[Andre Jute]

wrote:
Hi RATs!

My ancestors were pirates, they got dealt with. Everybody's ancestors
got dealt with. Time is slow, but, really, really tough.

I took my son up the hill before our house and, pointing down at the
picturesque ruin of the abbey at the head of the bay, said, "Our
ancestors expressed their opinion of oppressive authority more than a
millennium ago by sacking that abbey three times in only two hundred
years." Everybody's ancestors were pirates; the Irish branch of my
family landed here as pirates in 440AD.

Birds **** all over my little house and yard. Wonderfully poetic
creatures.

Allah, ever-merciful, is already arranging that Lord Valve be
reincarnated as a sandhugger and you as nightingale. There is justice.
It just takes an awfully long time to arrive.

Hummingbirds hang still in the air and stare at me in astonishment.
Yes, friends, I am getting uglier with each passing day.

Don't worry about it, Al. The rest of us are getting more forgetful
with each passing day. We can't remember when you were Prettyboy Marcy.

Looking at your heron reqired me going thru a page asking if the young
woman pictured was sexy.

That must be my newest young assistant feeling undervalued again.

How the Hell am I supposed to remember?

I'll get you to explain to her why I can't remember their names. I
think they plot against me by swapping name tags every hour on the
hour.

Happy Tuesday & Ears!

Tuesday was cancelled for lack of interest. First day of the real
autumn (American: Fall) here, ****ing down, so I had to cancel a
planned bikeride to Kilmacsimon Quay; irritating to have to work
instead.

Al

If someone will tell me my name again, I'll sign this letter.