DOWNSTATE

Tuesday morning and this Old Fella sits down to write a few lines…to reconnect with our site.
It is a commonplace that when one does not write…it becomes difficult to write.
It is true.
As the school teacher-turned-prostitute said to her less-than-successful client, “We will do it over and over ‘till we get it right.”

Sorry.

We are depressed at how little writing we have been doing.

As we used to tell our students, we have been suffering from literary constipation.

But the thoughts are still there….

And  liberating them is always so much easier when doing so has been a habit, not a rarity.

Our routine lately has been that of verbal rather than written communication.

At any rate, we are now back from our trip South and our most recent trip North…and the summer season, with whatever it holds, stretches before us.

We hope and pray that we will now be able and willing to put our words where our mouth is and share a thought or two or even more.

To paraphrase Dr. Samuel Johnson, “He who is tired of […family, community, national, and world affairs] is tired of life.”

We are not tired of life.

EXCITING TIMES...

Friday morning, early May…

We are back from Savannah, Georgia….

So many things to think and write about after this long interval of hereing and thereing (I know, not really words)….

We flew and drove and carriaged and walked and talked and dined and viewed and ooed and awed (again, not really words) and immersed ourselves in cities and lands 16 hours away by car….but just a short distance in time by air.

Dear Wife has wanted to take us to Savannah for years….
And now we are back with a host of new memories and experiences.

It is a truism that Life is what happens while we make our plans…

But we look forward to a busy summer anyway….
To paraphrase Willy Wonka (sp?)....So much to do, so little time.....especially with my efficiency rating.

For so many years I taught thousands of students about US History w/o ever having been to the South….
First-hand experience is soooooo important…….
We had been to the West and to the East....but never to the South....

Big mistake.

The fall elections are looming ever closer....and the political scene is so full of promise and worry.....

News junkies can gorge themselves at will ....  

And so  many family doings......

May the Good Lord give us strength and health to do as He would have us do....

We all and our nation are entering upon most exciting times.....