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AMERICAN ‘EYE OPENERS’ FROM WSJ


WSJ is the ‘local paper’ for world business.  Its inside scoop opens up eyes and investigations to business world-wide.  It offers up, however, some strange  pieces of information in the Legal Notices section…..and if one begins to read this section, just once in a while, it becomes a riveting piece of news, not just a notice.

It begins by saying “The US Department of Justice, Federal  Bureau of Investigation(FBI) Washington,D.C gives notice that the following properties were seized for various federal forfeiture violations, which are mentioned below.

It goes on, saying “You may contest the seizure in US District Court by filing a claim of ownership, no later than 30 days after the date of the final publication of the notice of seizure, etc. etc……

The notice further states explanations of the items discussed,  such as CSA = The Controlled Substances Act, Title 21 U.S.C, Section 881 or MLC =  Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, Title 18, U.S.C. Section 981(a)(1)(A), and so on.  These definitions alone are alarming, however , the listings by state are beyond words, when it comes to us  the ” nice guys”.

Examples are not exact….numbers are mixed up and cases are changed around, however, it is the content that brings me to today’s writing.

And so it goes…..

Texas…..$46,770 currency, CSA, 7-27-11  John Doe, 1129 smith st.   along with$23,000 currency, CSA and a 2007 Chev Tahoe

Washington….$56,596, CSA 7/20/11 found in the following locations, kitchen cabinet next to narcotics, office closet on floor inside a shoe, computer bag in office closet, left pants pocket of……

Florida……$38,254 SUA 9-1-11 Sarasota, Miscellaneous silver and gold bars belonging to……          including 2 US Academy 100 oz silver bars, …  and …..; 2 US Ohio Precious Metals 100 oz silver bars, US Engelhard 100 oz silver bar, no……1 oz vienna philharmonic silver, 150 euros, , etc, etc.

Illinois……CSA 12 gauge shotgun, s/n……

South Carolina…..$144,861 SUA 7/19/11 

Oregon……jewelry seized from……square wheat 10 kt white gold neck chain with a diamond and 10 kt white gold cross pendant, mens stainless steel Rolex Date Just watch………and so on and so on

I didn’t list all the money, cars, bank accounts, jewelry,and guns discussed today…….These samples came from a full page……in VERY VERY SMALL PRINT I might add, and should be a wake-up notice to each and every reader.

Maybe it is time to read the Legal Notices again……in the WSJ. Maybe it is time we thank the FBI, the DEA, ICE, Border Patrol, and Coast Guard as they keep watch 24/7 over our  neighborhoods, communities, & states;our land, and its borders.  Maybe it’s time we see that these men and women have the equipment,the money, and the backing to do their job, instead of having their hands tied by politicians who can’t find their way out of a paper bag unless a TV reporter is around.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for watching over me and mine. I salute you and yours and thank you for your dedication.          later


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ABUSED…….HERE AND THERE


Remember we’ve talked about abuse in a few blogs prior to today? Well, we did.

Anyhow, I see that in Kansas they don’t have enough time to take on the physical abuse of women for awhile….seems they just don’t have the money, or whatever.

My sister was physically and mentally abused for 20+ years……I have written about it but never published because they are ending up a nasty divorce and I do not want to provoke anything.  HOwever, in the next few weeks (into November) I will rethink, check on the status of the ‘leftovers’ in the divorce and I will write it for you to read and digest.

Be informed that my sister is no slouch…..she’s is not one of those poor, put down, and mentally impoverished women you think of as being ‘an abused wife’.

I say she ‘IS’ not but she was….and in such a subtle way. To meet her in public, to visit with her during dinner, to see her in action in a busy ER in a large city, saving, saving, saving…..you would never, I say, NEVER know. But when the day ended, and her work complete, she would go home broken, tearful, and terribly afraid of what was ahead for the evening.

There are nights when she and my niece would find themselves out on the street, having to, yet again, find a hotel.  There were nights when, after working 12 hours, she would be up til 4AM being screamed and yelled at…..a tactic often used by abusive men to help ‘their women’ understand that if they would just ‘do this’ or ‘do that’, the men would not lose their tempers.

There were nights when physical threats turned into the real thing….. and my grown niece was there to watch.

So when states seem to have problems covering phone calls from abused women, I take a stand, both in anger, and in the hope they acknowledge their ignorance of the terrors of  life.

As one can see by the terrible crime in Seal Beach, Ca. even a restraining order does nothing to keep a women safe.  Shame on those who seem to overlook lives coming so close to death.  Just one phone call may keep them alive…..or if the abuser knows, can kill them.

WAKE-UP!  There may be only minutes left for woman who desperately needs the siren to come down her street. She is counting on  her one chance….her phone call that may open the door to a more peaceful existance……The 911 call…the call to a friend or neighbor can be occurring at this moment.

PLEASE DON’T FORGET HER…….                                            later, with love


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FALL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


Today is a beautiful day…..of course, in my mind, all are. I am a lucky girl.

Fall in California has to be searched for in the south…..it is not bright with reds and golds as in the midwest.  It is subtle, kind of like a treasure hunt.  There are sycamores and elders and maples who like to show themselves as much as possible in this warm and dry climate. They try very hard and I promise I will go out and compliment them tomorrow.

The Santa Ana winds tend to blow in the spring and fall and this week is bringing us a very light Santa Ana.  The hot winds from the desert blow thru the passes and down to the sea where it is usually very chilly (in my opinion). Actually, the temps are very wonderful, especially for plants.  They love the cool mornings and the sea mist that sometimes hangs around til 3 in the afternoon.  The further one goes inland, the warmer and clear it gets.  The ocean is wonderful, but chilly, hence the fog  that comes in the evening and quietly retreats off the coast til the warmth of the desert retreats too.

So  Fall…..in California, time to clean up and clean out.  Brush the yard with the rake to keep the grass tidy, clip the plants with long leaves so they will look neat for winter, and pull out the dead leaves from the season before.

Then  there are those plants who have chosen to live on top of each other. Their seeds flutter to the warm ground and their bulbs and roots reach out over one another to touch the food of the earth. Because bulbs are not ment to live 5 deep, it is up to their caretakers (me) to break them up and apart and find new homes for them in the yard which is all they ever know, unless I give them to a friend to grow up in  their yard/home.

Today it was yard cleaning, pulling here, snipping there, and all the time enjoying the wonderful weather called Fall in California.  Tomorrow the yard work won’t look so daunting, so I might just sit out there with my trees, my plants, and domain and soak up another beautiful day in my life.  I am a lucky girl..and I know it!!    later


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more…..rats, norwegian, that is


ah, the rat man cometh and me thinks the rat man thinks, he taketh away. I do enjoy Clarence….heck of a nice guy and he is doing is best, so I’m here to recommend him and have some fun too.

Some body and I mean ‘some body’ has been living, exercising, renting, or subletting an area of our attic for a few years now.  I think they are retired, maybe just passing thru from one neighborhood to the next. Who knows…

There are no little ‘bodies’ that I know of, and most of the time they are quiet tenants, however, lately all has not been well.  They have decided to scratch…either themselves, or a friend, or some wood, or insulation, I don’t know, but they are becoming too noisy for the neighborhood (my house).

Clarence came and set traps and has checked regularly for dead ‘bodies’, to no avail. He also plugged up areas where experienced rodents might want to get in.  We thought things were going extremely well, until about 3AM this AM.

First hubby woke up, then he paced, then kitty woke up, then he paced…he also had some crunchies, and then I woke up.  By then the activity in my bedroom was as busy as was whoever was in the attic.  We listened, we whispered, we listened, and then a decision was made (no we didn’t call Clarence).        Hubby, the hunter took his binoculars and his flashlight and went out to survey the roof of our bedroom.  He flashed here and there.  He    ‘binoculed’ here and there, but nothing was seen.  I watched and listened from the ‘inside’ and his light didn’t seem to bother our guest or guests.  They kept scratching, and banging around as tho it was mid-day.

So the hunter returned to bed, the cat returned to bed, and I followed.  Finally, around 4:30AM, the guest upstairs finally died, withered, got sick, gave up, was hit by his/her spouse, ate enough, or just left.  At 4:30AM in the AM who really cares.

Clarence was called  about 8:30 for an afternoon ‘check’….it is now 3:15 and no Clarence, therefore, no check.  Maybe Clarence melted in our ‘first rain of the season’….(previous blogs today).

Rats!!!!!!


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AT&T ad


has anyone ever seen an ad so bad……I don’t know which is the worst….him for even thinking of marrying her, or the wife, who is a first class man hurter (as she stands triming her begonias, or whatever).  Let’s face it, he probably made the money for her to have the beautiful environment to grow her flowers. AT&T should be ashamed of themselves and remove the ad ASAP.  I thought I was the only one who was insulted until 3 of my friends mentioned it when they saw it on TV. 

While you are taking your customer’s money and charging them ‘extra charges’ just because you can……please allow them the simple pleasure of at least a chuckle now and then.  Better yet, give them good service…

You are so bad!!


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it’s rain’in!!!!!!


told ya…..told ya….it was forcasted and it got cloudy and it got cooler and yep, it sprinkled (that’s a good sign when there has been no measurable rain since May)…..and then it quit…   Dang, the sprinkles came, the cat got upset when it sprinkled on him (the nerve of Mother Nature) and then…then…then…the sun came out.  Yep again…the sun came out.  But my neighbors and I didn’t give up hope.  We prayed to the rain gods for more than sprinkles, and we went to bed with the hopes of Christmas Eve excitment……(We even woke up about 3 to see if anything had happened)

And then….and then about 8am, it sprinkled and then it quit, and then it sprinkled again, and then it quit.  And the clouds whizzed by, in a hurry to see  Las Vegas and St. George, and then it began.  I’d say about 11 it began.  Sprinkles turned into mist and visa versa. Then, an occasional driver turned his wiper on..but just once, cause we all hate to hear that dragging screech across the windshield when it isn’t quite wet enough….and then, and then, it started.  Yes, I’d call it a light rain, a spring rain in the fall, a rain that the plants long for in the heat of August, a rain that touches all the petals of late summer and early fall, a rain that gently moistens the hard creekbed without going directly to the sea.  Oh yes, it is  rain and we are just joyous.  It ‘s cool, and cloudy, and one wants to make a fire with real wood and just sit.

It’s a good day, it’s rain’in.     thank ya  Jesus


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ideas, ideas


some walk the hallways, some stare at blank screens or beat-up typewriters, some wake up at 2am with a wonderful blog, and then there is me.  I have ideas all the time…every waking moment.  I can’t  bring myself to sit in front of the screen 8 hours a day, but if I did, the words would just keep tumbling    out. There is no grading as to whether the features will get an A or an F in the world of reading, but I really don’t care. 

Just waking up in the morning starts the wheels turning….there is the local paper and the WSJ, not to mention the l0cal and national news. There are things that happen just outside the window that bring ideas of friendship, warmth, and smiles.   I think the fun of writing is to look at a piece of information, a comment, a statement, an occurrence, and then put your twist on it…..It may be your opinion of how something happened or who made it happen.  It might be a movie most rave about that  I can’t stand.   It may be a child acting out or acting up, or making their famous statements about life.

Ideas and writing create newer ideas and newer writings.  News turns into history the moment it occurs, but it might change us forever. Words create pictures in the mind, accompanied by assorted emotions.  Our writings bring us to tears, and helps us reach heights we never knew possible.

So when you are just  sitt’in….think’in, you are still do’in.  later


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rain……it’s com’in


rain……it’s com’in…….not yet, but clouds are around (that’s big!!)


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rain……it’s com’im


so cal is so ready for it’s first winter storm….so are its inhabitants……being from the midwest, I save rainy days for inside work..got alot of catching to do cause it hasn’t rained in quite a while lol


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OH YES, IT’S GETTING CLOSE TO LAS VEGAS TIME


In just a few short days, I will introduce another unsuspecting soul to Las Vegas. I can hardly wait. It is my fav town in the world, even if I haven’t seen all the other towns in the world! Watch the posts after next week…we’ll be gone from Monday to Saturday and I’ll be without a computer, however, my brain will record everything. lots of laughts to come, and maybe I’ll win this time later