Sturbridge Tornado
Goodnight Irene
Aug 29th
I’ve always enjoyed storms. As a kid, my mother would take us out on the porch to watch the lightening. Every time it thundered my mother would declare “God is bowling”. Every storm was simply a wonder to see and hear. (As a good liberal I wonder if my mother would have herself arrested for taking her kids outside in a storm today.)
Irene is the first storm I have ever feared. I was scared enough to scare myself. To ease the fear (like an old lady) I asked my niece to spend the weekend here. I took everything in from the deck and front porch. I battened down the hatches, and then barely slept Saturday night waiting for the attack. On Sunday I just hung on wondering which tree would fall on my house and kill me. It was pathetic.
This was the June 1 tornado coming home to roost for me. I didn’t get hit in the tornado, but because those close to me did, I guess I internalized more than I thought. Mother nature has morphed from a wonder to a nightmare.
Sturbridge escaped quite nicely. We didn’t lose power, and the damage is minimal. There is nothing to complain about.
And I think it is time I got over myself. A tornado is a once in a lifetime thing, and mother nature isn’t out to get me.
(Unless of course the Mayans were right….)
Feast and Fire
Aug 19th
If you are in the area, and have tired of watching the endless reel of my TV show, stop by Feast and Fire on the Sturbridge Common, 1-9 PM tomorrow (Saturday). The Sturbridge Tea Party has a booth where we will have a raffle to benefit Operation Tree Party, and we will also be selling Sturbridge Tea Party tea shirts.
Be there or be square!
Pardon me while I sip my tea
Aug 4th
I walked into the radio station for my TV debut today and promptly poured coffee down my shirt. Vintage Jane. The camera was sort of behind me so I tried to forget it was there and just do my show. Dick was on fire for the first half hour launching a campaign to stop Congress from collecting salary and benefits. Welcome to my world Dick. Of course he blamed the tea party for not including his idea in the debt ceiling bill.
Has anyone else noticed that whenever democrats do something heinous – like call Tea Partier’s “terrorists” the response is: “they all do it.” When republicans do something, it’s just the republicans who are the bad guys. I brought up VP Biden’s remark about tea partiers being terrorists today, And Dick commented that it was his job to say stuff like that and Dick Cheney did the same thing. I asked for an example but his memory failed. Anyone remember Dick Cheney calling the progressives names?
Operation Tree Party is up and running and doing well. What a great team we have. WE are busy organizing, coming up with a business plan, and plotting for donations. The website is here: We are looking at “bare root trees” which are about 6 feet tall when planted and cost about $100.00 each. But first we hope to plant Liberty Trees in Southbridge and Sturbridge to kick off the project.
More later…
