Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 17, 2020

I admire your spirit, Claudia. You have called the plumber, right?

She always was a little dense. In school the teachers said she had her head in the clouds and it was a foggy day.

Claudia is remembering the time her ship came in, but she was waiting at the airport. That was a cliché, she thinks. Like the rest of my life.

When the neighbor’s tree fell on our house, we kept the tree for fire wood. Tree missed me by 15 feet as I wander the house at 3:00AM listening to the wind storm. Yep, exciting……

Upsides tend to come with one or more downside.

Claudia…..did you call the plumber yet? Or are you still playing down there………?.

“Darn it!” thinks Claudia, “I wish I hadn’t stored the fan in the basement. My ship needs a bit of wind in her sails.”

Claudia’s little ship has come in.

…and I thought they only made the cardboard inserts for pants; where have I been?

Yep, Claudia has a positive attitude alright!

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

Another episode of “I, Claudia”… ⛵

And when she can’t.. a nip or two of gin keeps her happy.

One way to extend education with time while waiting for the Coast Guard.

When it gets a bit higher, she’ll go for a dip in it.