Thomas Wolf, the author who insisted that we can’t go home again, got it wrong. One can indeed do so, but “home” may hardly be recognizable, and/or--truth to tell--noticeably improved.
I think I’ve written about this before, so if you remember it, that’s good. It was probably not the column for which I won a Pulitzer Prize. Also, I didn’t win the Nobel Prize for it. My kids didn’t read it, and if they did, they didn’t mention it. No one sent me a thankyou note for sensitivity and understanding of the human condition. If I remembered sending it in, I’d wait to send in a similar column for a few years… but I don’t. I just know that this is an on-going problem, one that affects most of us, and is currently driving me crazy.
Happy July! I hope you enjoyed the 4th! I hope you enjoy your freedoms given to you in this “land of the free and home of the brave”! Or, is it as I read “land of the free BECAUSE of the brave”?
We’ve all heard of the futility of trying to take “country” from rural lads after they’ve moved to town, and the same likely applies to attempts to take “clown” from rodeo entertainers, even when they climb the educational ladder to school superintendencies.
Monday is Independence Day here in the United States of America. It’s hard to believe that it’s been two hundred forty-six years since we declared our independence. Granted, we still had a war to fight and a constitution and some basic amendments to that constitution to hammer out. We had state government powers to balance with the powers of the federal government… and we had details, details, and more details to argue about, compromise on, and make them work. It took years and a civil war to work out some of the problems. As we all know… we are still working on it. That our government has lasted almost two hundred and fifty years is truly a miracle.
Celebrate our country! Bring your lawn chairs and head to Woodson for the 4th of July Community Celebration from 5-11 p.m. Monday, July 4. It’s FREE to attend, but there are many booth items, a dunking booth, cornhole competition, and lots of food and drink available for donation/purchase, so bring your dollars! The live music is FREE, as are turtle races! Bring your friends and enjoy the FREE fireworks at dark!
My phone pulsated with excitement that could be attributed to my Uncle Mort’s recent spate of news, both good and bad.
Tonight, I was tired… a little hungry… and really not into proving to the world that I could turn leftovers into a gourmet meal in thirty minutes. I’d spent the afternoon watching C span’s modern-day version of the Watergate hearings. If this rendition goes on as long as the 1973 version, then we may never eat again. (Stay with me. There is a correlation here.)
Flag Day was June 14! I hope you flew a flag, or saluted one, or pledged, or sang the National Anthem, or thought about the freedoms you enjoy, even if you see it as the freedom not to do these things.
Minds’ gristmills generally become unhinged--if not totally off the rails--on items of recent history.
