Yep......I didn't get to write last night......and that, too, is ok......isn't it? After the incredible, history making evening on Tuesday night........yesterday, we just took care of some items that needed to be completed prior to our departure early next week. Around noon.....the 1st Lady and I decided to have our great friends, Sue and David, over for drinks and dinner last night.
And so, our afternoon was doing the necessary preps for the appetizers, wines, dinner, and dessert......more things to do!! Once again, I prepared the wonderful, mouth-watering roasted cauliflower florets that I fixed a week or so ago, the 1st Lady put together a delicious casserole of Mostacholi.....which she really does a great job of cooking. She also made that wonderful spinach and strawberry salad with the balsamic vinegar dressing......and then a chocolate sponge cake with Breyers' Vanilla Ice Cream, candied walnuts, and drizzles of chocolate syrup and caramel syrup over the entire plate......which makes a beautiful presentation. A couple of inexpensive wines....both white and red......accompanied the entire meal...which was followed by French Roast coffee made from freshly ground Starbucks beans.
We had a wonderful evening with many topics of conversation explored and discussed over the wine, dinner, and dessert with coffee!! Our travels and their travels will not see us together for many weeks.......unless things do change.
I failed to mention that on Tuesday morning, I went to Doe Run to Duncan's 4X4 Service....where I always have my truck checked over, oil and fuel filters changed, and anything that is needed to be done......have it done! They are sooooooo reliable, so professional, and so honest in their assessments of any problems.......trustworthy IS the correct work for their business. May I suggest that anyone who has a problem with their diesel truck, etc. ........give them the opportunity to work on your vehicle(this is NOT a paid advertisement!).
This morning......I found myself making several stops around town: took the propane bottle for TheHowserHouse to be refilled....only one....as the other one seems to be ok. Then I stopped at the local bank to meet with one of the financial people where we have some financial "vehicles".....as I needed to check about the cash out/roll over dates on several of them. Then I stopped at the Post Office to have them hold the mail and to leave a letter of authorization for Michael Goldsmith to pick up our mail and then forward it to us......wherever we are going to be. From there it was on to the local lumber company to get a board to place under the wheels on one side of the RV, should the ground not be level.........a busy morning.
Late this afternoon the 1st Lady left for an appointment at a opthamologist ......and then she is going on up to visit her mother for a couple of days before we head East for a period of time. She will return on Saturday.......
Now.....I am having some intense problems with my right shoulder/upper arm.....so much so that I was not able to finish mowing the yard day before yesterday!!! I took a 21 pack of Prednisone meds over the weekend......but, after an hour and a half of pushing the mower, I couldn't finish the task!!!!! Now the yard is only half done......and I am going to have to find someone to finish it!!!!! This is also creating thoughts in my mind.......I believe I need to see another doctor in the near future...... Soooooooo, what does that do to our planned extended trip East????? Not sure.......but, I do not feel I should wait another 2-3 months since it has been giving me trouble since January. I kept thinking it would improve.......thinking.....and thinking....and the weeks kept slipping by.....and now, I am concerned! Is it tendonitis as one doctor said......or is it something else that is causing the pain?????
Even now....as I sit her typing on the sofa......it is really, really hurting......hmmmmm?????
I am an avid reader of the New York Times newspaper.....as you may know.....and today I read the Letters to the Editor.....and among the many letters, two of them just stuck with me, the optimist that I have always been. Soooo, I copied and pasted and will now paste again so that I can share them with those of you who do not read this huge, outstanding newspaper. Obviously, from the letters you can ascertain that they are a reflection of the events this past Tuesday evening when Sen. Obama became the first black American to be the nominee from a major political party for the US President.....and for that matter the first black nominee for the leader of any major Western nation in the world! So......read, think, and retain the thoughts that are in these letters........
"To the Editor:
Re “Calm in the Swirl of History” (Man in the News, front page, June 4):
Even as one political horse race comes to a close and we move on to the next, we should all take a moment to reflect on the biggest lesson of the Democratic primary season: Dream big. When one is blessed enough to be born in America, anything is possible.
During the primaries we saw glass ceilings shattered and brick walls reduced to rubble; we saw stereotypes and conventional wisdom thrown out the window. I am inspired by the force with which millions of Americans in every state said with a unified voice that today in America sex and race are not barriers to becoming president of the United States.
Tomorrow morning, all parents can look their children in the eye and say with all earnestness: If you work hard enough, if you are talented enough, you can be elected president.
Always, but especially now, I am proud to be an American and proud of the vigor with which the country announced to the world: the American Dream is alive and well!
Stephen M. Ahron
New York, June 4, 2008"
"To the Editor:
Growing up as a young black girl in the 1950s, I always knew there were glass ceilings everywhere despite the many privileges that I enjoyed. My parents tried to instill a sense of possibility.
Against all odds, my dad earned a master’s degree on the G.I. Bill, garnering credit for designing communication systems for the Apollo space program. His accomplishments raised the bar for many who came after and gave us all hope that America’s doors were actually opening to us. But like the experiences of many black people, the highs often occurred simultaneously with the lows.
Even as my dad soared, I integrated a small private high school, igniting hidden hatreds and drawing death threats against our family. In this context, I have watched and hoped against hope that Barack Obama could get the Democratic nomination for president.
Today, my hope is not just audacious but bodacious
.
I can feel the shards of glass cascading over my shoulders as I look up to the limitless sky that is now my children’s.
Elaine Wilkes Cody
South Orange, N.J., June 4, 2008"
And soooooo, without a doubt........
LIFE IS REALLY INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!!!........And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!!
1 comment:
John thanks for posting those letters to the editor. This is truly a historical event that I can say I lived through. I did not know who Obmama was when he started his campaign, at that time I was hoping to put a woman in the Presidency and breaking the glass ceiling as well. Not to say I was against Obmama, but just wanted to give someone that was not a stereotype of what we have had in the past; something different I think they call it Change…
I too, am proud to say I am an American..
Larry.
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