Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 10, 2022

soon enough he’ll be thinking “out of the circle”

Cindy never shares any of Chucks moments of triumph.

Aren’t second childhoods marvelous?

“In other words, you are going around and around but never getting anywhere.”

Good work with that tape. Not everyone could make such a perfect circle with straight tape.

Charles grew up in a Yurt. If you walked in a straight line you you you got a face full of canvas.

Good job Martha, you’ve trapped Charles’ wandering mind. Now what ?

Cindy is hard to impress.

Now stand on your head.

He’s so proud of his pun. He’s walking, but it’s inside of a circle. “See Maude, I’m walking in a circle, ya get it? Huh? Huh?”

I miss college.

I’m sure she will see him around.

Charles has a very tight-knit circle of friend in his new territory.

Please stop you’re making me dizzy

Oh, no! Charles, Charles, the floor is lava!

Happy Birthday, Dry and Dusty!

First it was a square, then a triangle, today a circle. It will be fun to see if Charles is up to tape and walk a parallelogram tomorrow…!

Just remind her it beats walking in a chalk outline…

… during times she might actually agree with you.

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

That is his circle of life!

There are a lot of really strange mating rituals on Ballard St. Fortunately most of them are behind closed doors although Charles has been known to try this one at the Ballard St. Whist Club. Didn’t turn out well, made him dizzy, threw up and has been barred for 3 months.

Isn’t that the universal signal that you want to play charades? :)

“…..in a circle. I’ll join you when I get around to it.”

Charles hones up on his moves.

If you can’t walk a straight line, change the definition of the goal and Viola, you’ve accomplished it!

Is it that I’m old or just dense? Either way, I don’t get it~~Maybe the light will flash on later….