FOLSOM STREET FAIR PHOTOS

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from left to right, Angle, Carlos(my best friend), me, and Steve (Snatch)

This weekend Castro Street Fair

Should he be forgiven?

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it's going around

This was yanked from most of you. I Googled "Rick needs" , and this is what I got

Rick needs a massage. (Oh baby! I do)

Rick needs to be cloned (god forbid!)

Rick needs bail money (I was in jail once :-) )

Rick needs a kidney (Not! But maybe a liver from yrs of partying)

Rick needs a Rival (I do need a new blender)

good memories of country life.... I sometimes crave it

with tenderandtough's recent post of the country store with all the pumpkins, reminded me to mention what I have been thinking a lot about lately. Thinking of my Aunt Roma, on my mom's side of the family. She passed away yrs ago. She was the 2nd oldest of 7 children, my mom is the youngest daughter 6th in line (now 85). I have been thinking a lot about her these past few weeks, with a lump in my throat. I miss her terribly. She was one of my favorites.

When I was a young child growing up in Quebec, Canada, my parents would drive us to her 200 acre dairy farm in near Brockville, Ontario. My sister and I would stay for weeks. Sometimes, I would stay alone. Sometimes for almost a month. What a joy.( Read more )