R's rue

Office of  "The Montrail County Promoter" on Main Street There's a small city in North Dakota called Stanley. You may not have heard of it but one visitor to this blog knows it well because it was where he was born and raised. Unlike Lebanon in Kansas, Stanley is a relatively prosperous place  with its population now gradually rising. Stanley is the principal  town in Mountrail County - named after Joseph Mountraille "a half breed mail carrier" who explored the region in the 1840's. The brand new City Hall on Main Street Significant oil reserves in the vicinity of Stanley are now being exploited which may explain its growing prosperity. However, 10% of the population live below the poverty line. Incidentally, 98.8% of Stanley's 2655 citizens describe themselves as "white".  This is pretty typical of small towns in The Mid West. Google Streetview Airways transported me to Stanley this morning and I had a good look around but I hardly s...

The “ landscape” letter rack turned out a bit lurid    But my fat camel looked pretty sweet As did the octopus  My salt spoon looked as though a five year old had made it lol from Going Gently https://ift.tt/MKvx4bf

 My life Should be A proclamation Of what this Holy Week  Exemplifies In Your Word The sinner Is forgiven And life Is lived With divine purpose And grace That is Given freely Every day Let my worship Be one  That glorifies You Not My own selfish ambition from R's rue https://ift.tt/Z25S4ex

 It’s 14 degrees, warmish, slightly overcast with a breeze from the south East. The cattle in the fields West of the village are all sat with their faces to the weak sun . Their backs to the wind. The cottage smells of turmeric and mild curry powder. I’m making low fat vegetable bhajis. I’ve decided that the tulips I bought will last another week if I’m lucky, a Walker in the lane commented only last week that he always like the fact I have flowers in a vase in the lane window. He mentioned that my wisteria had started to sprout on the garden arch. I hadn’t noticed. Last night I watched the Olivier Awards.  The compare Jason Manford set the tone straight away by joking with the audience that “ This is an evening of back-slapping, not face-slapping!” I think everyone seemed to appreciate the comment.  Lovely to see Sheffield’s own Life Of Pi do so well and I was made up to see the four leading actors in Cabaret winning a gong too….especially Elliot Levy and L...