Hello again, folks. Forgottenman still here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s a poem she did 10 years ago on this date. I’m happy to share it again. I love the idea of reblogging this old piece, and how it is about moving in time, which I suppose is exactly what is happening with this repost! Happy reading!
Good evening, folks. Forgottenman here again feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s something she sent me early this morning:
We drove quite a far distance on dirt roads to find this lakeside restaurant—twice! We were unsuccessful the first time, and in the end, once we found it, the walk from the parking space was long and hilly and the food wasn’t very good, but I did at least get these three photos. It seemed to me the woman eating alone at this table was unaware of the cat perched on the chair at its other end. Her drink looked good. Mine wasn’t, and I must admit, I left all but the first two bites of my meal uneaten and drove home and made a sandwich!
Ah, this also fits nicely with JohnBo’s Cellpic Sunday prompt.
Good evening, folks. Forgottenman here again feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s a poem she did 10 years ago on this date. I’m happy to share it again.
Howdy, folks. Forgottenman here yet again feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Buenavista, Quintana Roo, for a month to concentrate on finishing her Ethiopian memoir. Earlier I posted links to a couple of her older blogs, and here’s yet another, this time from her time spent in La Manzanilla on Jalisco’s Pacific shore.
Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt this week is “tower”, so I searched Judy’s blog for that word and this post from 2016 popped up. Happy reading, y’all!
Good evening, folks. Forgottenman here again feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Buenavista, Quintana Roo. She sent me these photos of tonight’s full moon a few minutes ago, and I think they dovetail nicely with the publication a few days ago in El Ojo del Lago (reblog?) of a piece she wrote about an eclipse two years ago. You can read her original Eclipses and Visions blog here.
Howdy, folks. Forgottenman here again feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Buenavista, Quintana Roo. She sent me these photos of their time yesterday & today with this note.
“We spent the night in Bacalar so we could go out into the lake on a pontoon boat for 4 hours. We swam in the crystal clear water and cruised around. The mushrooms were growing on the banisters of the little hotel where we stayed for the night.”
Howdy, folks. Forgottenman here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away. Earlier I posted a link to a blog she wrote 5 years ago. Here’s one from 10 years ago. (Ok, I had to do repost this one – I snapped the photo she used to illustrate it!) I hope it’s new to some of you. Happy reading!
Howdy, folks. Forgottenman here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Buenavista, Quintana Roo, for a month to concentrate on finishing her Ethiopian memoir. I offered to do some guest (re)blogs of some of her ancient blogs that might garner a few new reads. First up is this poem she wrote five years ago today to a series of prompt words. I loved it then and still do. I hope it’s new to some of you. Happy reading!
This is okcForgottenMan again. Judy & I have been engaging on Skype messaging for much of the day, and she is still hurting bad. But she has been cheered by your comments. Her remaining canine critters seem to know what happened, and they have been uncharacteristically subdued, but sticking close by. Then Judy at her computer clicked on the audio of a song she wrote that was performed by a friend. That song is called “I Really Want A Puppy”, the title of an upcoming book Judy is working on. She’s not ready to release the song at large yet, but I listened (again), and her dogs heard it.
Judy: Both dogs have been so quiet and sad and just lying quietly by my side.. But, I just tested the QR code on the cover of my new book and it started playing Becky singing “I Really Want a Puppy” and they jerked up and came running over to me and both licked my neck and then they started playing with each other for the first time since Annie’s accident. Amazing. This is the first thing that has lifted my spirits all day long. Thanks, Becky!
Like y’all, I only knew Annie through Judy’s photos and words. But tonight I found that Judy made and posted a video of Annie playing with a chew toy a couple days ago. Seeing Annie in motion like that finally made her very real to me. (Welling up just writing that!)
Judy just previewed this post and notes: That’s the toy I buried her with. R.I.P. sweet Annie, my dear.
Again, hug your critters if you have them, dear readers!
This is okcForgottenMan posting on Judy’s behalf.
Judy/Remi sent me this Skype message a little over 5 hours ago:
I took Morrie in to the vet and when I got home, Yolanda met me at the door in tears. Annie and Zoe and Coco were wrestling and Annie fell into the hot tub which Pasiano had just put scalding hot water into and although Yolanda pulled her out and got a bad bite on the finger, Annie didn’t survive. When I try to talk on the phone about this, I hyperventilate and can’t talk. I am just heartbroken and feel so guilty.
I just received another message:
We are all in bed together [remaining three dogs]. Just too hot outside [to lie in the hammock]. They are so quiet and not playing. Zoe started to slink away when she saw me, like she felt guilty. Poor baby.
This tragedy is hitting her (and her housekeeper) extremely hard! So it may be awhile before she feels up to posting anything here. Hug your critters if you have them, dear readers.
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