RUMPLATIONS: Awesome Honky Tonk and Cyber Bar

Unfortunately, Kat, I have a friend in NY who had similar symptoms and it's taken her several days of being in bed to get close to being over them. Hope this isn't the same.

Meanwhile, let's get cookin', eh?

Folgers for coffee, Red Rose and Darjeeling teas on the sideboard, plenty of hot water, courtesy Tea Kettle, for other infusion drinks and hot chocolate.

I've restocked the cooler with Coke Zero and other consumables, and we've got donuts, cinnamon (Kimmi's) buns and other pasties to delight and titillate your palete.

And it's Hump-Day. Or rather, Slump day, based on how the markets are responding to Dennis the Orange Menace's ministrations.

Take care out there, eh?

Morning All

A couple of songs to smooth out your morning

Destiny

Tanner Usrey

2nd song

Revolution Is At Hand

Sailor Free

To round out my 3

Personal Jesus

Johnny Cash

May you all carry your own,.

peace begets calm

Lion Out

☘️

Morning, Rumpies

I’ll grab a goodie on my way to become a human pin cushion. I had a Reiki session Monday. Crazy! Putting myself in the care of this holistic center is transformative and healing!

Have a great hump day, peeps! ❤️

BOOK PROMOTION ALERT!

Nika and I are offering the second book of her life story for FREE from this Friday, April 11th through Tuesday, April 15th, inclusive.

You can download a free copy of the Kindle ebook (in the US) from here:

Naked Slave, Naked Spy: A True Thriller of Seduction, Murder, and Revenge (The Nika Wolf Series Book 2)

Pass it on, please!

Good morning, everybody, and welcome to Thirst-day!

Let's do something about that, shall we?

Tea Kettle is refilled and ready. There are pots of Red Rose and Earl Grey teas available on the sideboard, plus all the other fine teas in the box. Sachets of Swiss Miss are available, along with the usual mound of mini marshmallows.

Big Bertha has been cleaned, rinsed, and refilled, and is now perkin' away.

Today we're using Lavazza Crema e Gusto coffee blend from Italy

There are donuts.

Plus I've got some pecan coffee cake for y'all.

SOMEBODY can't make his mind up about what to do about tarrifs. Of course, the bond market freaked out the day before yesterday and the Bond Vigilantes are MUCH more dangerous than the stock market because a sell off in bonds makes borrowing money more expensive. And US T-bills and bonds sold off, along with the US dollar.

Who is that making great?

Take care out there, 'K?

Drove up for coffee. Might play a couple of songs too.

1st

Taylor Demp

You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

2nd

Great White

House Of Broken Love

You can say

Coffee to go with our Jukebox warmed up

Who's next to play a song or two??

hmmmmm

Lion Out

☘️

Morning, Rumpies

A Dr appt to get through with Dad this morning. Hoping it goes better than last time.

But had luck of popping on just as another poem by JP hit the home page. I think Lush is blessed to have his poetic talents.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/love-poems/something-else

And here we go round the calendar-bush…

Markets off again yesterday, and likely to be down even more today.

BUT – it's Get-Fried-Day, and Nika's book 2 is now available for FREE on Amazon / Kindle!

Getcher copy now. While they last…

Naked Slave, Naked Spy

Lights are on, Lady Dryad has done her thing, and now it's time to do ours!

Tea Kettle is refilled and ready. There are pots of Red Rose and Oolong teas available on the sideboard, plus all the other fine teas in the box. Sachets of Swiss Miss are available, along with the usual mound of mini marshmallows.

Big Bertha has been cleaned, rinsed, and looks MARVELLOUS.

Today we're using Kick Ass coffee blend, just to kick things off!

I've put out beignettes with powdered sugar.

Plus I've got some Alice B. Toklas brownies for everyone. HIGH THERE!

Take care out there, 'K?

And go get Nika's BOOK!

Morning All

Thanks Bear for the start

May I play a couple of songs ?

1st up

Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones

Hoochie Coochie Man

My second

The Steel Woods

Straw In The Wind

Added this too

Bones Of The Brave

You can't stop aging told to a anicent lion, true but ones heart is still riding the open plains with only evening stars his companion.

Lion Out

☘️

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My second

The Steel Woods

Straw In The Wind

Added this too

Bones Of The Brave

You can't stop aging told to a anicent lion, true but ones heart is still riding the open plains with only evening stars his companion.

Lion Out

☘️

On a significant birthday, I gave Lady Jay a card that read:

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"

Or something Walt Disney said, I think:

"Growing older is unavoidable. Growing up is optional."

Keep the faith, baby!

Market day, so I will be quick…

Lights on, Lady Dryad has cleaned up and we’re ready to go.

Tea Kettle is refilled and ready. There are pots of Red Rose and Earl Grey teas available on the sideboard, plus all the other fine teas in the box. Sachets of Swiss Miss are available, along with the usual mound of mini marshmallows.

Big Bertha has been cleaned, rinsed, and refilled, and is ready to go.

Today we're using Loon Call Breakfast Blend coffee beans from Muskoka Coffee Roasters – which I see as entirely appropriate.

I've put out donuts.

Plus I've got some rugulah for y'all, it being Passover and all.

Take care out there, 'K?

And don't do anyone I wouldn't do!

Hi, folks. Mood is in the tank. Fucked up and lost a story that felt like it would have legs which didn't help. Might take another go at it or just move on to one of my other projects. Not sure.

I turn 60 in three weeks. The wife clearly wants to do something special and I just want to spend a week or two by myself. After 21915 days on Earth (yes, I calculated it, though I estimated leap days so I might be off by a day or two), what's one more?

Sorry for the rant. I will take a strong cup of Red Rose. Bag in and steep the hell out of it.

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I turn 60 in three weeks. The wife clearly wants to do something special and I just want to spend a week or two by myself. After 21915 days on Earth (yes, I calculated it, though I estimated leap days so I might be off by a day or two), what's one more?

Welcome to the 60's, Seeker4. 😊

I can assure you it's just being in your 50s, but everything seems to take a little longer; at least it does for me. 🙄

All, good here, especially as we are jetting off to sunny climes in just over a week's time. 😎 I will try the Muskoka Coffee, James. Thank you.

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Hi, folks. Mood is in the tank. Fucked up and lost a story that felt like it would have legs which didn't help. Might take another go at it or just move on to one of my other projects. Not sure.

I turn 60 in three weeks. The wife clearly wants to do something special and I just want to spend a week or two by myself. After 21915 days on Earth (yes, I calculated it, though I estimated leap days so I might be off by a day or two), what's one more?

Sorry for the rant. I will take a strong cup of Red Rose. Bag in and steep the hell out of it.

Sorry. I have been there and done that in the lost story department. It feels like someone has taken the wind out of your sails.

I'm about 2 weeks shy of 2 years older than you, so happy early birthday to us! I'll be spending my bday with giraffes in San Antonio. Which will be nice after the frozen tundra that I'm in being in Michigan right now. I have to admit, it actually felt warm coming downstate after being up in St. Ignace!

Rant away, you're entitled to, and I'll join you in some tea, but I'm gonna have some Constant Comment this morning.

I'm planning a wedding shower with my DIL for my youngest daughter this morning, then heading out to see some dear friends. Should be a nice day.

So I started redoing the lost story and it's... Going somewhere. And I have gone back to something I started a while ago and I am trying something different with it. First is for here for sure. Second depends on what I do with it.

And I see no bears around, so I will put some Fire-Roasted Saint Drogo coffee in Bertha. For teas there's Yorkshire Gold and Earl Grey Cream. Kettle is hot and ready if you fancy other hot bevvies. And it's a bar so there's always our selection of fine alcohol. Whatcha drinkin'?

(shakes head, dunks it in a sink full of ice water)

Oh man! Lady Jay, plus our 8-year-old granddaughter's other grandparents and yours truly bundled into the Bear-mobile last evening, went out to dinner together, then to a concert by "Brass Transit," a tribute band for the 70's and 80's group, Chicago.

They were very good.

And VERY LOUD!

Now I remember why I didn't go to a lot of concerts as a stripling cub. Two reasons, really – my hearing is more acute than human hearing, and that made it painful. And eventually you wind up standing, usually for most of the concert, because the keeners in front of you stand up.

Plus I was up 'WAY past my normal time, so I'm more than a little muzzy this morning.

Muzzy-wuzzy was a Bear…

I've put some kind of beans in Bertha, and it smells like coffee, so it'll do.

We've got Red Rose tea on the sideboard. Other stuff in the usual places.

I think those are donuts. Somebody try one and let me know.

I'll be back in Kimmi's Korner, sleeping it off…

Thanks for manning the bar, Seeker4. I have a cup of the Yorkshire Gold Tea, which, coincidentally, is what I am drinking in real life right now! 😊

Oh, and BTW, Naked Spy is currently doing pretty well on Kindle. Here are this morning's rankings among currently free promo books.

Let's hope it continues once people have to pay for it!

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Oh, and BTW, Naked Spy is currently doing pretty well on Kindle. Here are this morning's rankings among currently free promo books.

Let's hope it continues once people have to pay for it!

FYI: Hi James, I did look for this book on Amazon UK but couldn't find it, though I did find it on Amazon US. However, I cannot order books from that site. 😳🙁 Will it be available on Amazon UK?

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FYI: Hi James, I did look for this book on Amazon UK but couldn't find it, though I did find it on Amazon US. However, I cannot order books from that site. 😳🙁 Will it be available on Amazon UK?

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It is available on the UK site, but you can't order it from the US site. My bad. Here's where you can order it (for free) in the UK: Naked Slave, Naked Spy

And for folks in other jurisdictions, go to the Amazon site for your country, (Canada, Australia, etc.) type in the book identification number B0F3DLGGSR, select the Kindle Store, then press enter.

I'm sorry it's so cumbersome, and I should have offered a direct link for other countries when I first put up the post on my profile. I've added links to my original profile post for the US, Canada, UK, and Australia.

If anyone has difficulty downloading the book, let me know and I'll send you a direct link.

And thanks to you all! Nika and I truly appreciate your support!

Sunday

Sunday

NO SLEEP for BEAR

Music Tyme

1st up

Blue Oyster Cult

Burnin' For You

Ya Up

White Fur ???

Next up

Aldo Nova

Fantasy

Just for Bear

Taco

Puttin On The Ritz

Those should have woken the Bear over in da corner

😁

May you reconnect with the meaning of Palm Sunday

☘️

I'll just slip out the front

Lion Out

☘️

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Aldo Nova

Fantasy

Poor guy. Solid eighties rock but ended up being a bit of a one hit wonder. My brother had the album and it was actually pretty good as I recall.

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Just for Bear

Taco

Puttin On The Ritz

I, on the other hand, had this album. His eighties pop take on standards was quite entertaining.

Why’s there so much fur in my korner?!?!

Grrrrrr!

That’s what I get for taking a lil twin’s trip, I guess. Ima have one of my boy toys do some sweeping.

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Why’s there so much fur in my korner?!?!

Grrrrrr!

That’s what I get for taking a lil twin’s trip, I guess. Ima have one of my boy toys do some sweeping.

Gets out the hoover and cleans up Kimmi's Korner!