Well, I’ve totally consumed with building a new deck around the pool, but it rained like hell today so didn’t get too much accomplished.

I did overhear some interesting political conversations and was again struck with how divided we have become as a nation over prejudice, ignorance or just plain old stupidity. We have people who wouldn’t consider voting for Hillary, just because….. because they don’t like her or because she’s a SHE or some reason they probably couldn’t elaborate. Some won’t vote for Obama because he’s black, wouldn’t vote for McCain because he’s too white, won’t vote for Ron Paul because he’s too good to be true, and be firmly committed to that stance without even considering their policies and/or character. It’s because,,, well it’s just because that’s why.

I just hope that Barack and Hillary quit fighting and figure this thing out. If they keep bashing each other they are just doing McCain’s dirty work for him. If they are both deadlocked and beat up by convention time, then odds are we will have 4 more years of “stay the course”.

Don’t let it happen, please.

PEACE!

The sage

I was just discussing with the big boss today the good old days when all of your family was in one place. We had been talking about funerals as it seems there is a spate of them lately and how that seems to be the only occasion that you get together with family and old friends. While I’m sure there are some families in some areas that are all still together in their cozy neighborhood, it seems that many people I know and work with have relatives flung to the far reaches of the globe.

I can recall as a kid how my brothers and me along with our many cousins would all get together and go camping or a watermelon feast in the back yard or the big family reunion every summer at Kidd Springs. While my closest cousins still do their best to keep the family close, its getting harder and harder as I’m 200 miles away and my other brother is at the other end of the state and it seems everyone has gone their own way. I’m beginning to think that is a wonderful memory that fewer people will get to enjoy. My own kids have few relatives that are close by. After the big D, I was gone so their exposure to my family was limited. Her family is spread as far as UK with only one brother close by. They don’t seem to know or care about the simple pleasures of the family reunion, romping with the cousins at the spring, and all that family fun that made my childhood so memorable.  Now they are almost grown and I find this on my list of life’s regrets.

We are all so busy and preoccupied to notice the dispersion. I think its part of what is wrong with the country. During those carefree days I took it all for granted and now all those dear people that made it so are dead and buried. Don’t let yours pass by, cherish all those family events even if your brother-in-law is a jerk. There may be a day you won’t get the chance again. Think about it.

PEACE!!

The Sage