The Day After

Back to a somewhat normal routine that consists of not having such highfaluting ideas of doing only for oneself; now back down-to-earth realism; but not so fast…

Hard being a Rock-Star one day and a commoner the next…but life goes on, and on and on…doesn’t it?
Gosh, what silly ridiculous talk?
I am retired, oh that’s real-tired and that too and I have all the time on my hands that I need to use my joyful fanciful ideas for fun as often as I so desire!
That is… if I have the stamina to do it all, as I had done as a youngin… in a galaxy far, far away!
Wait is this the Milky Way?
I hear you say, a robust, YEAH!

I am already at that galaxy; the Milky Way, and it is not by any means far, far away, but near as it gets… Right here, next door, to River City AKA Punta Gorda in good ole Port Charlotte, Florida in these fine United States of America; on a planet called Earth, by Jove! Wait, here’s an interesting trivia tidbit ‘Jove’ is another name for Jupiter, but that is the Roman god Jupiter, and nope we are really far from the planet Jupiter, but it is in our Galaxy, but very far, far away!

Gosh connections are strange, hmm?
Who would have thunk that using a catch phrase, such as the one above,’ by Jove’, which also is used to convey surprise, would bring about finding its origins, hmm? That’s how I like, uh, huh, uh, huh, uh, huh?

Now add that into your vocabulary, catch phrasing and give it a whirl, you might like it too?

Many may think that we have a very nice life here in Florida; well we do and can, after all who could ever complain about anything while living here in PARADISE, hmm?

I know many islands including the ‘BIG’ one in the Pacific, need I say more… claim to be ‘PARADISE’, but of course there is no argument there… As anyone will tell you there are specific elements that have to co-exist to create that so-called ‘PARADISE’ and here is the short list: Palm trees swaying in the balmy breezes, sunshine most all of the time, beaches, which brings me to the water surrounding most all of the sides of the dry areas, islands are easy, separate from their main-lands…but we are a peninsula not unlike another famous one but in the Mediterranean… also considered a PARADISE!
We are very flat though, not a requirement, but I just thought I would mention that to any of you who have a fear of heights… I don’t believe we have any hills or mounds anywhere where our topography can state they’re mountainous, (maybe the height of ten story building or that facsimile, doesn’t count, really!) nope we don’t! I just checked; lightening speedy I can be…
So height fears are easily extinguished Ta da!

Where was I?
Oh PARADISE, yep we live here in that and why not enjoy it as much and as often as we can…!
And so although our boat was bought nine years ago new and has a bit of wear on it, but not much… and our pool is a tiny weenie little thingy we got all the components to enjoy the great island out doors!
We even live on the water well not on the water since then I would be under it right now, we have it at the back of our yard beyond our lawn… the saltwater canal rests and it is the road to the harbor in five minutes flat!
And we have palm trees in our front yard as well as our back yard, and our lot is a flat quarter acre, and sunshine is pretty regular, barring hurricanes or tropical storms or that cooling-off drizzle we get in the normal summer afternoons…and we don’t take our name lightly, oh for those of you who don’t live in this place we call PARADISE, our handle, moniker, Nicky-name extraordinaire is ‘THE SUNSHINE STATE!’ Now I rest my case, BOORAH!

The point is that if you live here, go to school here, work here or retired here you got it made in the shade, so enjoy… I know that I am willing to give it another try in this my new year of my life and you should too!

On that note of a suggestive amplification of a germ of an idea, allow me to be the first to wish you a very happy good night and ask you kindly to count all your blessings and share all those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?