Friday, January 27, 2012

105, and five more days...

Today, my Dad would be one hundred and five years old, but he’s not here…hmm, oh darn, so I guess not, hmm?
But my dear sweet unpretentious Dad had a good life without any regrets although he has been gone since May 11, 1986, and anyone who reads this regularly might remember me saying that and how wonderful I thought that was and he was for thinking that!

Yes, we all know that our loved ones are hard to forget no matter how long they are gone for. That is any of them worth their salt and even the not so worthy ones who also make it hard to forget them, which I am sure you all know is true that they too can become unforgettable.

Now the five more days is slightly deceptive, since you would have to count all of today and the entirety of Tuesday too, but that does make five.
And why, you ask five more days, well, if you have not been through it recently than I will tell you, our GOP primary election for this state is on this coming, Tuesday the 31st!
Not that we are receiving phone calls, since we were smart enough years ago to register as non-partisan, but the commercials and the over abundance of additional state/city debates amongst the candidates, which in another life they wouldn’t let their children say what they feel they must to win!
Gosh, talk about grown-ups acting badly, what an example they are setting for the children?
I do know that historically that mud-slinging is as much a part of the campaign as buttons used to be, or still could be, but I don’t recall seeing any, have you?
Bumper stickers were all the rage at one time, and those silly little picket signs, but I do believe for environmental purposes of disposal they have been lessened at least I don’t see as many…but with my eyesight who knows they could be there somewhere?

Weather here in the wee hours of the morning was wicked, in fact one home less than four miles from here actually had an EF1 tornado, 90 mph, take a direct hit on it, and yes it was verified by those who do that sort of thing. One home, so odd no other on the block or on either side of it, and no one was hurt. The ninety year old home owner lost part of his roof and it’s already been semi-repaired with plywood and a tarp placed on it.
Crazy, but not as bad as it could have been and we did get a bit of rain that we so desperately needed.(Retraction a few other homes did get some damage, but not as bad.)

And that’s the way it was here in near to River City today the 27th day of January in our twenty first century 2012!
Always thought that would be a very typical sign off for my hard news stories…ha, isn’t it fun to play pretend, hmm?

On that strange closing to a rather quiet news day (another closing possibility for me), allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and to ask you to kindly to count all your blessings and share those overages and we will too!

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

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