Mrs.O's writing room.

In America: Chicken lays golden egg! Next day: Kansas chicken lays golden egg! 20 minutes later: Farmer Brown’s 5 week old chicken laid golden egg in upright position Next: Chicken with golden egg ate grain from Mr. Murphy Silentspoon’s store. Then next head line : Chicken tinted with blue feathers, had never laid eggs before . And the next: Chicken linage traced back to Cleveland Ohio. Chicken is given special care, it dies of old age and is placed in a museum. In Africa: A chicken lays an egg which is golden. Next day: Chicken dies It's eaten and that's it. Americans’ uncover everything they can find on a story. It’s discussed, analysed and broken down until you are fed up. They will scrutinize the words spoken, the way they were spoken, the possible thoughts, moods, expressions – every angle. The public is either satisfied with no further questions or wonders what other twists and turns could be included. Federal judge Sotomayor , nominated by President Obama to be next Supr

June 22nd It’s rejuvenating to escape from the hustle of my mundane life, put my feet up, fold my hands behind my head, take a deep breath, close my eyes and smile. God is good! My life is upside down, I don’t know what tomorrow brings, not sure where I should be at this point in life but in spite of all that, it is well with my soul. From whence my source comes ? – I haven’t the slightest clue. How my life will span out? – I really don’t know. Not that I care less but I can’t deny that this higher power, the force that spoke the world into existence is reshaping my life. I’m living in a beautiful Hyatt hotel in Phoenix Arizona. I never imagined that I would be persuaded into driving 15 hours to any destination let alone this amazing, desert-ish, cactus infested land. But here we are. I don’t get to cook a meal for a whole week – awesome!! Feels like an ice cold coke on a blazing hot summer day. I’m having some serious one on one moments with Mich - aww! Listening to his articulated th

I mourned MJ longer than I had anticipated ; now, I get up and dust myself off. When my grand children ask how I got nicknamed "Mjay", I will enthrall them with my tale. When they say - "Fo shizzle grizzle?" (For sure granma?) , I will delight in humoring them. '09 has unveiled some over the top events that have left my eyes spinning in my head. ~ The recession turns the tables all over the world upside down. ~ U.S innaugurates its first black president - whoa! ~ Owino catches fire ~ Maddof, fraudster of the century, is exposed by his sons and sentenced to 150 years in jail - He got it coming! "Give us back our money you scammer you!" ~ Air France plane crush;- 228 aboard, 228 fatalities - my heart goes out to the families ~Susan Boyles' becomes an internet sensation in her 40's - Good for her. ~ Mzee Kakamega dies, Mugabe Kaijuka dies, Michael Jackson dies, Billy Mays dies, Farrah Fawcett dies, David Carradine dies... former South Korean presi

Today, the shell of the shy and soft spoken guy will be lowered 6 feet under. Where is he? - A priceless question, no doubt. He worked hard, did what he did best and captivated the crowds. They pursued him in a passionate stampede, trampled him, and while some remain to mourn, others rush passed, eyes transfixed on their next victim. Musings from King Solomon in Ecclesiastes : - He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; He'll leave in the same condition—with nothing. This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went. - When I realized that my fate's the same as the fool's, I had to ask myself, "So why bother being wise?" It's all smoke, nothing but smoke. The smart and the stupid both disappear out of sight. In a day or two they're both forgotten. Yes, both the smart and the stupid die, and that's it. - I hate life. As far as I can see, what happens on earth is a bad business. It's smoke—and spitting into the wind.

My efforts to capture 4th of July fire works on camera.