equals. When is Don't Ask, Don't Tell going to be repealed?
I have a new follower, and as is my custom, I want to welcome Oliver. I don't know anything about you, Oliver, since I didn't see a blog of your own or any biographical information. I invite you to introduce yourself and tell us about you. I've always liked the name Oliver, although Oliver North brought discredit to the name in the 1980s - you might not have even been alive then.
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Oops! Forgot to introduce myself before, I'm around your age and live in the Deep South. My common-law husband and I have been together 16.75 years and I'm a programmer/analyst.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Oliver does have a blog: Thoughts of a gay teen.
i hear that train trip across Canada is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the room where teh declaration of idependence was signed a few times. it's really amazing to see. sends shivers down my spine every time.
Really good book on DADT from a former soldier's perspective is Reichen Lehmkuhl's "Here's What We'll Say".
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the bday wishes :)
do you read the blogs of your followers?
ReplyDelete- cheers... david
Hi Lightning Baltimore. Thanks for the information on Oliver. How deep in the South, if you don't mind saying. I spend my first 25 years in Georgia.
ReplyDeleteBuffguy, I had the same reaction.
Thanks Madeleine.
Hi David. I do try to read my followers blogs, but I haven't been good about that lately, sorry. Work and life have kept me really busy.
Hmm, sounds like I arrived in GA probably around when you left. I'm about three weeks shy of living in the Atlanta area for 19 years. I've lived south of the Mason-Dixon my entire life, though. in LA and VA prior to GA. Zoning regulations prevent me from living in any state either north of the Mason-Dixon or whose postal abbreviation does not end in A.
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