Literally Across The Street In Front Of Us

Do you pride yourself on consulting and consorting with friends, family and colleagues of diverging opinions?  Are you the kind of person who prefers to argue with them, console them (encouraging them to share their opinions) or sit and listen to them during heated conversations?

We're all family.

Fog over the river.  Starlings, pigeons, mockingbirds and swallows competing with people to fill the air with chit-chat.

A quiet Sunday morning after many local secondary schools held graduation ceremonies yesterday afternoon/evening.

Thinking about eating meals with friends and family whose million-dollar neighbourhoods don't encourage one to live like frugal monks.  Wondering what I should do about a meal's worth of food left on plates after a dinner out at a place like Taco Mac, with Zach running around like he's spread too thin.

One of Chattanooga's finest rushing down the street without lights and sirens running until it hits the main highway.

Names like Jessie, Ailie/Christina and Lois working the local tourist attractions - underground waterfalls, aboveground rock gardens and places in-between like fine art galleries selling glass balls, sculptures and woven fabric notecards (ever tried writing a letter on a silk-and-wool surface?).

And Georgia.  Informative, kind, and focused on service, her son something like 14 years old.

Pick a card, any card.  Concentrate on the card.  Now, look at this selection.  Is your card here?  No?  Does that mean anything to you?

Do you know what the words "hit" and "eliminate" mean?  Aren't they too obvious?  Wouldn't it make more sense to say you finished plowing the garden and now you're focused on controlling weeds and harmful pests?

Metaphors.  Like saying you're a "writer" or a "farmer."

The pleasure of doing business with you (always mix business and pleasure).

To the one who asked in passing yesterday - yes, I concluded the deal you asked about.  Now it's your turn to ensure payment's put in the right place this time.  If not...well, do you know how easy it is for a writer to kill off a character?  Ever watched a farmer work a field between planting and harvest?

I hate being obvious but sometimes that's the only way people get the message.

Put family first and ask questions later.  The rest will take care of the rest.