Hi Robin,

I guess for your parents home is home - warts and all. Hopefully in
12 months things will start to look better. Must be hard seeing the
area you grew up in completely trashed.

On a lighter note my mum rang up yesterday to tell me she had seen a
wasp .... as if I really wanted to know! I have been told to make
sure I now have my pens with me at ALL times ... must be something
about being a parent ....she is 84!

Chin up chuck :)

Maggie

--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "maxboots1" <maxboots1@...>
wrote:
>
> Well, I've just came back from a visit with my folks in
Mississippi...
>
> There are...........still....many, many and ...lots of places,
down
> there on the coast line.....looks like the 'storm' could have
> hit ...'just yesterday'.....
>
> Even, my beach, down from our house....there's still 'shit' hung
up
> in the trees........
>
> There's also lots of new homes going up......right next to houses
> that are no longer there............
>
> ...........What are 'they' thinking?????
>
> My folks 'said' they would move..............but they are not
going
> to......duh!???
>
>
> .....I guess time ....heals!!???......my parents are in their
> 70's.......they know better...........
> ........... yet ...they.... will... not ....move....
>
>
>
> Robin
>
> BOB DYLAN LYRICS
>
> "Mississippi"
>
> Every step of the way, we walk the line
> Your days are numbered, so are mine
> Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray
> We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape
>
> City's just a jungle, more games to play
> Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away
> I was raised in the country, I been working in the town
> I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down
>
> Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
> Don't even have anything for myself anymore
> Sky full of fire, came pouring down
> Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around
>
> All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime
> Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
> Only one thing I did wrong
> Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
>
> Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall
> Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all
> I was thinking about the things that Rosie said
> I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed
>
> Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
> Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
> So many things that we never will undo
> I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too
>
> Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
> Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
> I need something strong to distract my mind
> I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind
>
> Well I got here following the southern star
> I crossed that river just to be where you are
> Only one thing I did wrong
> Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
>
> Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast
> I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
> But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
> I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
>
> Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there
> Everybody's got to move somewhere
> Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
> Things should start to get interesting right about now
>
> My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
> Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
> I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
> So give me your hand and say you'll be mine
>
> Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
> You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
> Only one thing I did wrong
>
>
> Robin
>
> Stayed in Mississippi a day too long.
> :(
>