Hello Blogaroonies.....



I have decided that I have no interest in writing fiction - I had an idea once - it was "The Tale of the Upper Grass, Middle Grass, Lower Grass and In Grass, tale of the travels of Senor Tick"............


Well, tonight Sandy and I tried a new dish - Gambas al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp) in my new in my new Cazuela (terra cotta cookware). It was yummy and we will try it on our friends!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, upon taking my first bite, I broke a tooth.........ouch.......!!!

In a week or two I will be selling my Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. collection on E-Bay........... I think I have all of his books except two........ here is a list....


Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Welcome to the Monkey House,' 1950/p, Dell 1973
Player Piano, 1952/p, Dell 1977
Utopia 14, 1952/p, Bantam Printing 1954, First published as Player Piano
The Sirens of Titan, 1959/h, Delacorte
The Sirens of Titan, 1959/p, Dell 1976
Mother Night, 1961/p, Dell 1976
Cat's Cradle, 1963/p, Dell 1978
Cat's Cradle, 1963/p, Dell 1974
Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions), 1965/h, Delacorte 1974
Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions), 1965/p, Dell1976
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, 1965/p, Dell 1976
Slaughterhouse Five, 1969/h, Delecorte
Slaughterhouse Five, 1969/p, Dell 1972
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, 1970/p, Dell 1980
Breakfast of Champions, 1973/h, Delacorte
Breakfast of Champions, 1973/p, Dell 1973
Slapstick or Lonesome No More!, 1976/h, Delacorte
Jail Bird, 1979/p, Dell 1980
Palm Sunday, 1981/h, Delacorte
Dead Eye Dick, 1982/h, Delacorte
Galapagos, 1985/h, Delacorte
Bluebeard, 1987/h, Delacorte
Hocus Pocus, 1990/h, Putnam
Fates Worse Than Death, 1991/h, Putnam
Time Quake, 1997/h, Putnam
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, 1999/h, Putnam
Like Shaking Hands With God with Lee Stringer, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.with Lee Stringer, 2000/p, Washington Square Press
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, 2001/p, Washington Square Press
A Man Without a Country, 2005/h, Seven Stories Press

Venus on the Half-Shell, Kilgore Trout, 1974/p, Dell 1980

The Vonnegut Statement, Klinkowitz and Somer, 1973/p
Original essays on the life and work of KVJ, Delta
The Eden Express, Mark Vonnegut, 1975/p, Dell 1988

Missing: Canary in a Cathouse
Missing: Between Time and Timbuktu


Of course there are many short stories that I do not have, but neither do a lot of other people....

Here is a picture:
If anyone living in the continental United States would like to buy these book for $1,000 (one thousand dollars) I will sell it to you and pay the shipping... (contintental US only)........

Take good care of yourself.........peace, john

Hello High Flying Blogsters......
Here I am from half a mile up.............
Up, up, and away in my beautiful, my beautiful......................
And here is another view.................. That is Cherokee Road at the top of the picture....

Hope you are having a high flying day..........

And remember, take good care of yourself, peace, john

Hello Blogaroos and Blogaretts -

I wanted to reflect on something with you. As you know, if you have been reading, I was accosted in the workplace a week ago.......to be honest, I have been holding a grudge... Well, last evening at the WNL session that I am facilitating "Treasures of the Transformed Life" we were talking about "Love Your Neighbor" which included "acceptance and forgiveness." Well - later that evening, after I was home, I realized that I needed to forget the grudge and move on with my life.............. So, today, I did just that. I acted as if nothing had happened, did my job, and all-in-all, had a great day................ Thank you WNL class, thank you God, for today was better than yesterday, and who knows about tomorrow, but I hope and I pray that I will not stand in my own way for a better day.

Take good care of yourself, john

Upon further reflection on 9/12

Gray I say is the color of the day

Black and White say you is the only way

Prayer is there for us to choose

All you hope for is to win or lose

Let's reach out and touch our hands

Strike-up a chores for the heavenly band

Peace is the answer we've been looking for

Not blood and guts and a god damned war.

John Quigley 9/12/2006

9/11 - I was in the dentist office, I went to work and watched the first tower crumble, I went home and watched the second tower crumble.............I cried. I have tears now for the loss of our virginity........... we, the USA is now having to live like England after WWII, in fear of tomorrow..........in my small life I have wanted to have unlocked doors and unlocked boarders... now I have a lock on all the openings of my little world and we have locks on our boarders.

Pray hard for peace. The answer is not in counter measures and war. The answer is in prayer and finding a world where there is no hunger and no person without excellent health care....

If we could find those things, we would pay tribute to all who have gone before us to protect us and rescue us................................

Pray with me now in your own way........................................................................................amen.

HI HO Blogoweenees.........Here it is, it is out now and I have it!!!!

This is the brand new release from one of my favorite singing groups - Trout Fishing in America.....How can you beat songs like "my hair had a party last night," "Alberta Postcard." "Bob and Bob," "Simon Says," and "Beans and Weenies?"

Some of you know that I have been depressed and melancholy since I was accosted at work and robbed all in the same day - this CD made me smile when nothing else was working....

So, if you want to feel better, you better start listening to Trout Fishing in America.

Good night and remember, take good care of yourself, I love you all, john