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February 3, 2010 by jebathehoundTHE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS
January 21, 2010 by jebathehoundAs I mentioned on my New Year’s Day Post, my young friend Will has entered middle school. As I said also, I will now begin a river of stories of these times. Amen. The first three months have been flat out warfare. But I will begin with today.
For the first six months we, (his family) have tried to get Will to invite a school friend home. Know this: We must help the middle school kid through an event such as this. We were told this by a great Middle School Pro who spoke to us in the waning days of elementary school. One must help them make friends. Thus when the extra ticket to a Charlotte BOBCATS BasketBall Game surfaced, we helped (coaxed, pulled , demanded) Will present the family with two names of school friends that he might ask to go along with him. That was the end of his line. When the time came to call, Will screamed, yelled, kicked, exhibiting his total fear of making a social entreaty. We made the call, and his friend Ryan was most happy to join, and within moments Will was calling his GrandMother to let her know that he would be at the game with his best friend.
We then found out that Will’s friend’sDad was to go through chemotherapy today. This morning we found out more about Ryan’s Dad. He has been battling cancer for a while, his family traveled to Texas over Thanksgiving and biked in a Lance Armstrong Benefit, and I am awash in tears. During these middle school years, when all seems amiss, life goes on, and tears for the whole of humanity overtake me. I can not listen any longer to the politics against health care for all, I can not live with the divide. But I will live. Love Jeba the Hound
2010 arrives with fireworks at my window
January 1, 2010 by jebathehoundHow can one not be optimistic? Resting and recreating in and from the cottages at James Island Campground, Folly Beach, Clam and I retired early while our young friend Will enjoyed silly tv and his d-day board game with fellow friend, Skeet. We roused ourselves to get up and out for the early 9:00 pm fireworks show, only to be pounded by the sounds of huge ammunition just outside out bedroom. We found to our delight the fireworks rocketing about us, our cottages apparently very close to the launch site. From bed with the fireworks singing us to sleep, Happy New Year and to all a good night. Love Jeba
good morning waning winter
December 30, 2009 by jebathehoundfolly beach. clam and I kayak and sleep in tandem. amen.
CHRISTMAS BOOK and MOVIE UNDER THE TREE
December 22, 2009 by jebathehoundI just watched Clam’s movie ” Crab Cakes or Revenge of The Crustaceans” again, and again and was inspired by her remark, ” COC,Count on the Crabs, You can always Count on the Crabs.” I find it uplifting to see such a progression in the lives of Clam and the Crabs and their friends. The Crabs, known for their unrelenting taunting of Me and my humble legs, are also reliable and redeeming and for no reason except, they, like all of us have good qualities. I very humbly would choose The Cloud The Clam The Comet and Jeba the Hound Of Renown as my book under the tree this year, and Clam’s movie, ”Crab Cakes or Revenge of the Crustaceans” as my movie under the stars this year. Best Wishes and Peace, Jeba the Hound
Friend on way to Copenhagen and The Climate Change Summit
December 9, 2009 by jebathehoundMaking Hyacinth Bowls for friends and me and Clam. love jeba
December 4, 2009 by jebathehoundDecember
December 2, 2009 by jebathehoundTwo women next to me weeping I have one finds folded kleenex in bag other gets a call excuse me oh, it is because you know, it is World Aids Day, and it always brings up the same echo and the the other reverberates to her too it is World Aids Day dabbing I am in the Salvation Army on Central Avenue scouting out glass container oddities to force hyacinth bulbs in, for Christmas and for winter gardening and for gifts to give if someone drops in, like the two are giving me a gift because I happened to drop in and I got to be part of the day too . Clam liked the vases and we start the hyacinths on World Aids Day, December First 2009. After winter we will pack the bulbs in peat moss and store them in our root cellar and they will lie dormant until next year when the might multiply also.
Love Jeba the Hound
November
November 4, 2009 by jebathehound
Flock of blue jays jumble. The light slants inward. The kitten’s fur luxes. The dog’s fur whitens. I begin search for a new robe. Lux November.
Settle. The Day of The Dead Week. The ones that have lived. Love Jeba
Little Shiva Flash Ode to the Atmosphere of Time that is November.
- Ode to the atmosphere of time
Week for Day of The Dead
November 2, 2009 by jebathehound
junepaw, mama gray, Granddaddy, soldiers coming home, add yours all week in celebration and sorrow and simpleness. love jeba






