Saturday 9: Thriller

Saturday 9: Thriller (1983)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
 
1) In this video, Michael Jackson is transformed into a "werecat," with fangs, claws, yellow eyes and whiskers. What  monster or ghoul frightened you the most?

A. The Wicked Witch of the West on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

2) Michael sings that evil things that will be lurking "close to midnight." Where will you be at midnight tonight?

A. Flying across the face of the moon on my broomstick.

3) Horror movie icon Vincent Price does the voice over on "Thriller." What's your favorite scary movie?

A. I don't watch scary movies anymore, but when I was young I liked the movie SSSSS. I wasn't supposed to watch it, but when we visited my grandparents they would go to bed early and we would stay up late and watch horror shows. Now my favorite Halloween movie movie is Practical Magic, which says a lot about my change in taste of movie fare, I think.

4) Mr. Price's House of Wax, made in 1953, was one of the first 3D movies. What's the most recent 3D movie you saw?

 

A. I don't watch 3D movies. They make me sick to my stomach, literally.

 

5) Horror fans might be surprised to know that, despite his sinister image, Mr. Price enjoyed very genteel and relaxing hobbies, like cooking, gardening and painting. What would we be surprised to learn about you?

 

A. That I really am a witch in spite of my demur ways and shy smile. Just ask my brother.

 

6) A Halloween tradition is the jack-o-lantern. Did you carve a pumpkin this year?

 

A. Sure. I waved my magic wand, and Poof! there was pumpkin that looked like Donald Trump.

7) According to Yahoo!, the most popular costume of Halloween 2014 was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Will you be in costume this Halloween? If not, who or what would you most like to dress up as?

 

A. If I had the figure for it (which I do not), I would dress up like Xena: Warrior Princess.

 

8) When you went trick or treating as a kid, did you usually wear a store-bought costume, or was it DIY?

 

A. Both. It depended on the year. Many times though I went as a hobo.

9) When trick-or-treaters show up at your door, what candy will they get?

A. I don't have trick-or-treaters. I live in the country and too far off the road.

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The Little Trick or Treat

For a good 20 years or more now, the little preschoolers in my hometown have taken a stroll about the tiny hamlet and visit businesses for trick or treat just before Halloween.

Yesterday I just happened to be in the vicinity of the courthouse when I realized it was tiny tot trick-or-treat day.

Courthouse workers await the arrival of the little ones.

Heading out for the next round of treats!

So cute!

I did not ask permission for these photos so if anyone who is involved objects to their posting, let me know and I will remove the picture. It happened too fast for me to think about it. I normally do not post people's pictures unless I have asked permission, especially kids, but they were adorable in their costumes.

Thursday Thirteen

I am a Virginia girl. My ancestry goes back to the American Revolutionary War here on my mother's side; I've traced it back 9 generations. So I thought today I'd offer up some information on the state that I love, even if the legislators in Richmond are trying to ruin it.

1. Virginia's capital is Richmond, but the largest city is Virginia Beach. Virginia has 95 counties.

2. The state encompasses 39,490 square miles, and has 8 million people living here, or 202 people per square mile.

3. The median household income is $63,907. Just over 35 percent of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

4. The poverty rate in Virginia is 11.8 percent; government officials estimate 12.5 percent of the population does not have health care (as of 2014; this may have changed with the Affordable Care Act).

5. Virginia is the mother of presidents. We have sent eight men to the White House. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

6. Virginia's motto is Sic Semper Tyrannis, which means Thus Always to Tyrants. This probably makes more sense when combined with the state flag, which shows an image of Virtue standing over a defeated tyrant. (Allegedly, this is supposed to be Virginia over Britain.)

7. Virginia's state bird is a cardinal, the state dog is the American fox hound, the state insect is the tiger swallowtail butterfly, the state fish is the brook trout, the state shell is the oyster, the state beverage is milk, and the state tree and flower is the American Dogwood. (I have always wondered why the dogwood is the state flower. The blooms on the tree are pretty, but they aren't flowers, really.)

8. The state's major industries are agriculture, tourism, construction of U.S. Navy ships, mining, lumber, and government workers.

9. Famous writers from Virginia include David Baldacci, Willa Cather, Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston, Edgar Allen Poe, Tom Wolfe, and many others.

10. Famous musicians from Virginia include Maybelle Carter, June Carter Cash, Patsy Cline, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Matthews, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Statler Brothers, and Bruce Hornsby.

11. Famous Hollywood figures from Virginia include Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, and Katy Couric.

12. The American Revolution ended in Virginia at Yorktown.

13. Almost a quarter of the Appalachian Trail runs through Virginia (544 miles). Virginia hosts more of the trail than any of the 14 states through which the route passes.



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Pumpkins on Parade

Our Unacknowledged Civil War

Yesterday I posted photos of a memorial at Virginia Tech. It is a remembrance area dedicated to the memory of 32 people who were murdered in a mass shooting on April 16, 2007.

It angers me that we have to have a memorial to something like that, something that should never have happened in the first place.

And we learned nothing from it. It happens again. Again. Again. Again. It will continue to happen while the public raises its eyebrows, shrugs, and moves on, because even though 1 in 3 Americans knows someone who has been shot, there is this insane need to own a gun.

This must be a modern thing. I can't imagine a 14th century populace clamoring to own a sword, or a dirk, or a knife. Were there young men in the 14th century holed up in places surrounded by 10,000 knives? I've never heard of that. But there are men in the U.S. (for some reason it is generally males who do this) who have filled their homes with thousands of weapons.

What are we so afraid of?

We have chosen madness and internal strife. We have created our own American version of terrorism and an interior unacknowledged civil war. Our "homeland" is a constant battle ground. Our media and our parents and whoever else influences us advocates for an "us versus them" mentality. Or maybe it's "me versus them." And "them" becomes anyone. Male, female, different skin color, different religion, different political views, someone who likes a different movie, someone who believes anything differently. Any difference is reason enough to shoot.

When did life become just another commodity? Is this the final stages of free market capitalism? Life is reduced to nothing? Everyone is expendable?

This vigilante madness, this wild-west mentality, has created a crisis of epic proportions, a crisis that mandates memorials to dead young people. Memorials that should never have been.

It happens again and again. And it will continue. We made no changes after a young man murdered a school full of youngsters; obviously as a society, we think possessing a gun is more important than life itself. Those of us who want to see some kind of sanity returned to the country are out of luck. If leaders were unable to make changes after Sandy Hook, then change will never occur.

All we do is turn our heads and look the other way. I am so ashamed of us as a people. We must be the craziest and most scared bunch of lunatics on the planet right now. We are unable to learn the basest of lessons, which is that life is precious and the right to keep and live your life matters more than any right to own anything, no matter what the object.

Semi-automatic guns were invented in the late 1880s. Columbine occurred in 1999. It took us 110 years to reach the point of mass murders in schools, malls, movie theaters and other gathering places. There were other mass shootings - mostly gang-related - but they were rare and the general public did not fear to leave their homes. No one barred the door and poked a shotgun barrel out the window. Now everyone wants to be armed. Big men need to carry assault weapons into the supermarket. Women want little handguns to fill their purse. Shoot first, ask questions later. What are we thinking?

We're not thinking - that's the problem. We're reacting.

I am in favor of more stringent gun control. I am not, as the crazy people think, advocating that the government come and take all guns, although frankly I think there are some people who need their guns taken. I should not be able to walk into a store and leave with a gun. There should be a waiting period. If you need a gun today, then you need a police officer or a mental health counselor, not a weapon. If you can't wait 72 hours to get your gun, then you have a huge problem, and it isn't the government. Something in your synapses is all screwed up.

In 2010 in Virginia, there were 875 gun deaths. There were 740 traffic fatalities. Guess which one is regulated? It isn't the first one. It isn't guns. I can only imagine that this statistic has remained the same - or increased. I do not think it has declined.

We are at war with ourselves. We are not one another's enemies, but we treat one another with disdain, with lack of courtesy, with innuendoes, snubs, and immorality. We are not nice people. The United States is not a nice place. We are not first in everything, and we are not the best. We are, in many instances, the worst place among first world nations. We don't provide adequate health care, we don't provide maternal leave, we don't provide a living wage, we incarcerate more people than any nation in the world, we have a higher infant mortality rate than many third-world countries, we still don't have equal rights for women. We're 7th in literacy and 49th in life expectancy. Frankly, we suck. We've been going downhill for the entirety of my life. No wonder we kill one another and ourselves.

Meanwhile, today's a new day. There's another shooting being talked about on my local TV station, and on your local TV station. On an average day in the United States, about 35 people are shot and another 160 or so are wounded by gunfire. Another 50 or so kill themselves with a firearm.

Every. Single. Day.

You tell me why this acceptable. You tell me why you think you have the right to kill me. You tell me what I have done to deserve such a death. You tell me what all of these young people, from Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook to whatever school or mall had the most recent shooting, you tell me what those people did so I know why they deserved to die. Tell me why their life did not matter.

And then tell me why you get to be judge and jury, and carry your weapon in the supermarket. Carrying your gun isn't going to save you; if that were the case, there wouldn't be a dead police officer in the land. Your Second Amendment rights? Bullshit. Do you believe your right to carry a gun outweighs my right to live? If so, when you're the one in the line of fire the next time the bullets fly, will your Second Amendment right be the last thing you think about just before you die?

Remembering the Dead

Last week, we were in Blacksburg and we stopped by Virginia Tech. I had never been on campus even though it is only a little over an hour away. We did not have time for a full tour but I wanted to see the April 16, 2007 Memorial.

On that day, 32 Hokies died at the hands of a mass murderer, who then took his own life. Twenty-seven were students; five were instructors. Seventeen other people were physically wounded. Countless others were mentally harmed.

Following the massacre, students placed 32 Hokie Stones on the Drillfield at the campus. (Hokie Stones are the gray colored stones from which most of the university buildings are constructed.) Later the university dedicated 32 engraved Hokie Stones to honor the memory of those lost in this horrible tragedy. Each stone weighs 300 lbs. A single stone in the center of the memorial honors all the fallen and injured victims.

An overview of the memorial.

 

Each stone has a name engraved upon it.

 

Of all the things I saw during our visit, this sight broke my heart. As we were paying our respects, this gentleman came by. He touched particular stones as he moved around the semi-circle. As he passed us, he murmured, "Those are the ones I knew," and he continued his way around, touching various stones. Tears welled in my eyes as I watched him. I wonder how often this man, whom I suspect is an instructor at the university, performs this sacred ritual.

 


A closer look. I tried to make sure I captured all the stones.

 

The memorial is a somber reflection despite the activity going on around it.

 

A nice touch.

 


On April 16, 2007, we all were Virginia Tech.

Sunday Stealing: 25

From Sunday Stealing

25 Fun Meme


1. If you were trapped in a room with the person who asked this for 24 hours, what would you do? The answer cannot be romantic or sexual.

A. Play cards. If there were no cards, then I would pull out the notebook I always carry with me and make a deck. We'd also talk and get to know one another. If they had a cell phone and ignored me, I eventually would throw it against the wall (after we called for help). They are the bane of our existence.

2. If you could learn any language instantly, what would it be?

A. Latin. Most of the romance languages have their roots there, so once that one has been mastered the rest come easier.

3. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life, what would it be?

A. The Lord of the Rings.

4. Favorite song lyric?

A. "I'm leavin' on a jet plane, I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go."

5. Favorite album?

A. Melissa Etheridge's Yes I Am.

6. Which time of day would you say is best for you work-wise?

A. Dr. Pepper time. (10, 2 and 4, for the youngsters)

7. Favorite city that you’ve visited?

A. Paris, France

8. Favorite city that you haven’t visited?

A. How would I know if I haven't visited it? Oh well. London, England.

9. If you could donate $10,000 to charity, what charity would you pick?

A. Some kind of anti-gun violence group, I am not sure what is out there at the moment.

10. What is one book you wish you could get all your friends to read?

A. The Lord of the Rings.

11. What is one movie you wish you could get all your friends to watch?

A. The Lord of the Rings (all three of them)

12. What do you think people assume about you from first glance?

A. That I am fat and lazy. That is what I think they assume, but while yes, I'm overweight, it's not who I am.

13. If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be?

A. I play many instruments, but would like to play them all better.

14. What is your favorite item of clothing?

A. I have an old blue sweater-type thing that is so ratty it needs to go in the trash, but I keep wearing it. It is threadbare and no longer stops the chill, but it still finds it way onto my body almost every day.

15. Who was your first follower on your blog? Do they still follow you?

A. I have no idea who my first follower was. But I have friends who have followed it from the time I let them know it existed. I appreciate each and every reader, even if I have no idea who he or she may be.

16. If you could create one thing, what would it be?

A. A time machine.

17. Favorite superhero?

A. The Black Widow in the Marvel Universe, circa 1975 or so, followed closely by Batgirl.

18. If you were to write an autobiography, what would you title it?

A. Doing Her Best

19. If you were to have a band, what would you call it?

A. I actually played in a band in the late 1970s and into the early 1980s. Its name was Almost Famous, and we were there long before there was a movie version of it.

20. What is your favorite card/board game?

A. Life.

21. What was the first IM service you used? Who was the first person you talked to on it?

A. AOL was my first service, and I have been on AOL since 1993, so I have no idea who the first person was.

22. If you could give a friendly hug to any one person, who would it be? Cannot be your romantic/sexual partner if you have one.

A. My friend B., who is having a really rough year.

23. Have you ever won any sort of contests? What kind?

A. I've won writing contests.

24. Who was the last person you hugged? Cannot be your romantic/sexual partner if you have one.

A. My physical therapist.

25. If you could be skilled in any one activity, what would it be? Cannot be romantic or sexual.

A. I would love to be able to draw.

Saturday 9: It Don't Come Easy

Saturday 9: It Don't Come Easy (1971)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This was Ringo's first big hit as a solo artist. Who is your favorite member of his old, very famous group, The Beatles?

A. Paul McCartney. I actually preferred his second reincarnation as Paul McCartney and the Wings.
 
2) In this song, Ringo sings that you have to pay your dues. Do you belong to any organizations that require you to pay dues?

A. I belong to a couple of historic organizations that want yearly dues.

3) He also sings, "you don't have to shout." When did you last raise your voice?

A. Whenever I last yelled at my husband, but I am not sure what recent day that was. Poor fellow, he's the only person I yell at. I did threaten to yell at an ailing friend if she dared to mow her yard, but did not have to because I found someone to do it for her.

4) Ringo has two piercings on each ear and one tattoo on each arm. Do you have more piercings or body art?

A. I just have scars. Oh, wait, I have a hole in each ear for an earring. I guess that's a body piercing. Seems so normal I forgot about it.

5) Ringo gave his first wife, Maureen, a one-of-a-kind birthday gift. Frank Sinatra made a recording of "The Lady Is a Tramp" personalized to her. Tell us about one of your most memorable birthday celebrations.

A. That would be my 50th birthday party, a surprise event my husband pulled off at the local pizza place two years ago. He invited everyone in my cell phone.

6) Ringo appeared as Mr. Conductor on Thomas the Tank Engine. He recorded the narration for the entire first season in just a week. Tell us what you did last week.

A. I took my vehicle to have it serviced and visited the April 16, 2007 shooting memorial at Virginia Tech.
 
7) Ringo also did the narration for Ladybird children's books. Do you like audiobooks?

A. I love audiobooks! I have one in the car all the time. I am currently listening to a Sue Grafton mystery.

8) As a boy in Liverpool, Ringo loved watching American westerns. His passion for the genre is reflected in the outfit he's wearing on the sleeve for "It Don't Come Easy." Do you like cowboy movies/shows?

A. I like some of the older TV shows like Bonanza and The Big Valley.

9) You know what else don't come easy? Nine questions every week. Crazy Sam has heard it all: this meme asks too many movie questions, too many questions about sports, too many questions that sound familiar ...  OK, now it's your turn. Help a tired meme mistress out. Contribute a random question that is not about movies or sports (pro or collegiate) and has never been asked before on this meme. Sam will compile these for an all-random Saturday 9 in November. That way she'll get a much-appreciated week off. Thanks for your help!

 

A. Random question: What does your big toe look like?

 

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The Phoenix Bridge

The Phoenix Bridge is a historic structure located near Eagle Rock in Botetourt. It is a one-lane bridge with a wooden roadway that crosses Craig Creek on Rt. 685. It is still in use today.

Autumn is not coming to SW VA this year.

Built in 1887, the structure was one of the first steel bridges in this end of Virginia. It was built by The Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania; hence it's name.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1975 as a place of interest. Click here for a Library of Congress link.

Looking north.

Around 1840, builders and engineers began using iron instead of timber for bridges; two iron bridges were built across the Erie Canal in New York about that time.

After the Civil War there was a boom in bridge-building, and The Phoenix Bridge Company formed to take care of the need.

I don't know if this is a Phoenix post, but I love the picture.

The Phoenix Company's distinctive product was the Phoenix post, a compression member composed of four flanged segments riveted together, which is used in this bridge.

We don't usually travel this road (locally known as Ball Park Road), but last weekend we headed to Eagle Rock to see if the Autumn colors were any better further north of us. Alas, as you can see, I was unable to take spectacular bridge photos with a lovely, colorful background.

I did, though, capture a nice blue sky.

The last time I wrote about this bridge was in 2009.

Thursday Thirteen

From 2014. So far it looks nothing
like this.

1. The colors - where are the colors? So far the beauty of Autumn has been muted in my area. What's the foliage been like where you are?

2. Windows 10 has been the bane of my existence since I installed it. What were you thinking, Microsoft? You hoodooed and voodooed my contact with the world.

3. Earlier this week, my office clocks (yes, I have several in here) began to die off, and for a few days I had no idea what time it was. Thankfully, my husband helped me change out the batteries (they are hanging high or over top of things and I couldn't reach them) and now I know the correct time. I wear a watch, so you'd think this wouldn't have been so disturbing. You're supposed to stop a clock when people die, did you know that? Otherwise their spirit can't move on.

4. If I dressed up for Halloween, which I don't, I think this year I would go as Supergirl. Well, in my instance it would be a waddling Super Woman, but at any rate, I am looking forward to this new show. I hope it lives up to its hype.

5. Does anyone know anything about MSM?

6. On the old Andy Griffith show, the Darling family, folks from up in the hills, would use old home remedies for illnesses and pains. Sometimes I think I need to put a chestnut in my pocket and do the incantation for a sore foot.

7. Our fields are full of wild sage, and I have thought about drying it and bundling it to use for cleansing. Burning sage has been used for thousands of years as a remedy for clearing away bad vibes and personal healing.

8. I'm not sure what I am writing about today, but there must be a connection going on my brain somewhere. Sometimes my thoughts are like ghosts and goblins; they haunt me and scare me. Other times they're little fairies and just-awakened princesses.

9. I've mentioned before that the deer is my totem. I have totems running all over the front yard these days. Every doe has twins this year.

10. Today is TINKER DAY at my alma mater, Hollins University (a single-sex education facility, women only in undergraduate classes). This is an annual tradition. On some secret day in October, the president of the college cancels classes. The young women climb to the top of Tinker Mountain, where they enjoy fried chicken and Tinker Cake. They put on skits, dress up in crazy outfits, and generally have a great time. Here's a video of Hollins Tinker Day 2011. Go Green and Gold! (We've also never lost a football game since the college was founded in 1842. Of course, we don't have a football team, either.)

11. If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning. No I wouldn't. I would go back to bed. Besides, I have a hammer, unless my husband's run off with that one, too. He's bad about taking my tools. Do you have your own personal tool kit? Every woman should have one, and not one of those silly cheap pink sets, either. Real tools for real work. Because, you know, we're women.

12. My friends are the family I have chosen for myself. Thank goodness there are folks out there who "get me" even when I am not getting myself. Thank you, dear readers and fellow bloggers, for being my cousins.

13. Do you hear what I hear? That sound of seasons changing? The wind is whispering in a new voice, one that brings with it the cold. Winter is coming. And you know nothing, Jon Snow.


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Outside Photos - Near Eagle Rock

Train track near Eagle Rock

Craig Creek off Ball Park Road

Craig Creek

Books: Salvage the Bones

Salvage the Bones
by Jesmyn Ward
Copyright 2010?
288 Pages


This winner of the 2011 National Book Award deserved the accolades it received when it came out. This book was a read for my book club, and it is one of the better books I've read this year.

This is the tale of a poor family struggling to survive in the ten days prior to Hurricane Katrina, which created havoc and devastation in southeast Louisiana in 2005. We see the story unfold through the eyes of Esch, the nickname for a 14-year old black teenager who struggles to understand her three brothers and drunken father. They live on an inherited plot of ground, apparently on their father's disability check. Their mother died giving birth to the last son.

The story is heartbreaking in its humanity, and eye-opening in that it exposes the depths of poverty and how people struggle to survive in an America that offers them few options and no way to climb out of the Pit in which they find themselves. Living in Appalachia, I know families like this - the ones who sell tomatoes for a pittance to pay for extras, those who struggle daily to keep the roof from literally falling in on their heads. I've written about them as a news reporter and tried to make those of us who have more understand how fortunate we are.

Ward did an excellent job in writing this book, creating an inner atmosphere for Esch by using her school reading of mythology as a background for her life, along with the symbolism of a pit bull dog named China that her brother Skeeter was using as a fighting dog. The story opens with China giving birth, a fitting symbol for many things, including the little fetus growing inside the young teenager. The reader knows what's coming - the hurricane and its terrible winds and floods - and the reading speeds along as we try to determine who in the family will survive the calamity about to befall them.

The book makes one question how people survive at all - and how do people who already have next to nothing recover when the little they have is taken from them? This question is answered in a very direct way at the end, but that answer is not spelled out.

So I shall spell it out for you: when all is lost, we help one another.

This is a quick read - maybe four-five hours. Pick it up and wash it down. You won't be sorry.

Sunday Stealing: Swiped

From Sunday Stealing

Swiped Meme

1. Did someone die in that last movie you watched?

A. No. Well, not yet. I'm watching The Hobbit trilogy and I'm only on the second movie.


You can't tell me those aren't lovely colors outside
my window

2. Are the trees pretty colors outside for you now?

A. Yes.

3. Have you ever made a bad first impression on someone else's parents?

A. Probably.

4. When's the last time you recorded something on TV?

A. Around 2001.

5. What is a career you wanted to have when you were younger, and still kind of want to have now?

A. Archeologist.

My sunflower this summer. Yes, I grew it myself.

6. What are your views on sunflowers?

A. Um. They're flowers, they're cheery, and they're yellow. Sometimes they are tall, sometimes they are short. What a weird question.

7. What is your favorite incense or candle scent?

A. I can't stand scents of any kind. If your house smells like a Yankee Candle, I am afraid I won't be visiting.

8. Caramel apples or candy apples?

A. Neither one.

9.  Have you ever walked into a wall?

A. I go through walls.

10. Would you ever or do you make your dog wear a bandana?

A. No. I make mine wear glasses and a blue shirt. (Just kidding, love.)

11. Do you find dandelions when they're gone all white pretty?

A. Grammar people. Grammar. Or maybe it's just English we're missing here. Dandelions turn white and fluffy when they go to seed. They are pretty.

12. Who makes you laugh?

A. Monty Python. Jeff Dunham.

13. The scariest moment of your life?

A. That moment when the anesthesiologist places the mask over your face and you don't know if you will open your eyes again.

14. What’s the coolest thing you’ve bought lately?

A. Ice?

15. What’s the worst you’ve had to do because of losing a bet?

A. I've never lost a bet.

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