70 Year Old Woman Sounds Off

This morning I'm up pretty early, and I have been sitting in the kitchen sucking my caffeine, and reading the newspapers and email for about forty five minutes.

I'm not one of those people who gets out of bed and starts doing jumping jacks. I like to ease into the day slowly, and reading the newspaper while drinking some java suits me just fine.

This mornings newspapers didn't reveal any gems, and most people I know are gearing up for a big holiday weekend, including me. I'm off to Tucson, a place I have never been before. My friend who lives there sent me a note this morning that's says its very hot there, and to be prepared.

I could use some real heat, and I'll bet I lose the cold I have in twenty four hours. Then I can stop complaining about how cool it is here, and start complaining about how hot it is there.

An email from Roxanne caught my eye this morning. She's seventy, and
lives in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. How they ever came up with that is a mystery to me. There isn't anyplace I know where people like to fight more.

Roxanne lives in an area I'm familiar with from my days on the street there, which totaled nine years. I think that was the longest I was ever in one place in the old days. Well, better there than Cleveland. But I like Philly, even have a special place in the heart for someone there. But that was along time ago.

Roxanne got herself a toolkit last year.

Last week she came home to find two mooks in her living room, one of them holding her TV set. She didn't hesitate, and gave each one a special splash of her favorite pepper spray. The mook holding the TV dropped it, and both of them hit the gleaming hardwood floor.


Roxanne called the cops, and they hauled the mooks off to a cell. Roxanne was pretty hot, you could actually feel the heat coming off her email. She didn't care about the TV set, she doesn't watch but once in a while, and the set needed to be replaced. She was angry because she feels her space has been violated. She has lived in that house for forty eight years, and never once had an uninvited guest.

But she was proud that she had taken care of things by herself at age 70. She was proud that she had done the heavy lifting, and the cops just did clean up.

Amen, Roxanne.

Okay, I'm off to Tucson, and don't you know it's going to be hot as hell there.

But it's dry heat, so you hardly notice as you melt.

Stay aware, alert, and have a plan.

Nui (Big) Kahuna
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