2322 – Sunday Digest: The Week in Review
How is everyone doing? Sunday Review is coming at you a day late as I was away in Columbus, Ohio for the Capital City Showdown. If you follow my blog you will know that my daughter plays fastpitch at a very competitive level. You may even recall seeing the Queens of the Diamond series of images that ran weekly last summer or more recently in last week’s Sunday Digest.
I did not take the camera out of its bag this week. I just sat back and watched in awe of these young women playing their butts off over four days.
The girls went 5-2 in the tournament. Not enough to advance to the final but a great showing nonetheless. For her efforts, my baby (she will kill me if she ever reads this) had a great tournament. I didn’t keep track in the first two games but I know she got hits in both games. In the last five games, she was 9-13 at the dish with three doubles and two home runs. The two dingers coming in the middle of a string of six consecutive at-bats with at least a base hit. She was on fire at the hot corner too. Solid defence and a hot bat earned her two Player of the Game honours over the seven.
Although our stay in Columbus was uneventful it was interesting. Not the America I remember but I will leave that for another post I’m working on. What I have realized is I really don’t like long drives anymore. Six and a half hours is way too long. Even with a couple of stops, I was so stiff I didn’t think I was going to be able to pull my @$$ out of my seat when we arrived.
The drive down and back meant my favourite radio stations weren’t available. That had me making use of the free Sirius XM promo I signed up for a couple of months back. (Note to self: Cancel before it goes to full price.) I ended up listening to 1st Wave, the 80’s Alt Rock channel. The classics of my youth. Not everything stands the test of time, but surprisingly a lot of my music is still relevant. In particular, I caught myself crooning (probably a bad word to describe my singing) to Australia’s Midnight Oil when they played it, remembered almost all the words my favourites too. The critically acclaimed Deisel and Dust was the Australian band’s most successful offering. Rolling Stone named it the best album of 1988, the year it was released in the United States. Did you know the lead singer (pictured at right) was a prominent politician who served in the Australian parliament? Here are a couple of my favs from Diesel and Dust…
The week in review…
Slipknot
Proof that it doesn’t have to be perfect when it’s made with love written by Diana at Writer Ravenclaw.
When the Flower Began to Rain
A stream-of-consciousness piece written by Rockstar Girl at Is It Real or Fantasy.
Friendly Banter
Come on guys we can all relate to the twins in this Fandango from This, That and the Other tale. Olivia just doesn’t understand!
Darrell’s Deadly Disposal
A disposal dilemma for the creepy Darrell written by Christine at Stine Writing. If you come across him remember it’s a slipknot!
Captive
A tale of greed, coverups, and dissenting voices written by Sadje at Keep It Alive.
Once Upon a Love Story
A story about a story that never gets written by Rockstar Girl at Is It Real or Fantasy.
A Slice of Space
A poem about freedom and the ability to escape into the heavens by Sadje at Keep It Alive.
Wear a Hat
A highly flammable situation brought to us by Fandango at This, That and the Other
More highlights from Greg’s Blog…
It’s June | A Leave It to Beaver meme to celebrate the turning of the calendar to the sixth month of the year.
Around the Blogosphere…
Next week…
Five Word Weekly, Four Line Fiction, T-Shirt Wisdom Wednesday and for sure the launch of my delayed new monthly feature. Have a great week everyone,
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