depth-of-field
this must be a pit stop on the Big Road Race. even though it seems like i'm just sitting still, i'm getting gassed up... re-adjusted... re-shod. once those wings get adjusted, i'm off.
i'm particularly un-prose-y, at this point, so...
...let's try lists:
the Lighter Side:
- joined a photography club. investing in equipment with the remains of my 401k. preparing to see if what i "see" can sell.
- preparing to do a Roy Orbison show on the radio, at 8AM. Prince Buster on Friday at 2PM.
- picked a pound of morrels in four days. smoking a sirloin roast in jerk sauce, beer, garlic with cherry wood.
- taking care of the last responsibilities with my mom's estate.
- applied for unemployment.
- spent an afternoon on the lake on an "alternative" party barge.
- cleaned out the basement refrigerator, and turned it off. found a ten-year-old bottle of homemade black raspberry wine.
the Dark Side (inquiries into the unknown past):
- great-great grandfather's estate, entrusted to his friend and colleague, is contested by his colleague's son (trying to squeeze some more $ for himself). case goes to Virginia Supreme Court.
- i am a third-generation of female-run households.
- great grandfather passes at age 34, with no records of his passing.
- his daughter, Maria Frances, passes at age 10 from typhoid.
- the family's "obelisk" (monument with the family name) is positioned at a forty-five degree angle, different from any other.
- one great uncle was sheriff, burned a bootlegger to death in a barn in a gun battle.
- somewhere in there, the KKK figures in. i hope those involved spin in their graves because of my 16-year-old reggae show.
- at some point, they all left... except for this dried twig of the family tree.
meanwhile, i'm waiting for the green flag.
