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Chapter 17
Lately it's been storming more often than it hasn't. I guess winter is truly here to stay. For how long we have no idea. It is so cold that it almost hurts to breathe when we are outside.
We have been exploring a little further from our cave. A storm had just ended and we felt safe going beyond our last exploration point and this took us over the next hill. It was tough going for both of us. Donovan could have made better time if he hadn't had to wait for me but the snow in places came up to my waist and when I fell in it took Donovan's help to get me out. The little hollow we discovered didn't take near the beating that ours did though there was damage enough up on the ridge. We finally made it to the bottom of the steep, tree-covered area to find a short bridge that crossed what appeared to be a shallow gully. The bridge was damaged on one side but we didn't pay too much attention to that because everything is damaged these days. About half way across a brutal slap of wind caught me in mid-step and I lost my footing, going over the damaged area of the bridge where the railings were missing.
I braced myself for impact with water but I had forgotten that there was nothing but ice. What I hit was neither water nor ice. It made that distinctive "thump" you hear when something lands on the hood of a vehicle.
Donovan started to scramble after me before I had even finished falling. I was trying to decide which I felt more; thankful that I wasn't hurt or irritated that that sort of stuff always seems to happen to me. As I was grumping my way through being thankful – not the best compromise – Donovan and I were brushing the thick snow off of whatever I had fallen onto. I finally cleared the foot of snow away from a section when I was startled into a soundless scream. I back pedaled into Donovan, spilling us both into the true bottom of what must have been a runoff creek during certain times of year.
Donovan caught my shoulders and asked, "Hey, you OK?"
I drew a deep breath and wish I hadn't. The air was way far on the other side of crisp. I coughed a little and then said, "Yeah. Donovan I … I think it's like those other cars." I was referring to the cars we salvaged from after we left the bunker all that time ago.
Donovan crawled back onto the hood of a large, nose-down vehicle and brushed away more snow to look inside. "Looks like three … no four … adult-sized males. All but one dressed in hunter's gear. Vehicle is a … Ford Explorer I think, but it's been modified. There's a layer of ash sitting directly on the car's finish and it has eaten the decal off. It's a Ford of some type, likely an older explorer model. Stay back Emma." He proceeded to try and open the driver's side door.
He couldn't so he busted out the window and avoiding the corpses as much as possible tried to determine what had happened. When he pulled his head out I saw him in true security chief mode, something I hadn't seen in quite a while.
"The damage is primarily to the front driver's side quarter panel and the front bumper area where the vehicle landed in mud. It's frozen in place. There is also solid ice all in the front floor board encasing the corpses' legs. There's no water in the gully now but if I had to guess I would say that there was water when the vehicle went in. Driver's front wheel is probably a spare; it's different from the other three tires. It's bald and showing tread. Both front tires are flat; could be from impact or it could be the cause of the accident. All four corpses show significant damage with associated blood loss. The corpses in the front driver's and front passenger seats were not wearing seat belts. Corpse three was wearing a seat belt but it looks like he had significant head trauma. See where the passenger door's window is spidered and blood on the inside? Corpse number four … that would be why they were on the road most likely. He had a significant pre-mortem injury. There was some attempt made to bandage his chest; it is completely blood encrusted. He was strapped in using two of the three rear seat belts and his head was in the lap of his rear seat mate."
Donovan sighed and then said, "How does this sound? Four hunters back in the woods and one has an accident. Definitely something life threatening from the look of the blood loss. They call out, no one answers their plea for help or they can't get a signal or something. They try to bring their friend out themselves, something happens on the bridge and they go off into the water filled gully. No one ever comes to check on them so here they remain."
"Could they have been blown off the bridge post Impact?"
"I … don't think so. No side panel damage on the other side of the vehicle."
"Then I guess without any other proof your explanation is as good as we are going to get."
Donovan grunted, "Here, come up here and help me hold this camper top open. Grab that rail down by your feet. We'll use it as a prop."
"Hmm. No luggage, no camping gear. Here are a couple of guns but that's it. Let's see if we can follow the road backwards and see where they came from. But not too far in case a storm comes up."
"The last one ended last night. We've got a couple of days until the next one."
"Never assume darling. Just as soon as you think you know what the weather is going to do, it'll change track on you and leave you up the creek. As vicious as these storms are getting I don't want to get caught out in one. As it is I need to make time to further reinforce the barricade door."
The road was fairly easy to follow. The only gap in the trees turned into what looked like a narrow and winding, snow-covered lane. Around the second bend a fairly expensive hunting lodge rose out of the rocky ground. It had some exterior damage but significantly less than any other standing building we have seen. Two additional snow-covered vehicles were parked in a covered parking area that had been built of the same stone as the house. The roof was collapsed from where a large tree had fallen on one end destroying the snow mobiles that we saw there. Donovan had a few choice words to say about that tragedy. Then we broke into the house and started looking around.
I found him about ten minutes later after we went in separate directions, "Donovan?"
"Yeah, I know. If I could find a sled we'd take some of this stuff back with us."
"Can you make some out of skis?"
"Skis? I suppose." He was only half way listening to me and then he turned around real quick. "Hey, did you find skis?"
"Yeah, they look like skis … sorta," and I handed him what I had found.
"Older but these are definitely cross-country skis."
"There are five or six pairs down there. Poles too."
"What are you making such a face for?"
Curling my lip in disgust, "It smells really funky down there."
Donovan followed me down a flight of stairs to a finished basement that didn't have any windows or door to the outside.
"Smells like summer in a kennel down here only … I don't know something else too," he muttered from behind the sleeve he put over his mouth a nose.
About that time we heard something in the wall. Without warning I felt something clamp onto my leg. Looking down I screamed at the top of my lungs and started kicking but it wouldn't come off.
"Hold still!"
"Oh God, get it off. Get it off!!"
Then another one attacked Donovan as he bent to try and help me. He was wrestling, trying to get the thing off his shoulder. Three other shapes lunged out of the dark, both of them tearing into the horror that was attached to my leg and nearly shredding it. I helped Donovan to rip off the one that was on him and threw it away where it was pounced on and shaken like a rag doll. But there was more rustling and we quickly retreated up the steps. The three shapes followed us but not quickly enough, one of them was attacked right below the top step. Donovan reached down and pulled the animal up and then detached the two attackers and broke their necks, but it was too late.
At our feet lay a terrier. A main artery had been bitten and it didn't take long for the poor thing to bleed to death. We tried to save it but it was no use. It licked our hands and whined submissively but she was just here one moment and gone the next.
I was in tears, "Oh Donovan." I sat on my haunches covered in dog blood. The two other dogs stared with hackles raised at the now closed basement door alternately growling at the basement and growling at us. But they were shivering too. Donovan grabbed a cover off of the nearby sofa and wrapped them both together and as nasty as they were he still stuffed them inside his jacket. Neither dog seemed to know what to make of it but the warmth seemed to reassure them.
I looked up from where I was still on the floor and found myself looking at a portrait of a man standing beside a fence with two dogs almost identical to the ones we had found.
"Rat terriers."
The non sequiter threw me off. "What?"
"They're rat terriers. Looks like the guy in the picture bred show dogs of that breed."
I finally noticed the trophies and ribbons that adorned the wall. He continued, "These two don't look like much more than puppies. Look how small they are. The one that … that died was a female, probably their mother. You can tell she's had puppies. The sire dog could have died down there looking for food for his pack. I don't see any sign of another dog and the smell isn't bad up here."
"Why would he leave his dogs like that?!" I cried, still upset.
"Emma … Emma. Think darlin'. Dog vs. injured human … the man probably shut his dogs down there with plenty of food and water thinking he'd be back for them. He had to get the injured man to medical care or he was going to die."
"Yeah, I guess. Sorry about … about not thinking. It just sounds awful to leave your animals like that. I'm surprised they didn't starve to death."
"Some pups may have, or may have fallen to the rats. I'm not going down there to look for bones to find out one way or the other. I'm sure that the terriers took their fair share to dine on after their dog food ran out. The rat terrier is the perfect foe to go up against an army of those devils. I read somewhere that a rat terrier cleared a barn of over five thousand rats in a single day. Just try and not think about it for a while. I'll bury the dog. You look around but be careful, and if you start smelling or hearing anything you get out of there."
"Where do the rats come from? We haven't seen any up here? We haven't seen any in the cave? Thank goodness for that by the way. In fact we have seen any animals until now."
Donovan squinted his eyes and scratched his head. My questions sometimes drive him a little crazy. He says I give him a headache making him think too much. I think it is because he doesn't like not being able to answer them. "We know the cold and lack of food have a lot to do with that. We might have some hibernating animals but they could have died in their sleep of starvation. But the true omnivores … primarily rodents … may have just moved underground and tunneled to find food. They would have started with roots and then moved deeper as the cold settled in … basements, sewers, etc. Enough furry bodies and you have a pretty good heat source that is self regulating. Obviously the rats here are getting desperate. They are also pretty blood thirsty which suggests to me that either they are cannibalizing their weak or that they've been surviving off of scavenging corpses. But they don't appear to be desperate enough to risk the cold. And we've likely thinned their numbers too. The cold and lack of food, possible cannibalism, depravation by the dogs, seems like it would keep their numbers down."
Donovan ran out of hypothetical answer and it was enough to satisfy my sometimes uncontrollable curiosity; we both turned to do what we said. It didn't take long for Donovan to cover the small corpse with rocks and then come back inside. The puppies didn't want to leave his coat so he just carried them around. Every once in a while they would wiggle around or stick their nose out of his collar but for the most part they stayed docile.
Once he caught up with me on the second floor he asked, "Anything?"
"Lots of stuff but no rats. Not rat poop, no rat sounds, nothing."
"Looks like I was correct. Cold probably keeps them underground. That means that anything we find on the first and second floor should be OK. I hate to say it but I need to go back to the basement to get the other skis."
"No you won't."
"Emma …," he started.
I know he doesn't like it when I get over protective but this time I was right. "Seriously, there is a room downstairs that has all sorts of sports equipment in it including more skis."
"Was there a kitchen?"
"Yeah, I didn't want to look by myself."
"Let's go look together then. That will be the first stuff we have to take if there is anything."
There wasn't much that was salvageable. The cans were all frozen and misshapen. Nothing in the frig or freezer was any good. The bottles of booze where all shattered where they had frozen. There was some staple items like salt, pepper, and sugar as well as some other seasonings. We kept looking as we explored the rest of the house but we didn't hit pay dirt until Donovan noticed that the wall between the master bedroom and the connected master bath on the second floor didn't match. He looked for a second and then jerked down the whole clothing rack and threw it onto the bed where I started pawing through the clothing looking for anything worth the trouble of hauling back.
"Whoever did the man's security wasn't real smart. I noticed it within three minutes of entering." He then put a booted foot through the back panel of the closet to reveal a small storage area. "Well, lookie here."
It looked a bit like a panic room only a very flimsy one. There was some closed circuit security cameras and some kind of communication devices but it was useless at this stage. There was a supply of Mountain House foods in #10 cans and some other emergency food. Also three different sized ammo cans filled with bullets. Another box revealed some of those flimsy, roll up solar chargers. Donovan stuffed the puppies back down his coat collar while he said, "Looks like the guy tried to be prepared but I don't know, doesn't look like much. There is a water filter but no water; I see cans but no can opener. No way to boil water to reconstitute this food either. Nothing to provide any kind of warmth or light except that lantern … which the idiot would have suffocated if he had lit it in this enclosed space even if there had been fuel for it … and that folded camp chair that looks about as comfortable as an iron maiden. The only thing good I can say of the man is that he thought of his dogs … look at that pallet of freeze dried dog kibble."
"Easy dear … we can't all be chief of security for a highly classified government survival bunker."
All I got in return was a snort and a shoulder bump which was about all the comment was worth. We hauled the small stash to the top of the stairs and left it there and then tried to figure out how we were going to get the stuff home. There were things in the house that I practically lusted after but the food – human and canine – took priority.
Going through the sports gear we found a couple of large snow saucers and a good sized children's sled. Had any other human beings seen us we would have made the cover of some Ripley's Believe It Or Not type magazine. Donovan had the sled loaded with several cases of food from the panic room and I had some floppier bags piled onto the two saucers. The skis we tied onto the back of our packs. And I shoved a few odds and ends as well as the rolled up solar chargers into my pack. You talk about trying to get used to something … I tried to not trip as I walked – first uphill and then down – with long skis attached to my back, pulling two snow saucers tied tandem. I felt ridiculous and clumsy so I can just imagine what I looked like. But we did it.
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. The puppies were positively fascinated with our living quarters and then promptly found a corner and piddled in it. I looked at Donovan he sighed. "Fine. I'll take puppy duty this time." They've been a lot easier to house train than I expected but the first couple of days were not fun. When it is storming and they can't go out, they have an area of the outside cavern that they can do their business on. It is covered in astro turf we ripped out of the little house near the cave so all we have to do is roll it up and take it out and shake it off. It's still nasty but given how much fun the puppies are and how amazing it is that they survived we aren't going to complain.
We considered trying to go back for another load that first day but it would have been dark before we got back and neither one of us wanted to stay a night in that house. Donovan bathed the dogs while I fixed us all dinner. We had our soup straight. For the puppies I put some of the freeze dried kibble into a bowl and then dribbled some of the broth over it to rehydrate it. They didn't know what to make of it at first; they'd obviously been used to eating fresh kills. But in no time they were wolfing the food down and then sniffing around our chair. Donovan warned me not to be tempted to feed them from the table or it might be impossible to break them of the bad habit.
The puppies wouldn't settle down. They kept smelling and looking around. I think they were looking for their mother. Finally they were just exhausted but were still too upset and started whining and were on the border of howling when Donovan said, "Emma, where's that blanket that I had them in inside my coat?"
He took the blanket and made them a bed in a box near the fire. They scratched at it and then curled up together. I don't know if they ever quite went all the way to sleep. I imagine being stuck down in that basement with those monsters they learned to always been on guard.
The next morning we got up and the puppies refused to be left behind so Donovan carried them in his coat again and we got three trips made to and from the house. The last one didn't see us home until thirty minutes after night fall and it was so cold it felt like ice crystals were forming in my brain.
"Emma, I don't want to risk that again. We either get an earlier start or we keep our trips down to two."
We got three trips in the next day by starting earlier and simply accepting that we'd have to take the dogs with us if we wanted to go in a timely manner; but the day after that a storm slammed into us before we could even question whether we'd be able to make another trip or not.
The next four days were spent training the dogs and adding the new stuff to our inventory. The storm broke and we went back to the house. Two more days and we had everything out of it that was remotely useful that we could haul using our eccentric form of transportation. While Donovan was looking around to see if there was any way we could transport the wood stove from the older of the two kitchens the lodge had, I stood at the big windows that overlooked what probably was the river but is currently frozen and snowed over. I blinked thinking my eyes were playing tricks on me.
"Bu … bu … bu …" I stammered.
Donovan asked me what I was yammering about and I hit him with a small decorative pillow from the window seat.
"Hey! You're the one that is stuttering and I'm the one that gets hit?"
I pointed to the window and he looked out, did a double take and then went, "Bu .. bu …"
"Yeah, that's what I said! Now how do we kill one?"
That rather naive comment broke Donovan from the spell he was under. He looked at me incredulously and then started laughing. I'm glad he was so amused but the truth of the matter is I knew that if the Native people had been able to do it with arrow and spear, surely we could take one down with a gun.
"Girl, I swear, with you around I'm going get a hernia from busting a gut laughing. You want me to go out and kill you a buffalo."
A little chagrined at how blood thirsty I had been … it's been a long time since we'd had any fresh meat … I blushed and said, "I know it sounds crazy but …"
He gave me a one armed hug indicating he was just fooling and then said, "Girl, give me a chance to think. Maybe I can get you that buffalo blanket you are wanting."
"Forget the blanket, I want the steak."
He laughed and then stared out the window with a serious look on his face. While he did his contemplative thing, I was wondering where they could have come from. Donovan must have heard my wheels turning because he said, "Buffalo are indigenous to the US – they're actually bison by the way – but they don't roam like they did in the early 1800s when over fifty million of them roamed freely all over. As a boy I used to love to watch movies about the west and how the pioneers and Native Americans lived. I was out to Yellowstone a few years back and was amazed at how many there were in the park alone. People had smaller herds all over the US, and they were used to cross-breed in some specialty cattle markets to make an animal called a 'beefalo.' I know for a fact, growing up, they had some buffalos at the museum over near Land Between the Lakes. These could have bred from that population or they could have been pushed east back into their former habitat by the results of Impact Day. There may be no telling for sure. How many you count?"
"I see …. Mmmm … at least four dozen."
"Yeah. That's what I get more or less. I suppose taking one won't impact their breeding cycle and … what the …?"
About the time he was agreeing to hunt the big animals a herd of reindeer … I swear, it really was reindeer … walked into our line of sight. He turned around suddenly and headed into the office where all of the trophies and ribbons were and looked more closely at the pictures and pulled open a couple of the filing cabinets.
"Well I'll be John Brown. This guy might have been an idiot when it came to survival but he had a good head for business. Check this out Emma. This wasn't just some rich guy's house but was a commercial hunting lodge with all the specially permitting required. Somebody had a heck of an operation here. You have the lake down below," he said pointing to where the lake would have been if everything wasn't frozen and snowed over. "And up here you've got prime hunting land. Explains more than it doesn't. These papers show he stocked a few exotics so there had to have been a tall fence encompassing the property. Must be blown over and buried under the snow. The animals that have survived are the exotics that can make it in the bitterly cold weather … I see invoices for big horn sheep, antelope … yeah, and here's one for buffalo … and another for mule deer and reindeer … and elk. There might be more than one reason why we haven't seen any local game if he imported any exotic predators. We're going to need to be more careful when we are out and about. A hungry animal is going to be a dangerous animal. The rats were proof of that."
Hunting had to wait another day because we weren't prepared. Only in the movies do you just go pick off a big animal like you are going to go get your hair done. We still haven't gotten a buffalo though it is on Donovan's list of things to do. We had enough just to do just to finish clearing the lodge of what we could. Instead of reindeer or buffalo, Donovan brought down a medium-sized elk. We smoked and dried a lot of it and froze a good bit of it too. I never realized how big those things were until I had to process one.
I vaguely understood the whole science project but without any books to follow the procedures I had to completely rely on Donovan's experience he gained by helping his aunt and uncle. He built a smoker and dried a lot of the meat into jerky. Using an old sausage grinder I made a bunch of pounds of ground elk burger and made patties with it and then froze it outside. This was stored in the "ice room" that Donovan and I built by bringing in blocks of ice – made using clean water from the underground spring and frozen in same shape/size containers at night – and placing them in one of the smallest caverns that led off of the big storage cavern. We also cooked some of the chunks in soup bases and stews and then froze it in plastic freezer containers and these were also stored in the ice room.
The puppies went nuts for the offal and we froze what they didn't eat immediately. This saved us having to feed them our own food supplies. Donovan and I even boiled the bones down for broth and froze that for future use as well.
The night after spending all day processing the elk Donovan and I shared an incredible elk steak. First we marinated it with olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic, onion powder, ground ginger, and pepper. Then we grilled it over a drip pan to catch the juices and keep them from falling into our fire place and making a mess. The drippings I poured over the dogs' kibble. As I'm sitting here writing this my mouth is watering just remembering how good it was. For once even the dogs were satisfied and didn't come begging for scraps.
To go with the steak I made mashed potatoes, fried corn, corn meal biscuits, and I fixed a rice pudding for dessert. The dogs weren't the only ones that went to bed with full bellies. Donovan acted like an old bear that was ready for hibernation. So much so that his belt wasn't the only thing that loosened up after dinner. We were sitting on the sofa staring at the fire, almost too tired to go to bed, when he made that noise in his throat that is a cross between a growl and a grunt that usually comes right before he says something incredible chauvinistic and then mumbled, "A woman that can put a meal on the table like that is worth going buffalo hunting for." He closed the statement with a snore. I came very close to driving my elbow into his full belly but then I caught myself and realized that we really have returned to a chauvinistic world.
I thought about it and I'm more and more convinced that some men used to almost fantasize with glee that the world would one day devolve into complete chaos just so that they would get their shot at living some male fantasy of what they thought their existence could be if the modern world would just stop emasculating them. I don't think that Donovan ever had that problem. He's always been a chauvinist pig to a certain extent – which is kind of adorable in reasonable doses now that I've gotten to know him better – but I wonder about some of the other men I've known in my life. My dad? Heck, he was always a real man in my eyes and what I measured all other men against. Mr. Epstein? Well … not exactly my cup of tea but again, he never seemed to have a problem with who he was and was always full of self confidence. On the other hand I've seen some of the boyfriends my former roommates had and they always struck me as either over the top and trying too hard to prove what a he-man they were or they came off really … uh, whipped to put it politely. Now whether that was their own fault or the fault of the women they choose to hang with isn't my concern but it still drove home the fact that I owed Donovan quite a bit for my continued survival.
The next day that topic was still on my mind; enough that I would have walked into a low hanging ledge in the spring room if Donovan hadn't grabbed my hoodie and jerked me backwards real quick.
"Girl, where is your mind? You do realize you just about knocked yourself out on that rock?" Donovan set the wind up flashlight on a handy ledge and had turned me around, tilted my chin up and was looking in my eyes like he was checking to see if I was sober or stoned.
I brushed his hand away and said, "I have a lot on my mind is all. Thanks for saving me … again … another bruise I don't need."
Something in my tone or comment must have caught his attention. Donovan plays at being a Neanderthal but I'm slowly learning that some of that is camouflage that hides a really sharp mind. "Hmmm. You got a problem with me saving you?"
"No. I just wish you didn't have to do it so often. I'm beginning to wonder exactly what I bring to the table … between us I mean. I know the … the sex and all … but I mean more than that. What makes you want to stay around? Put up with the things I do that I know drive you crazy." I shrugged lifted the buckets I had filled and put them on the yoke I used to carry the heavy buckets with.
"What's got you worrying at that again?" I expected him to be impatient about it but he honestly seemed interested if not exactly concerned about the topic.
"Just thinking."
"Girl, when you think you can drive the oxygen out of a room. You worry more stuff to death than anyone I've ever met. Come on. Help me bring in some wood."
I tried to let it go, I really did. Bringing in wood while keeping track of the pups takes a lot of energy and concentration. They naturally wanted to be outside quite a bit now that they'd discovered it but they couldn't because of their paws. I'd asked Donovan about making coats and boots for them and that is one of those times he nearly "busted a gut."
For a hearty lunch/dinner I made a big pot of wheat berry chili that used a couple of different kinds of beans, some of the ground elk, canned diced tomatoes, some dried corn, seasonings, and a cup of whole wheat berries to piece all of the other ingredients out even further. I made fried cornmeal cakes to go with it. I finished cleaning up the last meal of the day and poured the drippings from frying the elk over the pups' kibble and then sat down to work on the inventories. I was determined to stop feeling sorry for myself.
I guess I had been working for about thirty minutes – work is still a balm for my troubles even if I'm doing better about keeping it under control – when Donovan came up behind me, leaned over and slowly closed my notebooks.
"What?" I asked.
"Come on. We've both been working all day and the fire is warm and sofa is soft."
I didn't want to upset him by turning down his request to snuggle so I willingly put things away and went to sit with him.
"Now isn't this better than going blind looking at those endless lists you make?"
I smiled a small smile and said, "Of course it is but what I want isn't always what I need. I'll have to work on those inventories tomorrow instead of finishing them tonight."
"You'll have time enough. There's another storm brewing from the feel of the wind when I brought in that last load of wood. But what I want tonight is to know what you meant this morning. And don't give me that look, you know exactly what I'm asking about."
"Donovan, it isn't …"
"Don't even start. You've got a permanent line between your eyebrows. It gets deeper every time you start worrying at something. Now out with it. I can't fix it if I don't know what it is."
That hit a nerve. "That's just it Donovan, I'm tired of you constantly having to fix things. I fall down in the snow and can't get up without your help. I fall off a bridge and you have to run and save me. Stupid rats nearly chew my leg off and you get attacked trying to save me. I can't carry my share of the wood. I didn't even know what to do with that elk even though I'm the one that instigated the hunt to begin with. And all of that is just in the last couple of days."
"Are you keeping track or something? And what do you mean instigated …"
"I know I sound like a whiney brat. I'm just tired of feeling useless … being useless. I wasn't like this before. I worked my rear off to pay my own way. Even in the bunker I did my best to pay my own way without compromising who I was any more than I could help. Now look at me. I'd be dead so many times over if it wasn't for you."
"And you resent that?"
"Yes … no … argh! That's not what I mean."
"Then what do you mean?"
"I mean I want to save you right back!"
My energy level was kicking way up and I had a bad case of the fidgets. I tried to get off the sofa and walk it off only to have Donovan grab me from behind and drag me onto his lap. "Girl, you save me a little bit every day, every morning when we wake up together, with every idea I come up with to try and make things better for us, every time I come close to getting too serious and you say something outrageous whether you mean to or not. You save me every time you look at me with those big beautiful eyes like I mean something besides a warm body that will put up with your cold feet at night."
"I do not have cold feet … or I wouldn't if you wouldn't hog the covers. And what does that have to do with anything anyway?" I tried to wiggle off and he only held me closer.
"You are worse at wiggling than those puppies are. Your energy amazes me Emma. You throw yourself into everything with a confidence that drives me crazy. You are willing to try just about everything even when you know you failed at it the other times. When you fell off that bridge my heart nearly leapt out of my chest. Look at me, I don't do the romantic thing Emma, you know that … but if I did, I'd want to do it for you. You make me feel needed, wanted, like I matter … not just my muscles but me. I can't say for other men Emma, but that's what I've been missing. It's why my marriage failed. She didn't need me, no matter what she said in the beginning."
"Oh Donovan … you are important to me. I just worry …"
"There's that word again," Donovan interrupted.
"Yeah, I know, it's just … what happens when I no longer make you feel like you matter but like I'm a burden? The Major or Capt. Chandler would never have …"
"Nope, they wouldn't have. In fact, they nearly left me to the best end they could imagine for me. You didn't. You wouldn't even in the face of everyone else's objections. I can't pretend that I understood it then – have a hard enough time just accepting it even now – but … but I'm glad you did Girl. Life, even under our current circumstances, is definitely worth living in a way I'm still learning to appreciate. Just stay with me Emma. Don't turn away. Don't create a problem that doesn't exist. I can't pretend to know what the future holds, but whatever it is, I know with you in it it will continue to be worth living."
And he claims he isn't romantic. Honestly … men.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Chapter Seventeen
Posted by Kathy in FL at 2:09 PM
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*sigh* just the right amount of romance. lolReplyDelete
*sigh* -- I have reached the end again. Back to waiting. Guess I'll go do some work in the mean time. Thanks for taking the time to write and post. I'll be impatiently waiting for the next installment.ReplyDelete
Seriously Kathy, how do you find time to work on all these stories?ReplyDelete
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Even from the parking lot, it's clear something is different at Ned Ludd, the rustic (decor-wise), surprisingly sophisticated (food-wise), typically reserved Northeast Portland restaurant. It's what passes for a balmy Monday around here, with temperatures hovering in the mid-60s, and children are zipping in and out through an open door. Meanwhile, from speakers inside, Will Smith reminisces about bullies, basketball and a cross-country move.
You might not need to look. "The Breaks," "No Sleep Till Brooklyn," "Sound of Da Police;" if you're under 40, you already know the songs, and most of the words, too. There's KRS-One and Biz Markie, the Beastie Boys and Dr. Dre. Sir Mix-A-Lot, the Pacific Northwest's most famous pre-Macklemore rapper, makes the rotation with "Posse on Broadway."
For Ned Ludd, the anti-technology zealot who gave the restaurant its name, mechanical weaving machines were an abomination. I wonder what he would have made of Grandmaster Flash.
P.R.E.A.M.'s menu is broken down like a song, with an intro (almonds, olives, pickles), a verse (two Ned Ludd-y salads), a chorus (three pizzas) and an outro (a Ludd dessert). And like a good chorus, it's the pizzas that stick in your head.
It's hard to pick a favorite among the P.R.E.A.M. team's pies. Both the basic Margherita, with its light brush of tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and snippets of basil, and the very good pork sausage-olive-mushroom have their merits. The weekly pizza special, which recently included a seasonal asparagus, charred morel and mozzarella combo, is worth considering. If forced to choose one, I'd pick the honey-drizzled smoked mozzarella and kale pie, to which you can (and should) add strips of savory, near-translucent lardo. Swoon.
The record skips here and there. The almonds don't need as much salt; the spinach, bacon, crouton and crumbled egg salad could use a lighter hand with the tart dressing. And the pizza crust, particularly the end crust, would benefit from a bit more moisture; the center holds, but the edges arrive dry, even brittle, drawing unfavorable comparisons to a Saltine cracker.
With the music bumping, it's hard to linger on the down beats. All around, everyone and their crew seems to be drinking Brass Monkeys, the low-budget cocktail made famous by the Beastie Boys song. At P.R.E.A.M., that means a tall glass with a few fingers of orange juice, served with an Old German tallboy (new name: the Portland mimosa).
So far, the P.R.E.A.M. clientele mostly included Portland restaurant industry types -- for this restaurant critic, it was a bit like "Being John Malkovich," except instead of Malkovich clones, the room was filled with staff from restaurants I've reviewed. At a nearby table, I spied Jason French, the Ned Ludd chef and owner, who gamely turns his restaurant over to pizzaiolo Nick Ford and server Brandon Gomez each week. And why shouldn't he? Right now, this might be the most fun anyone's having at a Portland restaurant. (At least on Mondays.)
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I couldn't find anything under the name "Maplewood Lodge" in Smithville Flats, but did find this under "Maplehurst" in Smithville Flats. Probably one in the same.
A possibility (this building was moved, so it is seen from a different aspect than the Shorpy photo. From a 2008 Word doc found online, date 5/14/08 3rd Draft by M. Auwarter:
Maplehurst – moved in 1999 to its present location on the northern edge of Smithville Flats at the junction of Routes 41 and 220. A 3 story Victorian house built in the 1870's. In the early 1900's it became "Maplehurst Lodge" a hunter's delight specializing in the sport of hunting partridge, woodcock, squirrel, grouse, rabbit and fox., heavily advertised in the NYC area. It was formerly located across the street from today's Community Center and has been vacant for many years.
That man with the gun and hunting dogs was George Finnigan. I wonder if he lived in that magnificent, stately home.
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This was to be our last day on the AZT and we actually finished a day ahead of schedule.
It's a bitter sweet affair. On one hand I can't wait to see my family, have a shower and some proper food. On the other hand I feel like continuing on to the mexico border.
John's pics of this trip can be found here.
Last day drying dew and thawing ice.
Kedrick Park I believe.
Still plenty of riding and climbing to be had.
Just like that we were back in Flag eating huge salads and sipping ale at Beaver Street.
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Fiji holidays are consistently popular with families and couples alike, however what you may not know is that Fiji is also renowned as being home to some of the best and most beautiful golf courses in the world. There are a number of Fiji resorts with golf as well as some excellent courses located throughout the islands. Fiji's beautifully warm and sunny weather and constant gentle sea breezes offer the perfect conditions for golfing, however as many of these Fiji resorts with golf can attest to, keeping your mind on the game can be a bit of a challenge when you're surrounded by such beautiful scenery.
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The APV file type is primarily associated with 'Acerose Password Vault' by Dexadine, Inc.. The Acerose Password Vault provides you with a way to organize and keep all your passwords both safe and secure.
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Mon, 27 September 2010
Ernabel and Barna are back for a new season!
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Barna and Ernabel welcome guest Salman Ahmad, founder of Junoon, the most successful rock band in South Asia. Hear the discussion about art and music in the age of terrorism and check out his new book, "Rock 'N' Roll Jihad: A Rock Star's Revolution."
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Barna and Ernabel talk travel and murder!
Barna and Ernabel talk travel and murder!
Hilary Davidson, the author of 18 nonfiction books on travel, discusses seeing the world and writing about it. Hear her interview about visiting cemeteries in New Orleans, uncovering ancient Pompeiian brothels, and what they tell us about the ever-evolving attitudes about death and sex! Plus, Hilary tells us about her debut crime novel, "The Damage Done," due in bookstores on October 5.
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Barna and Ernabel are joined by the prolific and award-winning science fiction author Elizabeth Bear. They discuss the serious side of writing, how science fiction mirrors the most pressing social issues of the day, and how writers interact with their fans through the organized fan community movements.
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A special episode where Culture Wars and KTHKSHI join forces! Special guest host Jay Figueroa joins Barna for a discussion about the proposed national ID card and laptops used to spy on high school students. Plus, has the Vatican been infiltrated by the minions of Satan? The top exorcist says yes! Download right now and hear more!
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Barna and Ernabel welcome author and journalist Steve Weddle for a discussion of all things crime - from hard boiled thrillers to clever cozy mysteries, hear about how to write stories about the dangerous side of life. For authors, mystery fans, and aspiring writers, this is a show you don't want to miss!
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Barna and Ernabel talk with James D. Agresti, author of the new book Rational Conclusions. Can you scientifically prove the literal truth of the Bible? Tune in and listen to their discussion and read the book.
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Culture Wars is back for a brand new season!
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Should You Use Promotional Videos in Your Dental Office?
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In an ever-competitive market, you need to stay ahead of the game. If you are a dentist, aside from your regular patients, you want to attract more clients to have continues stream of visits and therefore, increase your profits. The best way to reach the prospective clients is by advertising your dental office using professional Los Angeles production companies.
The most popular and the most effective advertising today is the use of promotional videos. If done well, this can be a turning point for your business since you can reach out to a larger group of prospects. On the other hand, if the video is not well-produced, you can find it not worthy of your money and will not be as effective as it should.
Let's weigh the pros and cons of using promotional videos for your dental office:
1. It can reach more number of prospects thus can be an effective way of getting new clients. This in return can guarantee an ROI (return of investment) for you and you can have a steady source of income.
2. Adding a promotional video to your website increases traffic which is a way for you to introduce your dental office to the new clients.
3. Creating a video is a way for you to communicate to your current and potential clients. It is a way for you to show that you care about what they want and that they are your priority. It can also be the time for you to introduce them to your friendly staff and to the modern equipment that you are using to make their visits as comfortable as possible.
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Re-Animation: Turn Found Photos into Mesmerizing Videos
Did you know you can make an animated video without picking up a camera?
Cassandra C. Jones creates mesmerizing animations using her method "Snap Motion Re-Animation."
It started one day when she realized that if she collected enough photos of one thing, she could put those photos together in just the right sequence to make an animated movie.
Take a galloping horse: she was able to create a movie of a single galloping horse using photos of 12 different horses in mid-step. (She sifted through 5,000 photos to find ones that perfectly matched up!).
A few of her other animations include: 97 photos arranged to show snow melting in a person's hand, 900 photos to show the moon waxing and waning across the screen, and 17 photos showing a car spinning while on fire.
With a whole lot of patience and an eye for movement, Cassandra has combined photo-hunting and animation into a whole new craft!
We'll leave you with these two hypnotizing re-animation videos. May they inspire you to make your own: "After Muybridge" and "Stripes (Lightning Walk)."
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Vui Kong's appeal verdict at 3pm
We want Vui Kong to live, we have been campaigning for it since we heard about the case. Groups came together in unity for this campaign and we grew together as we worked together.
I hope that Vui Kong will be able to hold his mother's hand, converse and laugh with his siblings and pursue his work in his newfound faith, without the confines of bars and glass panels. May he touch the grass again, free from the noose.
Vui Kong, we are with you. Please stay alive.
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Mood Check-In
Mood Check-In is a blog for the discussion of the intersection between mental health improvement and personal productivity and also features a forthcoming mood and productivity journal for regular monitoring of your moods.
http://www.moodcheckin.com - 9-Aug-2018 - Hits: 8 - Rate This | Details
#DaveWiseMatters shares stories of mental health recovery, suicide prevention, and destroying stigma as well as general mental health community resources.
http://davewisematters.com - 27-Aug-2015 - Hits: 487 - Rate This | Details
A Year to Remember
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A Year to Remember details the journey of a daughter's story coping with her mother's Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.zarcrom.com/users/yeartorem/ - 3-Jul-2001 - Hits: 986 - Rate This | Details
Amanda Green Author
My blog is all about mental health, BPD, depression, alochol and other addictions and much more. I do relevant book reviews and am also going to launch my own e-book memoir about my struggle with various disorders/addictions/obsessions.
http://amandagreenauthor.co.uk - 11-Feb-2012 - Hits: 1223 - Rate This | Details
Anxiety Killed The Cat
A mental health blog about anxiety and social phobia written by 26 year old anxiety sufferer Ashleigh James.
http://www.anxietykilledthecat.com - 15-Dec-2013 - Hits: 1399 - Rate This | Details
Art Therapy and Related Topics
Thoughts about psychology, art therapy, psychotherapy and related issues written by a Tribeca, NY based Licensed Art Therapist in private practice.
https://natashashapiroarttherapy.wordpress.com/ - 4-Oct-2012 - Hits: 718 - Rate This | Details
As Told by Chloe
From the blog author, "As told by Chloe is not for the faint of heart. Chloe doesn't write for sympathy. She writes for empathy, understanding and growth. All stories written by Chloe are her flashbacks from the trauma she has endured. These stories haunt Chloe as an adult. All names have been changed, even Chloes', to provide some level of anonymity and for her own safety. Even some of the people closest to Chloe have no knowledge of these instances. Because she doesn't want to hurt them with hearing the gory details of what she has been through... Chloe is a survivor, these are her stories."
https://astoldbychloe.wixsite.com/website - 27-Mar-2017 - Hits: 130 - Rate This | Details
Ask a Doc - Ask a Cop: The Mental Health Minute
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The Crisis Intervention Team, Inc. brings you education, conversations and perspectives on mental illness. Dr. Nils Rosenbaum and Detective Matt Tinney host this funny and informative podcast that strives to reduce stigma, increase education, and provide a new perspective on mental health.
http://www.gocit.org/podcast.html - 29-Sep-2015 - Hits: 344 - Rate This | Details
Author Friendly
Blog by clinical psychologist David John Berndt, with discussions of many different things, including politics, psychology and more.
https://authorfriendly.wordpress.com - 11-Oct-2008 - Hits: 212 - Rate This | Details
Blog author Emiliana of Boricua Confidential, diagnosed with PTSD in 2004, writes about her journey, struggles, victories and challenges in ways that bring light, hope, justice and a good dose of "keep on keepin' on" for survivors. She wants no one to feel as if they are the only one in their situation because there are more just like them. This blog is honest, thoughtful, well-written and most of all genuine.
http://awaken-love.us - 31-May-2016 - Hits: 244 - Rate This | Details
Beppe Micallef Trigona - Psychiatry Blog
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A blog about various topics in mental health with a particular focus on the medical and psychological treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders. Dr Beppe Micallef Trigona is a Psychiatrist and Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malta. He currently works as a psychiatrist in London, UK.
http://beppemicalleftrigona.com/mental-health-blog-malta/ - 25-Aug-2014 - Hits: 391 - Rate This | Details
Beyond Meds
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This blog documents and shares many natural methods of self-care for finding and sustaining health in body, mind and spirit. This blog also deals with wider issues in the socio-political and spiritual realms as they pertain to mental health and human rights issues surrounding psychiatry.
https://beyondmeds.com - 18-Jun-2008 - Hits: 953 - Rate This | Details
Black Spot Site
This blog concerns the author's recovery from depression, self-harm, childhood trauma and PTSD. Content includes daily posts on topics such as learning to manage life better, their personal account of psychotherapy, therapy books of interest, and also general commentary on mental health services.
https://blackspotsite.com/ - 11-Nov-2015 - Hits: 355 - Rate This | Details
Blog of Dr Alice Boyes. Showing You How to Become Happier Using Tips from Science.
Practical Tips for Happiness and Relationships from Social and Clinical Psychologist, Dr Alice Boyes. Positive Psychology & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Blog.
http://www.aliceboyes.com - 28-May-2012 - Hits: 597 - Rate This | Details
Blogging Behavioral
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Welcome. I'm Sandy Andrews, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in South Austin. My theoretical foundation is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). My blog's intent (and they all have one, whether they admit it or not) is to share some of what I know about clinical psychology and perspectives gained from across the couch.
http://bloggingbehavioral.blogspot.com/ - 28-Jul-2009 - Hits: 921 - Rate This | Details
News about our knowledge of the brain and behavior.
http://www.neuropsychological.blogspot.com/ - 25-Sep-2004 - Hits: 1668 - Rate This | Details
Cafe Sanctuary
A blog devoted to articles regarding domestic abuse, by two survivors who want to help others recognize abuse, escape safely, rebuild, become empowered.
https://cafesanctuary.wordpress.com - 16-Jan-2015 - Hits: 323 - Rate This | Details
Blog about mental health, substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders.
https://counselorssoapbox.com/ - 12-Nov-2014 - Hits: 388 - Rate This | Details
The Curious Curatio blog is a vehicle for broadcasting the successes and struggles of seekers and survivors, and for generally distilling all good healing wisdom from the web and world beyond.
http://curiouscuratio.blogspot.com/ - 28-Apr-2013 - Hits: 384 - Rate This | Details
Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary Ordinary Woman
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This Facebook page follows the blogger from a drug addicted thief that was trapped in an abusive relationship to a confident and capable marathon runner.
https://www.facebook.com/Darkconfessionsofanextraordinaryordinarywoman - 5-Dec-2014 - Hits: 338 - Rate This | Details
David Susman, PhD - Resources and Inspiration for Better Mental Health
David Susman, PhD provides science-based information and resources to offer support, hope and encouragement to persons in recovery from mental illness as well as to those who care about them.
In addition to original articles his blog also features a recurring series called 'Inspirational Stories of Hope' - interviews with people who have dealt with mental health challenges and who share the lessons they have learned through their journey.
http://www.davidsusman.com - 1-Jul-2018 - Hits: 23 - Rate This | Details
Defying Mental Illness
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Blog authors Chuck and Zoe created Defying Mental Illness to offer their insights on mental and emotional health. Chuck, who suffers from schizophrenia, shares his experience as someone who has been challenged mental illness and had to overcome its difficulties. Zoe, his wife, shares on being a caregiver. Together with contributions from other bloggers they hope to help those contending with mental illness on their path to recovery and well-being.
http://www.defyingmentalillness.com - 9-Sep-2016 - Hits: 240 - Rate This | Details
Delayed Onset Living: Notes From a Late Bloomer
Articles regarding psychology, philosophy and the meaning of life (plus an occasional poem). The website is run by Geoffrey Geddes, a (self-described) old guy who just finished his MA in psychology and is busy accumulating hours toward his MFT license in California.
http://www.delayedonsetliving.com/ - 1-Jan-2017 - Hits: 126 - Rate This | Details
Diary Of An Alien
As a person who has many mental health issues, including Asperger's and ADHD, Angel sometimes feels like an Alien in this world of ours. Read her blog and see how she survives on planet Earth.
http://diaryofanalien1.blogspot.com - 6-Aug-2013 - Hits: 550 - Rate This | Details
Emotional Sobriety: Friends & Lovers
Emotional Sobriety has 4-5 posts weekly about the 35+ year recovery journey of Kathy Berman. the main topics are recovry, AA, inner child, ACA, reparenting, alcoholism, PTSD,depression, and spirituality. This blog grew to include 15 other blogs.
https://kathyberman.com/ - 19-May-2012 - Hits: 476 - Rate This | Details
Faith Passages
Faith Passages is a blog that chronicles the blog author's journey in dealing with their stepson's bipolar disorder from the perspective of a Christian family. They share their passages in order to encourage other Christians and to show that they are not alone in what they are experiencing and that there is hope.
https://faithpassagesblog.wordpress.com/ - 3-Jun-2016 - Hits: 188 - Rate This | Details
Finding Happiness and Self-actualization
We are all about living the good life, which means staying healthy, keeping fit, not running up mounds of debt - and above all, happiness.
What is happiness? How do you define it? How do you increase it? Does true happiness really exist? Join us on our fantastic voyage of fitness and nutrition, inspiration and motivation, frugal and clever, tips and observations, humor and joy.
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Fish on a Ladder
A young woman chases her dreams while attempting to overcome poverty, childhood abuse, addiction, PTSD, and depression.
http://fishonaladder.com - 3-Jun-2018 - Hits: 36 - Rate This | Details
Freedom in Mental Health Blog
A blog (an online journal) committed to the creation, realization, exercizing and fulfillment of social justice, human rights, self-determination and freedom in mental health.
http://mindfreedom-fast.blogspot.com/ - 15-Oct-2003 - Hits: 817 - Rate This | Details
Fresh Hope for Mental Health
Fresh Hope for Mental Health is a weekly podcast by Pastor Brad Hoefs. Brad has a mental health diagnosis, and his podcast seeks to encourage others to live well in spite of a diagnosed mental illness. The podcast is faith-based, but offers practical insight to believers and non-believers alike.
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An Indian teenager is being worshiped like a god because he has a tail.
Arshid Ali Khan, 13, is referred to as Balaji, an incarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, because of a 7-inch "tail" protruding from the middle of his back.
Locals in his Pujab state consider him a divine symbol, and visitors come to be blessed by him daily. His worshippers often leave gifts, and sometimes even money, to pay their respects to his godly deformity.
"I love my tail," Balaji told nairaland.com. "It's a gift from God. It's unusual, but people respect me and bow before me because of it. I feel special."
Balaji is just one of 40 people who were born with a "human tail," according to People's Journal of Scientific Research. But soon, he may have to get his beloved snake-like growth removed because it is causing health problems.
The teen is already wheelchair-bound and suffers from twisted limbs, which will likely get worse in the next few years. Doctors believe he has meningocele, a form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord develops abnormally, according to nairaland.com.
Balaji's family is worried about surgically removing the tail, but say it is ultimately up to him to decide.
"If he wants his tail removed, we do not mind," said his grandad, Iqbal Qureshi, whom Balaji lives with in Chandigarh, India.
With or without a tail, Balaji said, people will still come to him to get advice and seek his "powers."
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Rain wraps up Please Come Back, Mister with charitable gifts for the cast and crew
It's a wrap, drama lovers! SBS's hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking, body-swap drama Please Come Back, Mister came to an end last week, which meant only one thing —cast party time. On April 14, the cast and production crew came together for a final celebration, and lead actor Rain (a.k.a. Jung Ji Hoon) presented all 170 people with gifts that keep on giving—Moment Watches.
Each Moment Watch has a true, powerful story behind it to inspire its new owner. In addition, 30% of the sale of these timepieces goes to programs and charities for orphans, child victims of natural disasters, and kids in need all over the world. How awesome is that?
R.A.I.N. Company, Rain's management company, quoted the entertainer as saying during the event, "I truly want to thank all of the staff, the director, the writers, and my fellow actors for their hard work during the past three months. This project was very meaningful to me." Reports say that the last few days of filming required extreme hours and very little sleep for everyone, so a meaningful gift on top of a cast party had to be a sweet reward. Very cool.
Rain was sporting a Superman Moment Watch, which is not surprising, since his most recent album Rain Effect has a dance track called "Superman." (R to the A to the I, N.)
In other Rain news, now that Please Come Back, Mister is a wrap, the mega-entertainer is free to jump back into his world concert tour, The Squall. The next stop will be this Saturday the 23rd in Chengdu, China, with Malaysia and Japan coming up in May, and more concert dates to be announced.
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I read some of the other reviews for "Follow the River". It seems if you have read the book, the movie is disappointing. I haven't read the book. I enjoyed the movie. What is the saying? "If fate hands you lemons, make lemonade." Mary Ingles makes the best of her situation, but in the end decides it better to leave her children with the Shawnee and try and make it back to her husband many days travel away. That would be one tough decision.
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Memories of Simon Swordy
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In lieu of flowers, the family suggests any memorial contributions be sent to:
The Simon Swordy Memorial Fund
The University of Chicago Medical Center Development Office
1170 E. 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Attn: Amanda Butchko
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Pier Simone Marrocchesi
From: Siena / Pisa (Italy)
Simon was a great man, a bright and witty mind, an outstanding scientist and ... a remarkable guitar player. It was a real privilege to know him and it is very hard for me to have to accept that he was given such a short time in life.
Somebody wrote that, immortality lies not in the things you leave behind, but in the people your life has touched.
I am sure Simon will live in our memories. We will miss him.
Added: October 18, 2010
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Michael Ryan
From: Hastings, UK
I was a brother in law to Simon and have known him from the time he met his wife Jo my sister in the late !970's. I knew him to be an extraordinary funny and brilliant man who was devoted to his wife and family. He had an amazing wit and ability to explain his much loved science to any interested lay person, such as myself, with clarity and a total lack of patronage. He is deeply missed.
Added: October 17, 2010
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Savdeep Sethi
From: University of Chicago
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Added: October 16, 2010
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Steve Kron
From: Oak Park
I just learned of Simon's passing this morning. Last we talked, he was in good spirits, looking forward and enthusiastic as always. This is a sad loss for those who knew him, even casually.
Simon was a lovely person and a valued member of the community, and one of the people who held the university together, not just by service but by his good nature and wit. It was a pleasure seeing Simon on campus and stopping to chat about the traffic or curriculum when we would cross paths. Back in Oak Park, I was always hoping to run into him at the farmers' market or in town as well. He could brighten your day in a few seconds.
My sincere condolences to his family, students and colleagues for your loss.
Added: September 10, 2010
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Peter Freund
From: UC
I was saddened to hear of Simon's passing. The main connection between Simon and me was during faculty meetings, where I learned to appreciate Simon's setting a pleasant collegial tone, and where his sense of humor along with that marvelous accent --- or more accurately lack of an accent --- in the English language stood him in good stead. We all will miss him. I extend my heartfelt condolences to Simon's family.
Added: August 4, 2010
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Paolo Lipari
From: Roma, La Sapienza
I'm deeply shocked and very saddened to learn about the loss of Simon. I was optimistically looking forward to other meetings and other discussions...
I met Simon for the first time when he visited Roma
in the 80's. I was immediately impressed by his
scientific competence, his kindness in discussing with an unexperienced colleague, but also for his human sensitivity, and the broadness of his interests.
Each occasion to meet Simon in the following years,
has been a pleasure and an occasion to learn.
In more recent time I had the pleasure of working with Simonin the Cosmic Ray commission, where he acted as chairperson with all his remarkable qualities.
All our community benefited from his efforts.
We needed him to be with us. We will greatly miss him
Added: August 1, 2010
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Eun-Suk Seo
From: Maryland
Dear Simon,
I just cannot believe you left us so soon. No words can express how sad I am.
I am not ready to say good bye. I do not know how to say good bye.
I can still hear the giggles around your witty jokes.
I can still see the sparkles in the eyes of yours and those who listen to you.
It was such an honor to work with you on CREAM.
You were the one I wanted to talk to whenever I had to make critical decisions.
You were the one who always made difficult things so easy.
I am sorry I had no chance to say thank you before you go.
I am so sorry I have not done anything for you to stay longer.
We will miss you so.
Until we meet again,
Added: July 31, 2010
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CREAM collaboration
From: U of Maryland
To the family,
We are deeply saddened over this tremendous loss. Among many other accomplishments Simon made, the success of CREAM could not have been possible without him. It was such an honor to work with him on CREAM. It is impossible to overstate how much we, the CREAM collaboration, respected him, and relied on him. This is a painful loss for the cosmic-ray community not only in this country but also in the whole world. He is remembered warmly and his achievements and legacy will continue to inspire and guide his friends and colleagues. I wish there was something I could say to lessen your pain. If there is anything we can do for you, we are here.
Eun-Suk Seo
on behalf of the CREAM collaboration
Added: July 31, 2010
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Eun-Suk Seo
From: Maryland
Dear Colleagues and friends,
Here is a quote from E. Kubler-Ross: "I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation."
Let's launch a large – 40 million cubic ft – balloon in Antarctica this year for CREAM-VI in memory of Simon and to celebrate his successful life.
Another quote from E. Kubler-Ross: "Death is the great clarifier; it shows us what is important."
My heart goes out to all who feel this loss,
Added: July 31, 2010
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Scott Evans
From: Arizona
Happenstance was the force behind meeting Simon a few years ago. I was invited to a small but high-level meeting at EFI for which I had no valid qualifications except good luck and a 35-year amateur interest in physics. In theory, Simon should not have had the time of day for me, but he did have, more than generously, a lot of time for me, which lead to a friendly on-going dialogue on various subjects. He eventually invited me to his office, the scientific portion of the VERITAS inauguration, and a night of observation with him at VERITAS in Arizona. After witnessing a muon artifact, the 2nd-most-interesting thing that happened that night was a teleconference with his family while they coped with having locked themselves out of the master bedroom. Then we watched a comedy video. "Now you know what observation is really like," he joked. I'd like to express my deepest sympathy to that family, and profound gratitude for the opportunity to know Simon and learn so much from him.
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Obituary of Steven Scott
Mr. Steve Scott, age 51 of Oakdale, passed away September 27, 2017 at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law: Clay and Miriam Scott.
Parents: Paul and Pat Scott.
Sister: Donna and Todd Stewart.
Two grandchildren: Myka and Olivia Scott.
Two nieces: Natalie and Shelby Stewart
One nephew: Stone Stewart.
The guys at JG Mullins and many other friends and loved ones.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday September 29, 2017 at Davis Funeral Home, Harriman. Funeral services will follow at 8:00 with Bro. Jamie Nelson officiating. Graveside services will be private.
Davis Funeral Home, Harriman honored to be serving the Scott family.