Key West days can be amazing!

I was out all day Monday. Evening, too. Had a terrific time!

Yesterday, I never left the house!

I felt good. The day was beautiful. I just hung around inside and out doing nothing, reading a bit, writing a bit. Last night was spectacular. The temperature perfect. The sky lovely. I sat quietly by the water for a few hours.

After all that nothing yesterday, I overslept this morning. That is why this blog is late. I had to rush to golf!

Golf was good! I only lost $4. Don played like a pro. Shot 75!

We had a good five some. Don, Robert, Mikey, Emmett and me.

I finally found a golfer who deserves more strokes than me. Emmett.

Emmett was bartender at Michaels for 14 years. No longer. He is looking for another position. He told me to announce to the world that he needs a bartending job.

Lisa is home today. Ally sick. The bug.

That is my message for today. Nothing spectacular. But pleasant never the less.

Enjoy your day!

Ho ho ho! Yogi Bear!

I had a big day yesterday! I was out and about most of the day! It was time to get the pain behind me and live again!

My day started with a manicure. Lee Nails. With Tammy.

The place was empty when I got there. Then all of a sudden, it was waiting time. They arrived in droves. People were taking advantage of the holiday.

I walked. Around the Casa Marina area. Walked through the Casa grounds. The beach and pool areas were overflowing with people. Another sign the season is here and people are again vacationing.

I sat for a while in the Casa’s lovely old fashioned lobby and read the New York Times. The newspaper was free, of course.

Lisa was home with the grandkids. I stopped over. Robert was busy cleaning his room. Ally was outside swinging on a rope hanging from a tree. I asked Ally to show me how she hoola hoops. At 5, she does it terrific! I have never been able to do it. Ally can even do it around her neck!

I spent a part of the afternoon doing my Amazon Kindle legal blog. Talked about Harry Truman. Key West loves Harry Truman.

Last night started with the Chart Room. It had been a while since I was there. Glad I stopped in. Saw many friends.

Sheila gave me a hug and kiss. She drives one of Ed Swift’s trains around town. A more charming and personable lady I know not.

David was there also. He runs the Fast Buck Freddy’s outlet store near Schooners Wharf. A nice guy. He told me he had a big day yesterday sales wise. The season is upon us and the tourists were buying.

Sheila and David were sitting with Bill. Never met Bill before. He writes a blog also. About music.

Michael was bartending.

Then it was to the Sports Page Bar for the Syracuse/Villanova game. Syracuse won! At Villanova! A big win!

Krisitn was bartending. Cute!

The game plan was that I was to meet my friends Cindy and Tom from Cedar Rapids at the Sports Page Bar. They showed up at half time. Obviously not Syracuse fans. They arrived with an entourage. Members of their family. A son and dughter in law. Cousins from Wichita.

Cindy and Tom are two of the most genuine people I have ever met. Cindy has only one leg. Lost the other to cancer back in the late 1990s. She is cut right at the groin. Cannot use a prosthetic.

Cindy is my hero. I complain of some dental work. She has had seven major surgeries from five different cancers. The leg is not the only part of her missing. Her last two surgeries were for a brain tumor.

Between titanium crutches and a collapsable wheelchair, Cindy gets around quite well. Of course, Tom is always there to assist. A good husband.

Cindy and Tom told me about their trip to Key West. They flew from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has been roughly 15 years since Cindy lost her leg. She still gets phantom pains. Yes, in the missing leg! The pains occurred on the flight to Key West. Horrible was the only way she could describe the pain!

To her, the pain is very real. Interesting she still gets them 15 years later.

I asked Cindy’s permission to share her story with you.

Cindy and Tom wanted to meet Terri and Donna. Terri was singing at La Te Da. We drove over. Wheelchair in the trunk. Cindy and the titanium crutuches in the front seat with me.

Terri was singing upstairs. The show was almost over. The bar downstairs was packed. We found a table.

Soon Terri and Donna joined us. A good time was had! Cindy and Tom had never been to La Te Da before. It will definitely be on their agenda the next time they visit.

Terri sang so Cindy and Tom could hear her.

My girls move back in today for a week. Donna and Terri are returning. Then they are off to Washington, DC for two months. One to rehearse Follies and the other month for the actual show. Terri costars with Bernadette Peters in Follies.

It was midnight! Late for me. Early for everyone else. I was tired. Announced I was going home.

Not Donna and Terri. They were off to the Monkey Bar. Cindy and Tom were meeting people at Mangoes.

They all had to be good till 3 or 4 this morning. Not for me!

Enjoy your day!

Good morning!

Another spectacular Key West day in the making!

I watched the sun rise this morning from my bed. An orange ball over the water. Awe inspiring!

It was time yesterday! To get up and move about. I still hurt. But much less. The inspiration hit me late in the afternoon. I telephoned Kurt. He agreed to pick me up.

Two disableds! Kurt recently had heavy shoulder surgery. He still is in a sling. Me with my jaw.

We went to Don’s Place. Glad we did. Spent acouple of hours chatting with friends.

Russ was there. Russ is the Chief Chef at The Strip House. Mid 40s. Originally from New York. Queens. Plays bocci. Not on my team though. A good guy.

Toni. Female. Works for Don. Takes care of the grounds. Always pleasant.

Mikey. A gentleman first class! Originally from Kentucky, he is one of the bosses at Schooners Wharf. Also a hell of a golfer!

I enjoyed their company. And Kurt’s also, of course. And then it was home for the both of us. Two invalids who could not handle more than a couple of hours.

I am going to get out today. Manicure this morning. Tonight Syracuse basketball. At 7. Villanova at Villanova. I will be watching from the Sports Page Bar.

In between, I don’t know what I will be doing. Maybe take a long walk.

Enjoy your day!

Sunday!

The morning is glorious!

Already in the mid 70s. Going to the low 80s.

Bright sun. Not a cloud in the sky. Just enough breeze.

God is good!

Pain better. Seems less this morning.

Spent yesterday in bed. Enjoying the pain pills.

I could not get the Syracuse game. They won in overtime. Beat Rutgers. A second rate team. But…..a victory is a victory.

I am going to visit Lisa and the grandkids this morning. Corey’s parents are visiting. Want to say hello. Also want to get out of the house! A good sign!

Enjoy your day!

I feel better this morning.

Slept late. Probably all of the pain pills.

Yesterday was rough. Pain!

Did the Key West Lou Legal Hour. Pain or no pain.

Visited the dentist afterwards. Little help.

Went over to the Coffee House to glance through the New York Times.

An interesting front page article. Reported the Egyptian Army controls the business activities of the country. It would appear there is no way the newly free populace of Egypt is going to move ahead economically.

Spent the afternoon and evening in bed. I would have been happy to separate my head from my body, if I could have.

It appears today will be better.

I have a bowling party with the group from Don’s Place. Not sure I will make it.

Enjoy your day!

Hello! Hello! Hello!

I am late today. It is almost 3 in the afternoon.

Computer problem. Then I had to hustle over to the station to do the Key West Lou Legal Hour. Followed by a visit to the dentist. My jaw was killing me!

Yesterday was actually a very good one.

I started the day with a scheduled visit to the dentist. Marisol worked on me. Her name is spelled correctly. The nurse with the great eyes! A beautiful woman. I finally saw her with the face mask off. 43. Married. Originally from Cuba. A charming personality.

I left the dentist’s office yesterday feeling terrific.

I fine tuned today’s show in the afternoon. Wrote a bit. Worked with Jenna. Even went to the movies last night. Saw Rite with Anthony Hopkins. A pretty good tense film. He is a hell of an actor!

In the middle of the night, I woke. Pain! The worst! Pain killer did not help. That is why the dentist visit this morning. Pain a bit better. Hope it gets all better soon. At one point today, I wanted to separate my head from my body!

I enjoyed doing the Legal Hour show this morning. I missed last week because of the dental surgery.

Key West weather continues to be fabulous. Around 80 degrees. No clouds. Just the right amount of breeze.

Come down and enjoy!

In the meantime, enjoy today’s moments!

Yesterday was another stay at home day. I am not stir crazy yet. Ergo, I must need to stay in.

I spent the greater part of the day under the tiki hut working on friday’s Key West Lou Legal Hour show. My game plan is to do the show.

Two problems. Some bruising remains. I can explain it away to the watching audience. The other is I have not talked consistently for one hour yet. Will my jaw handle it? Going to be interesting.

KONK AM is no longer KONK AM. It is now KONK Broadcasting. Management made a decision. The radio portion is being dropped. The internet portion expanded . The numbers indicated a great audience via the internet compared to a small AM one. So KONK is thrusting forward with an improved internet offering.

The move makes sense to me. My numbers indicate an overwhelming internet viewing audience world wide.

So my fans, look to the internet for me on friday at 10 in the morning. The internet site is still the same. http://www.konkam.com/. That will be changing next week and I shall tell you the new site at that time.

This week’s show is full of current goodies. Like South Dakota and its lunatic plan to make the killing of abortion doctors justifiable homicide, the failure of federal assistance with the Montana wolf pack situation, the Egyptian revolution and my thoughts that democracy is a long way off, the Lara Logan story, Borders filing for bankruptcy, a Nazi war criminal finally being brought to justice for 2,000 World War II deaths, some teen age burglars who thought they stole cocaine and sniffed it (it was the cremated remains of the husband and the woman’s two pet dogs), Ecuador nails Chevron with an $8.6 billion enviromental judgment, Arizona’s Sheriff Joe thinking of running for the U.S. Senate, and more.

Lisa and the grandkids visited last night. Make Poppa feel good time!

Suddenly my jacuzzi has become popular with Robert and Ally. They took their baths in it last night again and put on their pajamas. Then they hopped in bed with me for a while.

I am the good host and good grandfather. I let them watch whatever they wanted on TV. SpongeBob SquarePants! Not my favorite. Terrible, in fact. But to Robert and Ally, it was the best!

SpongeBob was playing hide go seek. The grandkids and I play hide go seek often. Ally is the best. She finds innovative places to hide.

SpongeBob hid in the toilet bowl. Ugh! I could see the smile developing on Ally’s face. I explained to her the toilet bowl was a no no!

This morning I visit the dentist. If the swelling is sufficiently down, he moves on to the next step.
I have not shaved in nine days. I am beginning to look like Abe Lincoln. Another nine days and I definitely will!

I will shave this morning.

Enjoy your day!

Still home.

Home is not a bad place to be confined when it is in Key West and your home is on the water. I spent a little time laying outside in the sun yesterday. I am pale. Need color. Also, someone told me that I need vitamin D to assist in my bone recovery and the sun helps.

I am better. The bruise remains pronounced. It looks like I lost a fight! Pain now intermittent. Still cannot bite.

Home may not be the safest place. I fell yesterday. Not sure whether it was the pills or what. Lost my balance and went down. My lower back and right side are sore. Fortunately, I did not hit my jaw.

All I could think of was I am becoming like my father. He has been falling for years and still falls at 96.

Still on milk shakes. The blender has become my best friend. Last night I explored. Threw some meat, cheese and a raw egg in the blender. Added ice and water. Voila! Did not taste bad. Nor did it taste good. My concern is getting protein into me. Needed for bone healing.

Wednesday is one of my favorite nights in Key West. Bobby Nesbitt at Aqua and later on the Larry and Jenna show.

Not tonight, however. I am not ready for public viewing yet.

I almost forgot! Today is Wednesday. Golf day! No golf either!

Enjoy your day!

Still recovering. Still confined to home.

If you are going to be sick, Key West is the place for it!

I spent a good part of yesterday outside sitting under the tiki hut. Researched a bit. Continued writing my book. Also did yesterday’s Amazon Kindle legal blog. About cadavers. Since I have someone else’s bone in me, I thought it would be an interesting subject. It is. The law and present day market are intriguing! Big business!

Last night was Syracuse basketball. We won! Hip, hip, hooray! Beat West Virginia 63-52. After losing 6 of the last 8 games, it was a welcome relief!

I see from the morning news that Boeheim and the Syracuse press had a bit of a war after the game. I side with Boeheim. Forget he is sensistive. Wears his heart on his sleeve. Nothing wrong with that. He DOES bleed orange!

Remember all season while Syracuse was racking up 18 consecutive wins and no defeats, Boeheim was saying his team was over rated. He was correct! So sports writers, get off his back!

I still hurt. Still look like s–t! Swelling just about gone. Bruising hanging around. Not eating. Only drinking. Good for the weight. Lost 6 pounds in 5 days.

It will be another day at home for me.

Enjoy your day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

It is fortunate I do not have a woman. I cannot kiss in my present condition.

I continue to be sick, sore and disabled. Not a happy camper.

Time is my friend. Each day a bit better.

Enjoy your today! I will be spending mine in bed again.