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"I'm certainly grateful for strangers."
Forrest Caricofe
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YESTERDAY AND TODAY
**Yesterday. After publishing my blog of the day, I went to Lowes, Staples and Walmart in
that order. At lowes I purchased 7 perennials, at Staples I order 1000 business cards and at
Walmart I purchased some things for the house. I checked my email just now and found
that my printing and marketing order (my business cards) were ready for pickup.
When I returned to the house and unload my purchases, I went outdoors to finish
mowing the lawn.
Then I drove to Orrville for a prescription medication and then to China Buffet for takeout.
After returning to the house, I pulled some weeds and watered the flower beds.
**Today. The weather forecast calls for high and low temperatures of 79° and 69° with
showers and showers and/or thunderstorms for the next 2 days.
8:38 AM 7/10/2017 EDT. I've just returned from taking the garbage containers to the front
for Waste Management to pickup. If the regular guy is driving the pickup will be at about
11:00 AM more or less, but if it is another driver picking up it might be as late as 2:00
PM. It's raining, a farmer's rain, which is a delight to both the plants and myself. The corn
leaves in the fields to the south and east are not reaching/searching for the sun meaning
the dark green corn is not without plenty of rain. The sunflowers who I know now are a
hardy plant, surviving now when I thought they would not last because of replanting, and
unlike the corn, the sunflowers look east to face the sun, but not today, of course.
A farmer's rain is one I can work outdoors in, my polyester clothing wicking the wet from
my body, and if I have time I'll plant those 7 perennials, spread the weed control I have
purchased, sow some grass seed and divide, dig up and replant those plants that outgrown
their space in the flower beds.
I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY MIND
**For me there is a great joy in meeting strangers. Strangers are almost always friendlier
than someone you know because you don't know enough about a stranger to argue, get
upset at, disagree with, or other things that may represent conflict.
Take yesterday for instance. I met a women and a man in line behind me at Staples. The
man wore a cowboy shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and I commented that all he needed to
be a cowboy was a cowboy hat. He said he had plenty of those and said he had worked on
a ranch in the state of New Mexico. We talked about our shared experiences in the
beautiful deserts and high mountains of the southwest both of us smiling in our
remembrances. The lady, who I learned later was the man's wife, told me she was from
West Virginia near Huntington. We also talked about our shared experiences, I telling her
that I was born and raised just across the Appalachian Mountains in the Shenandoah
Valley. Before I left the store I said I'll see you, cowboy and hillbilly and we all laughed.
I also met a man in the parking lot at Walmart and thanked him for his service to our
country, like I always do, because of the Navy t-shirt he wore. He said that he was in the
Army, not the Navy, and had served in Korea where I had been in 1965-1966 as a dog
handler. We talked about our past experiences in Korea, he being on the DMZ
(Demilitarized Zone) for a time and I telling of my assignment at a missile defense
battery about a hour east of Osan. We talked also of the dictator in North Korea who said
once he had a missile that would reach Hawaii and after the most recent launch, North
Korea has a missile that can reach Alaska. We agreed that President Trump seems to be
alone in the world in worrying about North Korea's intentions and that President Trump is
a good leader, a good business man and a great president. We also agreed that the liberal
media is continuing to delay the focus on the running of the government by continuing
their reporting of Russia's meddling in last year's election. As we departed, we shook
hands, his a grip of iron as I tried not wince. We said our goodbyes and then he was gone
walking towards Walmart.
I'm don't mind being alone in the world, but I'm not. You see, everyday I have strangers
to talk to.
Copyright ©2013 iliveinmycarandeatverywell.com All Rights Reserved or
Copyright ©2013 forrestcaricofe.com All Rights Reserved
"I'm certainly grateful for strangers."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 248,000,000 results (1.29 seconds)
No results found for "I'm certainly grateful for strangers."
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
**Yesterday. After publishing my blog of the day, I went to Lowes, Staples and Walmart in
that order. At lowes I purchased 7 perennials, at Staples I order 1000 business cards and at
Walmart I purchased some things for the house. I checked my email just now and found
that my printing and marketing order (my business cards) were ready for pickup.
When I returned to the house and unload my purchases, I went outdoors to finish
mowing the lawn.
Then I drove to Orrville for a prescription medication and then to China Buffet for takeout.
After returning to the house, I pulled some weeds and watered the flower beds.
**Today. The weather forecast calls for high and low temperatures of 79° and 69° with
showers and showers and/or thunderstorms for the next 2 days.
8:38 AM 7/10/2017 EDT. I've just returned from taking the garbage containers to the front
for Waste Management to pickup. If the regular guy is driving the pickup will be at about
11:00 AM more or less, but if it is another driver picking up it might be as late as 2:00
PM. It's raining, a farmer's rain, which is a delight to both the plants and myself. The corn
leaves in the fields to the south and east are not reaching/searching for the sun meaning
the dark green corn is not without plenty of rain. The sunflowers who I know now are a
hardy plant, surviving now when I thought they would not last because of replanting, and
unlike the corn, the sunflowers look east to face the sun, but not today, of course.
A farmer's rain is one I can work outdoors in, my polyester clothing wicking the wet from
my body, and if I have time I'll plant those 7 perennials, spread the weed control I have
purchased, sow some grass seed and divide, dig up and replant those plants that outgrown
their space in the flower beds.
I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY MIND
**For me there is a great joy in meeting strangers. Strangers are almost always friendlier
than someone you know because you don't know enough about a stranger to argue, get
upset at, disagree with, or other things that may represent conflict.
Take yesterday for instance. I met a women and a man in line behind me at Staples. The
man wore a cowboy shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and I commented that all he needed to
be a cowboy was a cowboy hat. He said he had plenty of those and said he had worked on
a ranch in the state of New Mexico. We talked about our shared experiences in the
beautiful deserts and high mountains of the southwest both of us smiling in our
remembrances. The lady, who I learned later was the man's wife, told me she was from
West Virginia near Huntington. We also talked about our shared experiences, I telling her
that I was born and raised just across the Appalachian Mountains in the Shenandoah
Valley. Before I left the store I said I'll see you, cowboy and hillbilly and we all laughed.
I also met a man in the parking lot at Walmart and thanked him for his service to our
country, like I always do, because of the Navy t-shirt he wore. He said that he was in the
Army, not the Navy, and had served in Korea where I had been in 1965-1966 as a dog
handler. We talked about our past experiences in Korea, he being on the DMZ
(Demilitarized Zone) for a time and I telling of my assignment at a missile defense
battery about a hour east of Osan. We talked also of the dictator in North Korea who said
once he had a missile that would reach Hawaii and after the most recent launch, North
Korea has a missile that can reach Alaska. We agreed that President Trump seems to be
alone in the world in worrying about North Korea's intentions and that President Trump is
a good leader, a good business man and a great president. We also agreed that the liberal
media is continuing to delay the focus on the running of the government by continuing
their reporting of Russia's meddling in last year's election. As we departed, we shook
hands, his a grip of iron as I tried not wince. We said our goodbyes and then he was gone
walking towards Walmart.
I'm don't mind being alone in the world, but I'm not. You see, everyday I have strangers
to talk to.
Copyright ©2013 iliveinmycarandeatverywell.com All Rights Reserved or
Copyright ©2013 forrestcaricofe.com All Rights Reserved
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