Been a long time since I’ve posted here.. yet all is well with everyone in Warren and elsewhere within my personal circle- never mind what the pessimists in the media say about the state of Americans. Yes, Washington is dysfunctional, but that’s news? I look into the mirror and around me on the streets and see that everyone is still getting fat, so things are pretty good in the old U.S. of A. as of now. Will we descend into anarchy if we don’t get our finances in order? Maybe…but I’m not one to worry about living in a tent whatever happens…
Beth and I passed last weekend at the Quick Chek balloon festival in New Jersey with my daughter in law Barb-had a great time, second only to the festival in Albuquerque- and then floated down a river on inner tubes with my son Skylar…No better way to spend a hot after noon!In unrelated news, Beth and I are also considering buying a new car for better gas mileage-likely a Prius or maybe an Elantra…both are 40 plus on the highway. My Geo gets that but is not a long distance driver for the trips east.
Me mum now uses a walker to get around and is mostly housebound, but still relatively sharp and content for an 87.25 year old. I stop in twice a day to empty the potty near the bed and help her with meals and cleaning, but she generally helps herself and reads and sleeps in front of the TV... her drugs seem to keep her stable and comfortable...Speaking of medicines, my bro in law is a primary care doc so I have seen what a totally convoluted, big business medical care has become...the street pushers have been replaced by the pharmaceutical companies and now a fear of illness and death and… REALITY… have consumed the American psyche and bankrupted the country…Instead of insisting on personal accountability the government is trying to Force healthy people-or anyone who still believes in personal choice-to purchase insurance to compensate for everyone else. Rather than infringing upon me without my consent,how about putting in some sort of tort control and limits on tests and individual payouts and other controls to reel in this madness...But I digress…Perhaps I’m the dreamer because I do Not Expect other people to pay for my care, and no one has asked me… it all starts with oneself…find a little faith and get off the couch and watch the donuts.
Anyway… the book is almost finished so you all will finally be able to dissect my head and where I have come from and decide for yourself whether I am delusional or visionary. Just don't expect a travelogue-you will be disappointed. Me? I do not lose sleep over any of this… far too trivial for daily worry… I simply expected better from humanity and know that we must be responsible for ourselves first…so stop all the blame and bickering and get to work. And maybe throw a few crumbs to the poor and the starving…No one really needs that third bathroom or thousandth nuclear bomb do they? (...sigh.. a Trillion dollars spent on WAR in the past decade and even now 1 in 5 kids in this country go hungry??? What the hell are we thinking??? What the hell are we doing???) ..and on and on we go
