Easter Eggs:

            Everybody seems to like Easter Eggs, and we are no exceptions. Every year Avon colors up a bunch and we enjoy cracking, pealing, salt and peppering them, and eating them. Our son, Chris claims that he could eat 50 of them by himself, or was that Cool Hand Luke? I get my share, but I prefer my eggs scrambled. I suggested making scrambled Easter Eggs, and she gave me that look – the one that says, “That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.” I guess she has a problem with red, blue, and purple scrambled eggs.

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Final Four:

            In 1987 Avon and I went to the NCAA final four in New Orleans. It was an experience that I would fully recommend to any basketball fan. But if you go as a sports purist you might be disappointed. The games were great of course, but the only thing I remember about them was the pass from Steve Alford to Keith Smart for the buzzer beater – and the UNLV Cheerleaders. The event is something I will never forget, and New Orleans is the perfect venue. The streets in the French Quarter were filled with fans singing their school songs and shouting their chants each trying to out shout the other. Sports and entertainment celebrities were mixed with regular folks. I bumped into Dean Smith – literally.  At a pizza counter I was standing over Berry Switzer’s shoulder, close enough to spit in his pizza – I was tempted. We never went to another Final Four because you can get a better view of the games on TV and the UNLV Cheerleaders went to less exciting uniforms the following year.

The second book of the Cain series is getting close to being released. It's in the Final stages of proofing and should be out in early to mid May.

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Furniture shopping:

            Last month we went shopping for furniture. Of course, I was less than excited to do it, but to save myself from a great deal of anguish I went. Once I got into it, I was really into it. I was slinging fabric and swatches over anything with a seat, 4 legs, and a back. The fact that the saleslady was a natural audience didn’t hurt my mood. I was so busy mixing and matching stuff and entertaining that by the time we left I had no idea what we had bought. Avon seems to be happy with our choices, but I’ll have to wait till it’s delivered to call it a successful venture of just another bone headed outing.

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Who was that tall man?

            Back in 2006, Avon and I went to Jupiter, FL for Cardinal spring training. It was all up close and personal with the players in a cozy fan friendly stadium. Everywhere you looked someone was signing autographs, and Avon was usually in the mix. She was waiting to get Mike Matheny to sign her visor when the player behind him said, “I’ll sign it – I’ll sign it.” She handed it to a 6’ 6” bean pole who was all grins and elbows with a little reluctance. Turning to me she mouthed, “Who is he?” I could only shrug. The bean pole made the team, and 2 years later, he was closing out the last game of the World Series with a win. He has been nothing but  a winner ever since. Adam Wainwright’s autograph is one of her proudest possessions. Oh, she got the Matheny also – at least 10 of them. 

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It’s all about control:

            Like most reasonably intelligent people, during the winter, we always turn the thermostat down when we leave the house. In the summer we do the opposite. It occurred to me the other day that Avon not only turns it down when we leave the house but also when she leaves the house as well, even if I’m still there. Do you suppose she thinks I don’t know the difference between warm and cool? Well, actually, she’s probably been doing that for years, and I just never noticed it… So maybe I don’t know the difference after all.

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Musical car parts:

            Back in the '60s was a singer named *Freddy Fender a.k.a. Elvis of the Rio Grande. He was some sort of a Tex-Mex Rockabilly mixture, with only one top ten to his credit. I often wondered if his band members also had automotive names. I can imagine him introducing his band as Carlos Carburetor on lead guitar, Tommy Tailpipe on bass, Harvey Hubcap on drums, and the girl background singer as Brenda Backseat.

*Actually, Freddy Fender took his name from his Fender Guitar.

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Rush hour:

            Last week I had a reason to go out among ‘em at rush hour. Yes, we have a rush hour here in the Ozarks. It can’t compare to a St. Louis or L.A. rush hour but it’s not much fun. I hadn’t been out in traffic at that time of day for nearly nine years, but I immediately learned to hate it all over again. What I could never understand is why they call it “rush hour” because nobody was rushing anywhere. I think they should call it “I sure would like to Rush Hour”.

Trains in the dark:

            Late at night and early in the morning I swear I can hear trains in the distance. When I say distance I mean over 12 miles. The closest railroad, is that far away. I made the mistake of telling Avon about it, and she wanted to know how I could hear something 12 miles away, but couldn’t hear her from across the kitchen table. 

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