KEY WEST LOU / THEO MARKIS CALLS FROM GREECE WITH A MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Key West Lou blog has made many friends for me over the years. Close personal friends. From all parts of the world.
Theo Markis telephoned yesterday from Greece to wish me a Merry Christmas. Love the man! We have become close personal friends over the years. The blog first having brought us together. Theo and his wife now visit Key West twice a year. His next visit in 3-4 months. Can’t wait to see the both of them.
Tonight Brady’s Irish Pub. Carola, good people, good food, and good drinks. Carola has become a friend. Stories of her native Ireland, stories of her still alive Dad, Irish foods she shares with me, etc.
Carola is divorced. Lives with her 11 year old son. She is a typical mother. Especially loves decorating her home inside and out for holidays. Her Halloween decorations were terrific. Christmas even better. Her son helps with the decorating. Minimally as most children do. He held the ladder as Carola was hanging lights on the roof.
Carola shared some Christmas pictures of her home with me. I share two with you.
A Christmas surprise. The White family in Lexington, Kentucky, chop down their Christmas tree. This year’s tree was in their living room decorated for four days when a baby owl was found in the tree. It was caught and released into their yard.
A “Robert” (not my grandson) commented on my observation in yesterday’s blog re Trump’s statement that immigrants were spoiling America, poisoning our blood, etc. Robert’s comments were right on! To a T!
“Yes, I too read where Trump said in a public speech that it’s immigrants who are spoiling America, not himself. I immediately thought he was talking about his mother Mary, his grandfather Frederick, former wife Ivana, his current wife and her Communist parents, Victor and Amaliija Knavs.
Then there is that boat load of different immigrants he imports every year to work at his vineyards in Virginia and the many many immigrants that can be found working at Mar-a-Lago and various golf clubs around the country.
Amazing how this two faced walking douche bag can be taken seriously (or allowed to speak publicly).”
The Grand last night. Another wonderful Happy Hour! Guy de Boer joined Steve and I. As well as Cindy, Ed, and Christina.
Guy and Steve go back to 1974. Guy rented a room from Steve in the same house Steve still owns on Olivia Street where I am staying. Guy recalled Steve being in the taco business on Duval Street at the time. Guy met Cindy for the first time last night. Steve and Cindy married in 1980 or 1981 when Guy was no longer a tenant.
I did not enjoy the crispy duck I had been yearning for. It was not crispy.
Today’s podcast goes back 6 years. Involves a revelation by TK concerning Irish White Slavery in the U.S. First time I ever heard of it. Probably a first for most of you.
Those of you my age or close will recall the Mickey Mouse Club. Five o’clock mondays – fridays on TV. For kids and young adults alike.
The best part were the Mouseketeers and singing along with them the Mickey Mouse theme song: M I C K E Y M O U S E, Mickey Mouse…..”
I was in college and most of the guys in my dorm would gather for the show in the game room each day to watch the show. We all sang “Mickey Mouse” when the Mouseketeers did. Foolish perhaps, but fun.
Those were the days!
I mention “Mickey Mouse” today because one of the original Mouseketeers Tommy Cole became 82.
A court finally said Trump was disqualified from a Presidential ballot. In this case, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump was ineligible to be on the Republican primary ballot based on the Constitution’s 14th Amendment “Insurrectionist Ban.”
The case will go to the U.S. Supreme Court. No one is certain which way the Court will rule. Legal experts held in the highest regard are divided.
This cold weather is killing me! Hate it! Still waiting for the floor heater I ordered from Amazon.
The temperature is 64 degrees at the moment, 8 am. High today will be 71.
A Newsweek appropriate headline: “Stop Talking About Biden’s Mental Acuity. Start Talking About Trump’s Signs of Dementia.”
Crazy, weird thinking. Steve Bannon is and has been a big Trump supporter. He is an all out advocate for tearing down the American democratic establishment.
His latest “hard to comprehend theory” calls for arming kids with guns to stop school bullying. He intends they be trained first in how to use the guns.
Pure insanity! Advocating shoot outs by children. Every school will become a shootout similar to the one historically known as Gunfight at OK Corral.
Enjoy your day!
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