When Cows Vote!

Since yesterday evening, we have received two inches of much needed rain! Last night, we had some pretty rough thunderstorms with hail! I am not a big fan of thunderstorms for two reasons. The first being that I was raised to be scared of them.

When my mother was six years old, she was hit by an eighteen wheeler in downtown Fort Worth. Because of that accident, she stayed in the hospital for over a year, during which time they had to put a metal plate in her head! Before releasing my mom from the hospital, the doctors warned my grandparents of the high possibility of her being struck by lightning—she was a walking lightning rod!

Fortunately, Mom never took a hit—but her brother did! My uncle was a famous writer. His name was John Howard Griffin and he wrote the classic, “Black Like Me.” He was struck by lightning several years after he had written that book, while typing on his electric typewriter!

The second reason that I am scared of thunderstorms is because I live in a trailer, and they’re a really big target! I love my trailer, except during thunderstorms. Enough said about that.

It is nearly three o’clock and there is still no word from John. Hopefully, he and Mama are getting close to Shreveport.

I went over to Kinky’s Lodge an hour ago, to discuss some business with him. Before leaving, Kinky showed me a picture that his friend, John McCall had taken while driving from Bastrop to Giddings, Texas. When I saw the picture I laughed out loud and so did Kinky! I asked Kinky if I could blog it, and he said yes, and then he asked me to please enlarge it to an 8 X10 and frame it for him.

That’s all of the news for now. I need to go work on Kinky’s picture.