October is here! My favorite month.
Unfortunately, the weeks and seasons seem to pass so quickly that I hardly notice them any more. Also, for the past year I've been plagued with so many personal problems and health issues that I can no longer savor the things I used to love.
My optimistic, adventurous, intensely colorful past is long gone. I seem to be turning into a mundane, frustrated, bitter old man.
Talking about frustrated (notice how I make such smooth literary transitions...), I've lately been extremely frustrated with the minimal feedback I get on my blog. To put it bluntly - there's nothing worse than writing my friggin' ass off and getting few (or no) comments.
Am I that boring and repulsive?
A "fellow" blogger Rita recently told me that she has difficulty finding my new posts because I don't have a followers list on my blog.
Soooo, I just (reluctantly) put it on my sidebar. People who adore me can now follow my blog
(he says tongue-in-cheek).
Quite frankly, I never included the followers list because I thought it's a tacky addition to a blog.
Why boast about how many followers I have?
Who am I - - Rasputin? Mussolini?
Anyway, it's now there for everyone to see.
So follow me. If you dare.
Change of subject.
Two nights in a row!!!
For the past two nights - when I'm sound asleep - my cat Bosco has dropped a LIVE mouse in my bed! There's nothing more invigorating that having a mouse scurry over your chest when you're in the midst of Dreamland.
The first time I yelled so loud that I think I woke people up in Kentucky. The second time I was a little more reserved.
This morning I found a dead mouse on the floor by my bed.
Change of subject
When I made the dreaded visitation to town last week, I was stunned to see how high the price of groceries are. They seem to have doubled. Or tripled. I can no longer afford the things I used to buy.
Eggs used to be cheap here in Tennessee and I bought a lot of them. Way under three bucks for a carton of eighteen.
I almost went into cardiac arrest when I saw that they're now EIGHT DOLLARS a carton!!!
I literally forced myself to buy a dozen eggs for over five dollars.
I also paid TWELVE dollars for some ground beef - - which used to be one of the cheapest things you could buy.
All I know is that TWO years ago food was very affordable. And I know why........
Draw your own conclusions.
Change of subject
Glorious October has already begun tinting the rural Tennessee foliage.
Here is a glimpse of my monstrous front "yard" yesterday morning.
I plan to have numerous upcoming Halloween posts.
Cheers, Jon
