CoyoteOldStyle

CoyoteOldStyle
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Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States
Birthday
June 02
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If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. --Patches O'Houlihan ________________________________________ If you wear your heart on your sleeve, be sure you also wear a jacket of I don’t care. --Cheryl ________________________________________ Desire is the grassfire drinking gasoline. --Soul Coughing ________________________________________ It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man. --Richard Feynman ________________________________________ On the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics. --Richard Feynman

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Last night I went to bed and slept like a dead rock. It was glorious. It was restful. The dreams were fantastic and detailed, leading me through a yes, that's me and yes, it's the middle of the night . . . again Copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle wonderland of thoughts and emotions and interesting "what-ifs."

Tonight, no such luck. I went to bed tired. The day was busy, packing… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 4, 2009 1:46PM

The Thin Envelope

 

rejection in an envelope  

 

My daughter got the thin envelope today.

 

For those of you who don’t recognize the significance of that statement, this envelope contains the rejection notice from her first choice college. This is a school she has visited several times, fell in love wit… Read full post »

This morning, I commented at fingerlakeswanderer's blog on her excellent piece "They Shoot Doctors, Don't They?"  about the outrageous terrorist act perpetrated in Kansas of shooting Dr. George Tiller to death. I tried to go back to sleep but I cannot.

We've all been asleep too long.

I con… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
JULY 25, 2009 5:53PM

Journey of a Lifetime (repost)

This was posted originally on March 31 of this year as a birthday tribute to my daughter. I repost it here in response to Thomas Rogers' Open call: Caring for a child with a disability.

August 1994 Xray 

 

Easter morning. You arrived amid the blooming, awakening of the Earth. You poked… Read full post »

 Shriners Hospital, Springfield, MA copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle

Several days ago, we received a letter from the Springfield unit of the Shriners Hospitals for Children. My daughter has been a patient there for fifteen years. My earlier post, “Journey of a Lifetime” tells the story of the many surgeries and August 1994 Xrayprocedures that she endu… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 12, 2009 7:05AM

Beauty-Filled Black & White Valentine

When I was a child, I dreamed of living in Boston and now that I do, I am always looking for pictures of the city that form a portrait that will express my feelings for it. This photo essay is a Valentine to the city I love.


I rambled around… Read full post »

JULY 1, 2009 8:49PM

OS Meeting of the Minds

A couple of weeks ago I received a private message from hatchetface saying that he was going to be in town and did I think it would be interesting to meet face to face without our avatars to intercede. My only condition was that he not bring his hatchet to the meet-up. We set… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
DECEMBER 14, 2008 12:10PM

The Naked Truth about New England’s State of Emergency

I took a drive from Boston on Saturday to New Hampshire and witnessed some of the devastation wrought by the ice storm that hit on Friday. Of course I brought with me my trusty camera and got a bunch of images.

Birches bent with their tops frozen on the ground 

This view is through the car windshield… Read full post »

MARCH 31, 2009 6:56AM

Journey of a Lifetime

August 1994 Xray 

 

Easter morning. You arrived amid the blooming, awakening of the Earth. You poked your head into the world amid the glorious music of the Resurrection. Your arrival was a little late and more than a little controversial.

 

You grew, vocalized at your brothers. Learned to sha… Read full post »

MARCH 11, 2009 8:48PM

Lapsang Souchong (erotica)

copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle

 

He parts her lips and tastes her salty, slippery woman’s essence, the very heart, the center. Imagination springs from just one touch. Here is the meeting of point and counterpoint. His gentle insistence is met by the strength of her assent.

     … Read full post »

NOVEMBER 13, 2009 12:09PM

I Am a Pro-Choice Christian

Tuning in to C-Span this morning, I heard the story that the Republican National Committee (RNC) is taking steps to modify the health insurance coverage they carry for their employees. The RNC will no longer offer a policy that pays for “elective” abortions.

Combining this breaking news… Read full post »

With a nod to Open Salon’s slogan You make the headlines, on my page,
You Make the Captions!

Last month, we had a lot of fun with Contest the Second: CoyoteOldStyle’s Photo Caption Contest. Today I’m offering for your captioning pleasure some new “inter/… Read full post »

Walter Cronkite is gone.

In memory of his spirit, the news must be reported because "that's the way it is."

 Reported just now by the Associated Press:

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes into Wis. home


Published: 5 minutes ago

 

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) - One southern Wisconsin homeow… Read full post »

JANUARY 13, 2009 6:47AM

Tea Meditation

 blue tea

 

Tea starts the day, just sitting in its cup, cooling, looking out on the world and giving me a new sense of what’s possible. It’s not like coffee that demands attention and energy. Tea coaxes me into facing the morning, seeing the sun’s new light first glowing o… Read full post »

DECEMBER 31, 2008 12:32AM

Twenty-five Facts to Howl About

  1. I was a Vocal Performance major with a minor in opera and oratorio at Eastman School of Music.
  2. My hair is naturally curly.
  3. I was on tour in Romania (11 cities in 21 days) with a music group in 1973 before the Iron Curtain fell.
  4. I am eligible to be/
  5. Read full post »
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 7:06AM

Eat Well for Less Money the OldStyle Way

 Eat well for less money the OldStyle way!

 

My son’s first job was in a neighborhood grocery store when he was 15. After making a less than successful attempt at bicycle repair, he is back to work in another store with a deli. Having worked in commercial delis and restaurants has had an effect on him, of… Read full post »

Because you asked for it, here are some photos I took this afternoon while reveling in mud and the relative warmth. And for added fun, since this is Open Salon where You make the headlines, on this page, You Make the Captions!

Write some creative, pithy, thought-provoking, silly,… Read full post »

With a nod to Open Salon’s slogan You make the headlines, on my page,
You Make the Captions!

Last month, we had a lot of fun with Coyote’s “In Praise of Spring” Pix with Caption Contest. Within the last week I stumbled onto some “interesting” ima/… Read full post »

crocus copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle 

Easter morning. There is no day on the calendar more filled with hope, with reassurance and with joy.

copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle

Earth is gradually awakening. Stretching her arms wide to embrace the warming sun. Greedily taking long, cool draughts of rainwater and melting snow and ice. Eagerly beginning… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
MARCH 24, 2009 7:00AM

Coyote’s Used Banana Sour Cream Birthday Bundt Cake

        

My local supermarket often has produce marked way down when it reaches the point of no return. In my house, we call this “used fruit.” When Coyote's Used Banana Sour Cream Birthday Bundt Cake image copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle

it comes to bananas, this status indicates that they are bruised and have copiousRead full post »

LOOKIT!!! It's a Wild Turkey!!! copyright (c) 2009 CoyoteOldStyle  

 

Lorraine Berry, aka fingerlakeswanderer, had a bicycle accident yesterday. She was out on her first big bike ride of the year and had gone about ten miles. The peepers were peeping. The sun was warm. The day was glorious.

 

She saw a bunch of male turkeys strutting aro… Read full post »

JUNE 12, 2009 7:49PM

Picnic (erotica)

Friday Night Delights with fingerlakeswanderer & CoyoteOldStyle

She packed the basket carefully that day. The salad was plucked in early morning from her garden, the tomatoes already warm and fragrant, crisp greens still damp with dew. One crusty loaf of yeasty bread, its center soft and ready, found its way into the basket. Some cheese just at t… Read full post »

It has been a year since I pitched my humble tent here.
During that time, I have been fortunate to have made some wonderful friends at Open Salon. With all humility and gratitude, I thank each and every one of you for the enrichment you have brought to this Old Style coyote’s/
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Last week I took the MBTA's Red Line train to South Station. There I caught the Amtrak train to New York. Never a big fan of the city, I had done sales calls there and taken in shows, but it always seemed too big, too pavement-intense. But my cousin, who I've known since… Read full post »

APRIL 3, 2009 6:54PM

Hands Imagine (erotica)

His hands are strong. They had to be used in some hard ways. She thinks of his hands in her waking moments. She ponders what they’ve done.

They have dragged hoses on combat air flight lines; heaved chains over lumber loads; hammered spikes with a 22-ounce framing hammer on the frozen… Read full post »