Wednesday, June 22, 2005
OCTOBER....1993
I was outside, watering, when I became overheated and thankfully Rocky was still home……..he carted me off to the house and I have instructions to “stay put” until he gets home. Today is reported to become the hottest day of the year so far and I believe it. I had no problem promising to stay inside. He “ratted” on me to Becky and she called to make sure I was “in”…….they are both like old mother hen’s when they zero in on some of my endeavors. I’ve always been able to do everything I wanted and thought it was just when you were working outside that you became overheated. I found out, just holding a hose can have the same effect. Oh!! It’s the HEAT that does it, I get it now.
OK, so now we start with the month of October in 1993.……….
October 4th began a huge revolt in Moscow. We stayed close to the news on CNN and watched an amazing history lesson being played out before our eyes. Luckily, Yeltsin was able to maintain power and the others were afraid to continue, and so, surrendered. It was a highly volatile situation and many were killed in the streets.
Our weather turned beautiful with the flip of the calendar. October never fails to bring the most beautiful sky of the year. The blue is so intense and the white clouds are so white it almost hurts your eyes………a favorite month of many, including me. Bear needed to go to Fort Leonard Wood so I took the day off and went with him. There had been talk of closing the Fort down again…..this routinely happens ever so often but so far had escaped the cut. We decided we’d better get all the check-ups we could before something happened, so we made a day of medical rounds and then the Commissary before coming home. (Note: The Fort is still there and going strong. There is consideration in the works of closing some or part of it again but I doubt it will happen. It’s a huge institution and houses many aspects of the Military.)
I was working at Eminence on a Friday when an armada of pickups with horse trailers began driving down the street. Our office was in the Court House and the building was the most prominent building in town. It sat above the street and we could see everything going on from the windows…….there was a huge protest going on in the area because the National Park was going to kill a lot of wild horses in the Big Springs area at Van Buren, MO.
The RV’s, busses, trucks and horse trailers filed by honking horns…..there were over 100 leaving town to drive to the Park area to protest. There was an 8-mile caravan of vehicles on their way to Van Buren escorted by local police and sheriff’s departments…..as well as our own Highway Patrol. All sorts of coverage from local and national news media followed the protest. It went on for days and eventually the horses were placed with owners who loved the animals and would care for them.
The 911-service was new in our town this month and because of it, we were given a new address. It took Bear weeks to get all of our mail etc; changed over….what a mess it was. When the fall leaves were at their peak, we spent the week-end with the Bryant’s at Lake of the Ozarks. The blue sky and the blue of the water, the big white puffy clouds and the blazing color of leaves along the shoreline were indescribable. The weather was mellow to compliment the earth which had turned into a kaleidoscope of vibrant hues…….October at her finest.
By the end of the month, we had a surprising and early cold snap. It spit snow flurries on and off all day until there was a light dusting on the ground. It froze the last of my blooming flowers that had given us so much pleasure throughout the summer. Jennifer called to tell us she was home for a few days. She was engaged and going to be married in January…..before she would graduate in May. We had been aware of the upcoming engagement and we liked the boy she was planning to marry. He was a local boy, attending college there in Canton. He planned to enlist in the Navy and that was the reason for the quick decision to marry by the first of the year.
Becky, Jennifer and I spent the next day shopping for a wedding dress and I would have to say, the one she picked out transformed her into a little princess. It was amazing how the dress made her look so much like a “woman” and not our little Jennifer. Sometimes a dress can send a message….and this was one of the days. She was all grown up now. She went back to school on the last day of the month and we settled in for a quiet evening as November came to call………..
Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther
OK, so now we start with the month of October in 1993.……….
October 4th began a huge revolt in Moscow. We stayed close to the news on CNN and watched an amazing history lesson being played out before our eyes. Luckily, Yeltsin was able to maintain power and the others were afraid to continue, and so, surrendered. It was a highly volatile situation and many were killed in the streets.
Our weather turned beautiful with the flip of the calendar. October never fails to bring the most beautiful sky of the year. The blue is so intense and the white clouds are so white it almost hurts your eyes………a favorite month of many, including me. Bear needed to go to Fort Leonard Wood so I took the day off and went with him. There had been talk of closing the Fort down again…..this routinely happens ever so often but so far had escaped the cut. We decided we’d better get all the check-ups we could before something happened, so we made a day of medical rounds and then the Commissary before coming home. (Note: The Fort is still there and going strong. There is consideration in the works of closing some or part of it again but I doubt it will happen. It’s a huge institution and houses many aspects of the Military.)
I was working at Eminence on a Friday when an armada of pickups with horse trailers began driving down the street. Our office was in the Court House and the building was the most prominent building in town. It sat above the street and we could see everything going on from the windows…….there was a huge protest going on in the area because the National Park was going to kill a lot of wild horses in the Big Springs area at Van Buren, MO.
The RV’s, busses, trucks and horse trailers filed by honking horns…..there were over 100 leaving town to drive to the Park area to protest. There was an 8-mile caravan of vehicles on their way to Van Buren escorted by local police and sheriff’s departments…..as well as our own Highway Patrol. All sorts of coverage from local and national news media followed the protest. It went on for days and eventually the horses were placed with owners who loved the animals and would care for them.
The 911-service was new in our town this month and because of it, we were given a new address. It took Bear weeks to get all of our mail etc; changed over….what a mess it was. When the fall leaves were at their peak, we spent the week-end with the Bryant’s at Lake of the Ozarks. The blue sky and the blue of the water, the big white puffy clouds and the blazing color of leaves along the shoreline were indescribable. The weather was mellow to compliment the earth which had turned into a kaleidoscope of vibrant hues…….October at her finest.
By the end of the month, we had a surprising and early cold snap. It spit snow flurries on and off all day until there was a light dusting on the ground. It froze the last of my blooming flowers that had given us so much pleasure throughout the summer. Jennifer called to tell us she was home for a few days. She was engaged and going to be married in January…..before she would graduate in May. We had been aware of the upcoming engagement and we liked the boy she was planning to marry. He was a local boy, attending college there in Canton. He planned to enlist in the Navy and that was the reason for the quick decision to marry by the first of the year.
Becky, Jennifer and I spent the next day shopping for a wedding dress and I would have to say, the one she picked out transformed her into a little princess. It was amazing how the dress made her look so much like a “woman” and not our little Jennifer. Sometimes a dress can send a message….and this was one of the days. She was all grown up now. She went back to school on the last day of the month and we settled in for a quiet evening as November came to call………..
Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther
