Sunday, January 21, 2018

Sunday Squirrel Brain



Sunday morning.  Grace and Frankie binge day. I'm 5 episodes into Season 4. I love that each episode is only thirty minutes. Perfect for a chilly winter weekend. This season is particularly poignant for me. The ladies are facing mortality in each episode.
 
(Squirrel)
 
I caught this morning's sunrise out of the corner of my eye, ran outdoors and shot this image. There is frost on the car windows and rain in the forecast (read: snow?). If I time everything right today, I can cram a whole lot of life in before I give my soul to company store tomorrow. Have you ever heard this  song with that great line? Seriously great lyrics!
 
"Sixteen Tons" - Merle Travis, 1946 (country)
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will

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