tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67150978314581223052024-03-18T07:00:19.873-06:00Big Old Goofy Worldrevjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.comBlogger484125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-23178503623209285972024-03-17T11:32:00.004-06:002024-03-17T11:32:44.456-06:00Cheese, Please<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXDyBzoeFyT4PXew0zX6PuEHbWnHRmy97JzN8xWwdi4YcAz1VdDSOBjenvXsYUleMSCLlzNns5F0SHA1roZhUd46Rx3fsPOFdCTszXjRgxfytBEzpCb0khvBvpwpjlAn8yiOdMwFu-mQTaZnb4MBCECYxgNWbLViQ8BibME7eNAdHKgbDd2HJEhyphenhyphenn/s240/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20113100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="240" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXDyBzoeFyT4PXew0zX6PuEHbWnHRmy97JzN8xWwdi4YcAz1VdDSOBjenvXsYUleMSCLlzNns5F0SHA1roZhUd46Rx3fsPOFdCTszXjRgxfytBEzpCb0khvBvpwpjlAn8yiOdMwFu-mQTaZnb4MBCECYxgNWbLViQ8BibME7eNAdHKgbDd2HJEhyphenhyphenn/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20113100.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Whining is what it is . . . whining. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Every
so often a person needs to complain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
know that I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let off a little
steam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Release some pressure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Complain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The wife calls it “whining.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
it works for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Author Franny
Billingsley says, “I adore complaining—it calms the nerves.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Franny sounds like my kind of person.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Probably
the most common retort that people encounter with their complaining or whining
is: “Do you want some cheese with that whine?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your
darn tootin’ I do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheese, please!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
might be that I have been super crazy busy at my university job working six
days a week and several evenings for the past month and not having a break that
has made me whiny lately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It might be
that I am getting older and crankier to the point I am embracing my inner Henry
Fonda from <i><a href="https://youtu.be/NB8lY4kqMMg?si=cLWE_29DChXj5uDK">On
Golden Pond</a></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twenty/twenty
hindsight is much more nostalgic when life was much better than today . . .
could be that sort of thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it
is because I see the finish line as I am nearing full retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I’m tired . . . hungry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All I know is that I need to vent . . . and, yes, I will take some
cheese with it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of my complaints—which seems to be everyone’s complaint—it about this constant
circus of politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially during a presidential
election year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure everyone is
aware that it is a presidential election year . . . it is historic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On one side there is a septuagenarian . . .
on the other side is an octogenarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Old!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are both old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One has been the president or at least a
clown in office depending on who you ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Historians have not been kind to him and nor should they be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is running again for the third time after
losing his re-election bid to the sitting president—the octogenarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their age is showing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have had their moments of elder-ism—forgetful,
incoherency, brain farts, gaps in memory, plain old “old”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things that I am experiencing as I enter the “golden
years”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Those
are our choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With 332 million people
in our country and this is the best that the political parties can come up with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s sad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s embarrassing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are not
a lot of choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully the
septuagenarian has demonstrated over and over again what a terrible human being
he is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His terribleness is quite public
and recorded for all to read and see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a joke that such an individual is even being considered to lead our nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an insult to all of us as citizens of
our nation . . . insult to our intelligence and morals.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
the same time the octogenarian is an accomplished politician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty much a “lifer” when it comes to
politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That should be a warning sign
and a clear strike against him as his past is right there for public
consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s got the experience
since he’s done it for so long . . . good or bad . . . but, hey!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely there is some younger and fresher
blood out there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, his age is
showing, as are all our ages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
probably won’t get any better as time goes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is a nice grandfatherly figure . . . but, really—is this the best
that we can do?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Politics
of any sort . . . suck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nasty
business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is what we have right
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not much of a choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will come down to choosing the lesser of what
many consider the “two evils”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll take
grandfatherly over the one constantly being hauled before grand juries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is my political rant . . . and rant it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Probably didn’t make much sense, but I feel better.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Gas
prices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The oil companies succeeded in
luring us asleep as they slowly lowered prices over the past few months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost convinced us that they were “good”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now they are slapping us awake with the bleak
reality of soaring prices at the pumps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some say that it is because the price of oil is up on the global
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others have said that the warmer
winter has seen an increase in the seasonal demand . . . that more people are
driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still others say it’s because
the refineries are shifting from the winter blend to the summer blend . . .
summer blend costs more to make, thus someone must eat the price of it
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there is the fact that OPEC is
playing economic bully politics and holding back the supply.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Excuses,
excuses, excuses!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">All
I know is that I’m nearing the point that I need to take out a second mortgage
to be able to make my commute back and forth to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The savings that took months to achieve have
been completely wiped out in a matter of weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do I buy into the causes suggested for this gas pump robbery?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is simple greed and power at play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The companies and corporations keep getting richer while the masses feel
the pinch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the way of
economics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Economics is the real
religion across the globe.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Which
brings me to inflation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The price of
everything keeps going up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A price
increase in one area necessitates a price increase in another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tit for tat. Inflation is a human-made
concept . . . a state of mind . . . a fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It makes no sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technology and
industrialization have made the products we buy supposedly cheaper and
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made it possible to save money
for the expense of production, thus saving money for the consumer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, that loaf of bread bought in 1960 for 23
cents now costs $2.01 on the average in 2024.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>None of us can barely afford to make a “wish sandwich”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
don’t understand inflation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know
is that it is making life miserable and difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel for those who have seen their lives squished
and impossible by the rising cost of inflation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll blame the companies and corporations—the rich as they seem to be
getting richer as inflation climbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Someone is profiting and it ain’t us people from the middle down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s crazy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Same
goes for real estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I near retirement
the idea of moving to be closer to the grandchildren is a thought the wife and
I have bounced around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But who can
afford it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the pandemic real
estate has become an unaffordable circus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When the wife and I bought our house fifteen years ago, we probably paid
more for it than it was worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the
time we could afford it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then, it
has tripled in value.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turned out to be a great investment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We can’t afford to purchase anything comparable . . . and trust me, it
is not a mansion on Easy Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
fairly common and plain ranch house . . . very much middle class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Housing is crazy expensive . . . unaffordable
. . . and frustrating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be close
to financial ruin for us to move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Inflation or greed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel for
those who are just starting out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
hard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need more cheese!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
list could go on and on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve a few
bones to pick when it comes to war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Ukraine . . . a world war with Russia that the world is letting little ol’ Ukraine
fights for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a war that the
world’s nations are happy to let them fight so we don’t have to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>War by proxy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is the American way, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>History shows that as a nation there has only been approximately ten
years that we have not either been at war or in a military conflict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History will also show that we have funded
lots of wars and military conflicts across the globe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel’s war against Hamas—or is it the
Palestinians—doesn’t seem to be much different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have dumped a whole bunch of moola into funding those wars that are
supposedly not ours.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There
has been a lot of destructive waste created by those two wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mass destruction in material and human
lives is disgraceful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take
generations and decades to recover and rebuild . . . if they can ever really
recover from such devastation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is “black”
mark against and on all of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whole generations have been wiped out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>War—any war—is not good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes
against God’s desire and demand for love . . . to be God’s loving creation . .
. God’s family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Got
to throw in there global warming or climate change—whatever you want to call
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The average temperature is rising every year and doing so quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has been one of the mildest and driest
winters in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the old timers
are getting anxious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Snow pack is at 87% when it is typically over
100% at this time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spring has
sprung and it shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
snow pack and moisture, we have gotten it is going to be a long summer of smoke
and fires.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since
moving to Montana fifteen years ago, the state has moved into a growing
drought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Across the state the climate
ranges from “abnormally dry” to “extreme drought”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This winter isn’t going to improve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully we will get some late season
blizzards and snowstorms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Global warming
and climate change are real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not
some fantasy of the liberals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is real
. . . and it is scary the impact it is having.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
the same time, it has extended tourism in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With warmer weather the tourists have come .
. . in droves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The annual plague.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I probably shouldn’t complain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tourism is big business in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tourism provides 43,900 jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brings in 12.5 million visitors in a state
that just has a little over a million inhabitants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those tourists spend 5.82 billion dollars
while enjoying Big Sky Country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
produces 315 million dollars in taxes for state and local governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tourism is a big deal in Montana . . . but,
boy, what a hassle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tourists . . . they
are everywhere!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has practically
gotten to biblical proportions . . . like a locust plague.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, they are a necessary crisis no matter
how frustrating it is for us locals.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Whew
. . . this is wearing me out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The list
could go on and on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s plenty to
whine about . . . to complain about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could rant about being privileged . . . immigration . . . other people whining
. . . Republicans . . . Democrats . . . and, always, taxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are gender issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Issues about personal freedom and the
individual’s right to control their own bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shoot, I’m probably only scratching the surface, but the cheese is
running out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whining without cheese is
not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is just ungrateful
belly aching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my say, and I
feel better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
have been told that I have that right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone
told me that it is “freedom of speech”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mokokoma Mokhonoana says, “Most people mostly use freedom of speech as
freedom to bitch.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I have
expressed my right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time,
others have the freedom to not listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
imagine that will happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, I feel
better now that I’ve gotten it all off my chest . . . at least for a couple of
months . . . after all, it is an election year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
all honesty, my life is not so bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have a wonderful wife who tolerates me . . . dogs that love me . . . a house
over my head, food to eat, and a family that continues to amaze and grow . . .
grandchildren that are a joy . . . and, I can still get out of bed on my own
every morning despite all the complaining from my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whether I believe it or not, I am blessed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If the truth be known, I would rather count my blessings.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Besides
. . . there is no more cheese . . . and I feel good.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The best part of my day—Monday through Friday—is
when I return home from work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I open
the door to the humble abode I am greeted by the exuberance and joy of our
canine children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both Quinn and Birdie
jump up and down practically knocking me over to gain my attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie lets out a heartfelt “ah-roo” signaling
her excitement at my presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
welcome that destroys the roller coaster effects of a day at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an acknowledgement of love and
desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels good to be loved and
wanted. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On
the other hand, the wife greets me from the comfort of her recliner in the
other room with a simple, “Hey.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
learned after forty-some years of marriage that demonstrative displays of love
and affection are saved for the grandchildren, dogs, and children (in that order)
by the wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet I know that a simple “hey”
hides the deep and abiding love she holds for me . . . after all, I am her “one
and only”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She thanks God every
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She couldn’t handle any more of me
than already has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I appreciate
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We understand each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She understands me . . . really understands
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am an introvert and we introverts
are not extravagant practitioners of abundant and public affection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A simple “hey” suffices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Hey” says it all.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But
nothing beats the welcome I receive from my furry loves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandchildren come close, but nothing
compares to a sloppy canine kiss and “ah-roo”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Someone
once told me that the reason that dogs get so excited when their owners leave
for any length of time is because they think they are never going to come
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then when the owners return, they
are surprised to see them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surprised
that they have returned, they welcome their owners with joy and excitement of
the father greeting the return of the prodigal son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is practically biblical in proportion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the case, I revel in their
greeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels good.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yet,
I know my dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other motives
behind their greeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially for
our Borgie (Border Collie/Corgi mix) . . . it’s the “walk”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My presence signals the evening walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie becomes my shadow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wherever I go . . . whatever I do . . . she
is beside me, staring me down with those big brown eyes, pleading, “Walk me!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
it works.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
walk the dogs on most days when I get home and before we have supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife likes this arrangement because it
gets the dogs out of the house—in particular, out of the kitchen while she
cooks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is her “break time” from the
dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before the dogs, it was our
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In particular, our
daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our daughter was a talkative
tyke who was constantly bending her mother’s ear throughout the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Non-stop chatter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For relief the wife met me at the door with
daughter in hand, pointed me back out the door, and sent me out for a walk with
the daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her last words were always,
“Don’t hurry back.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hand in hand, I
walked the blond bomber . . . chattering all the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is still one of my fondest memories of my
daughter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
“walk” is the highlight of Birdie’s day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She lives for the stroll around our small community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn, our miniature Dachshund, not so
much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where Birdie is excited, Quinn is
reluctant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who could blame her?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She easily walks under Birdie—doesn’t even
have to duck her head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her legs are
short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her belly is inches off the
ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her mind “walk” is a journey
of a thousand miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Typically, my
pedometer tells me my average “walk” is 7000 steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That translates into well over 30,000 steps
for Quinn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can understand her
reluctance . . . but she goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within half
of a block, she becomes a willing and enthusiastic participant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie’s highlight becomes her highlight.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Understand,
I am no rookie when it comes to walking dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have been doing it from the beginning with all the dogs we have been
graced with in our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “walk” has
always been a part of my journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are our adventures.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
we first moved to Kearney, Nebraska to serve a congregation, the “walk” was
with our Scottish Terrier named Pettie (Pronounced “Petey” . . . I know, I
know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife is from Kentucky and that
is how they talk down there.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
arrived in Kearney a motley crew . . . a one-year-old infant, a pregnant wife
(bearing our second of four children—the previously mentioned chatter box
daughter), and Pettie who had had a litter of puppies right before we
moved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needing a respite from the
craziness of setting up house, taking care of a toddler, and corralling wandering
puppies, both Pettie and I took our first walk in our new neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hit the streets to explore our
surroundings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
what a beautiful neighborhood it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Manicured lawns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beautiful flower
gardens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was picture perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>House after house looked like they were
plucked right out of <i>Better Homes and Gardens</i>! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One house even had a great big sign out front
proclaiming it the “yard of the week”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was magnificent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awe inspiring. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
stopped to admire the “yard of the week” in all its splendor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While admiring all that splendor, Pettie
decided to take care of other important business and proceeded to take a
dump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right there in front of God, all
the heavenly angels, and everyone in the neighborhood she left a deposit right
out front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not having doggie bags back
in those dark ages, I hurried us home as quickly as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just did not seem like a neighborly act on
the part of Pettie and me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had
announced our arrival.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what the “walk” represents for the
pups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is part exploration . . . part exercise
. . . and all social.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is constant
sniffing, pausing, and reading the “pee mail”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We humans have email, canines have “pee mail”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unknow to the human olfactory, “pee mail” is
spewed across the landscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently,
it is everywhere . . . on a bush, rock, tree, pole, and in the grass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop and go. Stop and go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever ten feet we paused so the latest message
from Bowser from down the street could be read/smelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More times than countable, I have nearly had
my arm ripped from its socket or dropped on my backside because Birdie dug in
to read/smell a newly discovered message from the town poodle demanding
immediate attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heaven forbid if I
rush her through the latest doggie gossip!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There must be millions of dogs in town . . . at least it feels that way as
much as we stop to catch up on the “pee mail”.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Unfortunately,
my two dogs don’t read the same messages or read at the same speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When one stops, the other wants to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop and go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stop and go.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is one thing to read the “pee mail”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dogs are social creatures with impeccable manners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is rude to leave a message unanswered or
to not leave a few “pee mails” around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They must be responded to in kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, of course, my pups contribute willingly—and often—to the ongoing
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the way it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not stop, read, and go . . . no, it is
stop, read, pee, and go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess one
good correspondence deserves another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
guess I should admire this genteel practice in my dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know a lot of people who never respond to
anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want anyone to say my
dogs are cretins who don’t follow canine protocol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I raised my dogs better than that.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Another
great distraction on the “walk” are other critters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is amazing how many critters inhabit our
small community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have never gone on a
walk without encountering some sort of creature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mostly we run into other dogs . . . either
being walked, behind fences, or on a chain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being social, my dogs want to greet these other dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What ensues is a barking constant and Quinn
straining like crazy to how everyone that despite her minute size that she is
the toughest dog in town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
encountered herds of deer . . . some are playful, most are skittish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have stumbled into a rafter of wild
turkeys . . . up to seventy at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
pups like to chase them . . . and, yes, turkeys can fly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rabbits often catch the pups off guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn, being a “hunter” often finds mice (dead
and alive).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally we run into a
cat or two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we met an owl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stop and talk to horses who are friendly
and curious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We greet the cows out in
the fields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See a lot of birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hear the coyotes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catch a Sandhill Crane here and there. We are
never alone when we are on walks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never
a dull moment on the “walk”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Another
part of the adventure is the actual skill of walking two dogs on two separate
leashes at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first it
was a walking circus with a lot of stopping to untangle the leashes which
usually involved a whole lot of unrepeatable words on my part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do a lot of hand exchanging with the
leashes—front and back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have become
quite skilled at keeping them from tangling up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every so often Quinn will stop when the leash gets under body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She waits until I free her and then we are
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, we look peculiar when we walk
because of the sizes of the two dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t care because the pups are happy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
. . . that is what matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all
happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “walk” provides us with great
joy . . . fresh air . . . exercise . . . adventure . . . and
companionship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dogs love me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love my dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking my dogs is the least I can do for
them after all the love they shower upon me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think I might be wrong . . . maybe the greeting at the door isn’t the
best part of my day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe . . . yeah .
. . the “walk” is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmmm . . . who would
have thought?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(The
picture and poem at the top of this blog is by the wife, Dana Keener . . . she
says it well.)</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Maybe it was his youthful ignorance or
innocence, but I have always admired the spunkiness and stick-to-it-ness of the
boy who was determined to point out that the emperor was naked in Hans Christian
Andersen’s retelling of the folktale, <i><a href="https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html">The
Emperor’s New Clothes</a>.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story
is about an emperor’s obsession with fancy new clothes who gets taken in a scam
by two con men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch hires them
to create a whole new wardrobe of magnificent clothing that is invisible in the
eyes of those who are incompetent or stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The emperor leads the ranks as everyone else pretends to see what was
not there in fear of reprisal by the emperor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is until one day when the emperor decides to have a parade through the kingdom
to show off his new clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
elegant, but invisible, and he sought the admiration of his people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the parade begins the people keep their
mouths shut as the emperor is strutting his stuff in all his glory . . . except
for one young boy who pipes up that the emperor is naked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, people attempt to hush the child,
but the nakedness was too much to witness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Soon all the people were proclaiming that the emperor was wearing no
clothes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
emperor suspected they were right . . . but he went on with his parade.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
boy had the courage to speak up . . . to point out the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children have an honest truthfulness about
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not afraid to state the
obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least until we adults beat
it out of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need such honest truthfulness
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we really need is to
listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is there, but for some reason
we are turning our heads away from it for whatever reasons we embrace . . .
most likely fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth is there,
yet we are unwilling to embrace it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead,
we sell our souls down the river.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
probably doesn’t take a degree in rocket science to know what I am alluding
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the current situation in our
nation’s political realm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a
mess . . . a real circus . . . a regular oppo show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a craziness engulfing our nation’s
current politics as we enter a presidential election year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two geriatric individuals are going to be our
choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither is ideal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both have been president—one currently, one
previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Noth have shown blips on the
mental competency scales raising questions about their mental acuity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, neither one is an ideal candidate—but
no one is willing to point out that neither has any new clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lines have been drawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t look pretty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
need to listen to the children.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Given
the projected choices for the upcoming presidential election, I’m leaning
heavily towards voting to save our freedoms as a nation . . . I’m leaning
towards the one calling for civility and working together for everyone, not
just one’s political party or cronies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Though not the ideal choice, it is way better than the other choice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yet
it is going to be close.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
emperor is still parading around buck naked despite that that nakedness is
being exposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are so many turning
their heads and looking the other way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is what I cannot understand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Again,
no degree in rocket science is needed to know that I am referring to Donald
Trump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man and all that he
represents is despicable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His actions of
a lifetime have exposed him to the person he really is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is all out there for public consumption. It
is in plain sight for all to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
track record conveys who despicable he truly is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would even describe him as evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he knows it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good or bad, he loves the attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A child would say, “He’s yucky!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">His
record—all out for public view—speaks for itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It exposes him for who he is . . . for what
he stands for and represents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
wannabe emperor is exposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is naked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can we stand by and ignore what we see
with our own eyes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those of
us who proclaim to be moral people . . . proclaim to be people of faith . . .
who call ourselves good people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are
we willing to throw away our morals, faith, and decency to blindly follow
someone who is . . . well, yucky?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
emperor has no clothes—Trump is yucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He does not stand morality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
does not stand for anything that resembles faith beyond himself—a self-declared
savior sent from God to save our nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, that is not a god I could embrace, believe in, and dedicate my
life to following.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
vindictive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lies. He cheats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He bullies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He hates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
self-centered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He doesn’t care (at least
not for anyone beyond himself).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
me, when it comes to Donald Trump, it can be summed up in that quote from the
movie, <i><a href="https://youtu.be/0obbOH5keR4?si=210Nc1y5eC1HO0db">A Knight’s
Tale</a></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After having defeated his protagonist
in a joust, the victorious knight leans over the fallen loser and declares: “You
have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This phrase is biblical in origin--the tale
of Belshazzar’s, the king of Babylon, feast in the <i>Book of Daniel</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holding a feast to boast his power,
Belshazzar drinks from goblets looted from the Jewish Temple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes God angry, and upon the walls a
ghostly message is written<i>: “Mene mene tokel upharsin.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one could interpret the words except for
Daniel, who told the king that they meant, <i>“Weighed, weighed in the balance
and found lacking.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This signifies
that he would lose his kingdom for his arrogance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Trump
is lacking.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Over
and over the children have declared Trump’s “nakedness”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His life’s record speaks for itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have witnessed it with our own eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is yucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can no longer participate in this charade if I am going to be a person
of morals . . . a person of faith . . . a decent human being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To look the other way is to betray myself, my
family and friends, and especially the God who would never, ever put up with
such garbage as Trump wallows in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Though
it will make some be mean-spirited and nasty towards me, I cannot sit idly by
proclaiming that Donal Trump is God’s savior sent to save our nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He will destroy all that we hold sacred as a nation and as
individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is naked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been weighed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been measured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is found lacking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is yucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am sorry, but it is all there for anyone to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is naked. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can do better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We really can . . . if we want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is my quandary, why don’t we want to do
better?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a nation of approximately 332
million people . . . is this the best we can do in this election?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure I am not the only one who wants to
know . . . on either side.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As I have gotten older, I have noticed the
increase in the willingness of my body to speak up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also noticed that it has gotten quite
persistent and noisy in its insistence to be heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At times it is boisterous . . . rambunctious
. . . rowdy . . . and at times, downright blatant in its demands to be
heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the noise is making it
difficult to ignore all this body talk.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
all started with the thumbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First the
left, then the right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the beginning
it was a gentle, lingering ache announcing its presence . . . like a long-lost
friend showing up out of the blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
sort of long-lost friend you never liked and didn’t mind being lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because it was sporadic in its appearance,
such communication was easy to ignore.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
was my mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no greater wrath
than that of a jilted appendage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
thumbs were not happy in having their conversation ignored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They cranked it up a few notches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From gentle, lingering pain they added sharp
stabs of sheering pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It expanded its
irritation and invited the rest of the hand to join in a litany of
complaints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it invited the wrists
to join the party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the worst.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
wrists didn’t just pipe in with pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No, the wrists threw in sharp, piercing—knife-like—stabbing pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They locked up and any time I attempted to
bend them . . . well, it produced an intense pain that brought tears to my eyes
and swear words to my lips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
practically had me on my knees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
hurt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really, really hurt.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
thumbs, hands, and wrists were playing hard ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wanted their presence acknowledged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll admit, they were hard to ignore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But . . . HEY!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m male and we men know how to ignore a lot
when it comes to our bodies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
wife tells me that it is osteoarthritis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can’t even pronounce it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arthritis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A common companion to many over the safe of
sixty. It’s been camping out in the thumbs, hands, and wrists for quite awhile
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully it has not moved its
show on the road to other parts of the body—yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am certain it is plotting a migration
down the road.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
feet joined the chorus a few years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have been using the three-prong approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started one night—my feet got hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not warm—HOT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had to kick the covers off to cool them off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a hot flash of the feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I noticed, but I learned that if I could fall
asleep quickly, I could avoid the discomforting message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently, this miffed the feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pushing the envelope to get my attention they
added tingling and pin pricks to the toes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not satisfied they also threw in sore heels—much like a stone
bruise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The feet weren’t playing
around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were banging on the door to
be heard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Neuropathy
is what the wife tells me it is—nerve damage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m told that it could be because of diabetes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be caused by thyroid dysfunction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain that it is not diabetes as I get
tested periodically for it since it runs in the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m good there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thyroid . . . maybe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been on thyroid medication for years
when it decided to under-function one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Like testing for diabetes, I get that tested too on a regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>None the less, the feet are demanding to be heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hear them as I gingerly tip toe
around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more I move, the better they
feel.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Occasionally
the legs jump in the fray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are sporadic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They make surprise announcements of their
presence every-so-often by throwing a cramp or Charlie horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These sneak attacks remind me of their
presence.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
eyes have piped in too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With age my eyesight
has started to go AWOL from time to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m up to trifocals now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the morning,
they take longer to warm up and focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have some fairly large floaters swimming around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cataracts are developing too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least that is what my eye doctor tells
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m also told that my brain will
adjust to the floaters, and they will disappear from my sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, that my brain will ignore
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still waiting. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Speaking
of the brain . . . it is still sharp, but not as sharp as it used to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t multi-function like it used
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two tasks maximum seems to be
its limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than that . . . well, it
gets forgetful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets distracted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It enjoys exploring rabbit holes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it goes on vacation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the time it is one step behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t bother me a whole bunch as I have
plenty of people willing to speak and think for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No shortage there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I should be concerned, but for the
most part it is functioning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know my
name, address, and wife’s name and phone number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing okay.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hearing
likes to complain from time to time—especially in crowds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll admit that I do not hear as well as I
once did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Building grain bins tempered
my ability to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crowds and noisy situations
make it hard to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, the
television is cranked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, yes, I’m
certain I have hearing loss, but I like the sound of silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite organic hearing loss, the wife tells
me I also have selective hearing loss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>True, it is another male trait, while at the same time a common
practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially around politicians
during election years.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There are other parts of my body crying to be heard. The top of my head whines from time to time about it being cold due to the lack of hair. Been that way since my young adult days, Major defection. My hair has been flying from the coop for years migrating to other parts of my body--the back, ears, and nose. I guess I could let the hair on my ears grow and create a comb over for my head. If God knows the number of hairs on my head, then God should thank me for making the number easier to remember each year. <br /></span></p>
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belly Throws in its pound—actually pounds—worth of lament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems to have moved south as time
flies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has settled quite well in the
mid-section of my body where it is has set up camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than once I have mistaken for the poppin’
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the back throws in a kink to deal with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The lungs can huff and puff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ol’ bladder demands more frequent attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The plumbing flares up from time to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The nose likes to run more often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My stomach is pickier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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is quite a conversation that the body is waging and engaging in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One I should probably listen to.</span></p>
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ago, there was a Peanuts cartoon where Snoopy is jogging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a nice, peaceful jog until the feet
shout out, “Without us there could be no jogging!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The legs disagreed and said so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, soon other parts of the body were
arguing as to who was the most important part of the body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Louder and louder the argument got.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was getting to be too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then suddenly a voice shattered the noise: “Without
me, you’re all gone!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The arguing stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The noise dissipated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Snoopy jogged on in peaceful quietness.</span></p>
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time to time, I need to remind myself and my body that my heart is what makes
it all function and work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it is in
control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is strong. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is filled with love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it is happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it is functioning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it I good to be alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In those moments of silence and
acknowledgement the body remembers . . . it is “all for one and one for all!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite it all . . .despite the noise . . .
all the commotion . . . life is good and we all still here despite all the
aches and pains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that is good.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At the last supper what were Jesus’ last words?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Everyone
who wants in the picture get on this side of the table.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of
course, if you are not aware that this joke hinges on Leonardo DaVinci’s beloved
and famous painting of the <i>Last Supper</i> . . . well then, the joke just
goes over your head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told this joke
once during a worship service and a portion of the congregation laughed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fifteen minutes later there was snickering
coming from the choir . . . then giggling . . . and eventually all out laughter
as one of the choir proclaimed, “Oh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
get it!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some folks are a little slow.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Every
church I ever served had some sort of copy of DaVinci’s painting within the
church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most churches that I visited have
some semblance of the painting hanging on a wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And . . . why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-last-supper-paintings/ranker-art">ranked
number one</a> when it comes to paintings of the last meal Jesus had with his
disciples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a masterpiece beloved
across the world of Christianity and adorns every fellowship hall from here to
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People know the painting, thus
the humor in the joke.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
a pastor I used the joke more than once in communion meditations inviting those
gathered to come to the table that is supposed to be open to all people . . .
all of God’s children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I told folks .
. . there is plenty of room at the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everyone is welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is what I believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone has a place
around the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it is
necessary if the idea of “one family” is to be embraced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that we are called to come together
as one family . . . at one table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
believe that is what Jesus taught, what he lived, and wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Though
the joke hinges on the idea of “getting everyone in the picture”, it recently
dawned on me that maybe there is a subtle message lingering in the humor when “getting
in the picture” is linked on also getting on “this side of the table”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, I could be making a mountain out
of a mole hill . . . but, to be inclusive and have everyone as one big family,
well what is exactly meant by “get on this side of the table”?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Someone
asked me when I was going to write a blog about the things I should have said
from the pulpit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As intriguing as that
sounds, I am not certain exactly what it is that I would want to write or
say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, this might be one
I would dally in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inclusion . . . the
openness, receptiveness, and welcoming of all to the table . . . is it for real
in the “church”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the church’s sake I
would hope so since that is what it preaches . . . but, I don’t know.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">All
churches are not “welcoming” despite what the sign out front says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone is welcome to find a seat at the
table unless it happens to be on the side of the table that represents that
church . . . thus, “this side of the table”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The question is: What is represented on “this side of the table”? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot I imagine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Race
would probably be firmly seated on that side of the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Race has been a major issue bouncing around
the church from the beginning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
New Testament we see the tension between the followers who came up through the
Jewish side questioning whether Gentiles could join up without first getting
circumcised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still cringe when I think
about that one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That hurts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time think about the mission
field . . . especially the American version of missionary work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before salvation there had to come
citizenship or at least cultural embrace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Schools were set up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uniforms
were handed out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>English had to be
learned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is a proven fact, research proves it, that the most segregated time on the
planet earth is Sunday mornings when churches gather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Churches are homogeneous organizational
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is natural for humans to gather
with others who are just like them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
it comes to church, the majority lack diversity—especially racial diversity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
wife grew up in the heart of our denomination’s birth story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her hometown there are still two
congregations associated with the denomination—one congregation is
predominantly white, the other predominantly black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are just down the street from one
another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Been that way for way over a
hundred years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both preach acceptance
and inclusion of all people . . . all are welcome at the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, as both congregations face decline, they
still haven’t gotten together to be one church despite the same faith roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
guess they just aren’t on the same side of the table . . . at least not yet
anyways.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lots
of other things fit into that “this side of the table” category.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Politics?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You bet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you want to see how quickly sides can be taken and lines drawn in the
sad . . . mention politics in the “church”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nothing strikes up a church conflict than politics in a church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve got your Republicans, Democrats,
Independents . . . there are liberals and conservatives . . . new school and
old school parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a time
that it was believed that politics had no place in the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was too divisive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea was to “agree to disagree and move
on”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Times have changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes political affiliation is more a
standard of church membership than actually living up to the example of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask the evangelicals making all the noise on
the news.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can people of other religious beliefs and
practices gather around the table and be welcome?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about denominationalism?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can a Methodist hop into line for the Eucharist
in the Catholic Church?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can a teetotaler
Baptist join an imbibing Episcopalian at the table?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or is the expectation, despite being “open
and welcoming” to all, that everyone thinks, prays, worships, and love God in
the same way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d throw those two ideas—religion
and denominationalism—on “this side of the table”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Speaking
of denominationalism . . . I never understood that one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in a small town that is represented by
numerous denominational congregations that call themselves “Christian”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet they can’t work together and join each other
at the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, they have to run their
own youth programs, worship services, women’s ministries, food banks, and so on
down the line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wouldn’t it be better stewardship
if they would all get together at the table and work together for what works
for the whole family?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, we only
serve those on our side of the table or those willing to come to our side of
the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, God has a great
sense of humor and a whole bunch of patience with creation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
is probably just scratching the surface of what could be thrown into “this side
of the table”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t mentioned
poverty and wealth, education, sexuality and gender, disability, culture, or nationalism
to name a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine that anything
and everything could be thrown into the discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is as great as one’s imagination . . .
whatever parameters we use to separate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The table is not as open as it is professed to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about who you would want on your side
of the table and who you wouldn’t want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Does it fit what you profess as faith?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As following Jesus?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
can’t think of anyone who does not want to be included in the picture when it
comes to being family—God’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are one creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All created in the
image of the Creator if we are to believe our scriptures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One race—the human race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Called to love one another as we love ourselves and as we have been
loved by the Holy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
still like the joke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It works in the
humor department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be a little
leery of it on the theological side, but it does make one think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Makes one think of what it means to be a part
of the family of God . . . of which I believe we are all a part of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter who you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I believe that we all want to be in the
picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to be family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
favorite picture of the Lord’s Supper is not by DaVinci.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is by Fritz Eichenberg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his depiction of the last meal, the table
is not long and rectangular . . . it is round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yeah, I know, has a King Arthurian bend to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it is my favorite as I think it gets
close to the idea of all inclusive . . . of having everyone in the
picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><img alt="" 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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As an introvert I have spent a lifetime being
misunderstood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not weird. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
sister gave me a hoodie several years ago with a simple phrase across the
chest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It said, “Eww, people”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love that sweatshirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the pandemic I was part of a virtual
meeting and not thinking, I was wearing that sweatshirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working from home at that time, I didn’t
realize what I was wearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My boss did
and I got an earful following that meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was inappropriate and gave a misunderstood message to all the other
attendees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was difficult to sit down
the rest of the day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
love that hoodie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not “hate” people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, far from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually love the human race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made my living serving people as a pastor
for over forty years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love people . .
. but, if I had a choice, I would prefer being alone to being with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts are that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where extroverts get energized by people,
introverts get drained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, I was
a pastor for over forty years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So was my
wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got home from our
respective congregations and worship on Sunday mornings, she wanted to fix a
big dinner and talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to nap and
be silent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Don’t
assume that just because I am an introvert and wear a hoodie with “Eww, people”
emblazoned across the front that I am anti-people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just like my people in small numbers (really small numbers) for short
periods of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not
anti-social.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am an introvert.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Introverts
enjoy silence and alone time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
something that extraverts don’t seem to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is estimated that two-thirds of the world’s
population is extroverted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This tendency
towards silence and being alone is often viewed negatively by the more exuberant extroverts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not . . . silence and
being alone is where introverts thrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, cut us some slack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive us
if we don’t answer the doorbell or the first knock because you want to visit
unexpectedly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember you are coming
unannounced to invade our sanctuary of solitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warn us you are coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give us time to prepare . . . or leave
town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just don’t come knocking on our
doors expecting to be greeted with open arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Same
with phones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts dislike phones
because they too interrupt the solitude of our sanctuaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the <i>Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory</i>
test that is used to determine personality type—including introversion/extroversion—one
of the main questions is: When the phone rings do you: (A) answer it
immediately, or (B) let it ring until someone else answers it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always hoped that someone else would answer
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now with cell phones the introvert
can screen calls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it ain’t an
emergency—leave a message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phone calls require a lot of emotional energy
for introverts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For introverts phone
calls are annoying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wants to talk to
an annoyed person—text and be safe.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Another annoyance for
introverts comes in the area of communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Introverts can talk . . . can communicate despite what seems to be to
the contrary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take note:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Introverts
don’t like small talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conversations
take time and energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts prefer
conversations that allow them to go deeper in relationships with other
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk of the weather or the
latest sports score is tedious, draining, and even annoying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts are tolerant folks and realize
that small talk is a part of socialization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is probably why they don’t socialize too much.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Interruptions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are talking to an introvert, then let
them speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts typically think
before they speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give them time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try not to interrupt them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t fill in the silent pauses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t change the subject before they’ve had a
chance to respond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Extroverts don’t like
silence, so they are constantly interrupting—DON’T!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts can speak if given the chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it is hard for extroverts to be
patient and do this, but they can do it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One of the greatest misconceptions I confront
in my life as an introvert is when it comes to “space”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I value “my space” whether it is physical,
psychological, or spiritual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need my “space”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Extroverts do not understand this concept of “space”
because the whole world is a playground for social interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introverts need their own “space” to
recharge, regroup, and center themselves—alone. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
live in what I consider a spacious house—five bedrooms, living room, kitchen,
laundry room, family room, and two bathrooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plenty of room for my wife and me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You would think that “space” would not be an issue with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But remember, my spouse is an extrovert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house is her domain and playground. Most
of the house and its décor reflect her and her extroversion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, she is always where I am in the house
wanting to talk and interact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
draining!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
John Prine’s song, <i>Angel from Montgomery</i>, he sings these lyrics:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">How the hell can a person</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Go to work in the morning</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And come home in the evening</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And have nothing to say?</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because
they are introverts!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Fortunately,
my wife understands, and I have been graced with a room of my own—a sanctuary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a “man cave”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family calls it my “office”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is lined with books, sentimental pictures
on the walls, and my computer. And there is no television or radio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is <i>Alexa</i>, but she lost her voice
long ago as she is always upstairs talking to my wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is my sanctuary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My place of peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My silent domain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often the family forgets that I’m even home
because it is so quiet. But that is how I like it despite the music blaring. the
television ranting, and people wanting to talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am granted this gift because those who know me know that if John ain’t
happy, ain’t nobody happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even our dogs
respect this.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
only place of sanctuary in the house is the bathroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often, I can hide away in the quiet stillness
of the bathroom to regroup and re-energize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I go in, shut and lock the door, and take a seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I read a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I just sit and think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the case, there is silence, and I am
alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, the bathroom also
serves other purposes and can be in demand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have learned to respect a sudden knock on the door with the question, “Are
you okay in there?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, give me five
more minutes and life will be good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think the family thinks I am constipated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am not, I am an introvert.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
. . . that’s it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not weird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not strange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am an introvert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, if you
ask another introvert, they will tell you that I am quite normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am misunderstood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two-thirds of the world looks at introverts
as aliens invading their world . . . or being party poopers running away from
the festivities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we introverts are
normal . . . we just need our peace and quiet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Give us that and you’d be surprised at how different we can be in a
social context . . . as long it is it only a few people, doesn’t involve a lot
of time, and we are given fair warning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We can have as much fun as anyone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Trust me, I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done it a
few times. I survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone
survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a couple of years,
but I think I’m about ready to try again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am not weird, I am misunderstood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am an introvert.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There are two voices . . . two sides.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Years
ago, my father suggested that I read the book <i>Confederates in the Attic:
Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War</i> (1998) by Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Tony Horwitz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I read and
enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read it for several
reasons: (1) I like history and was fascinated with the military leaders on
both sides of the Civil War—especially Robert E. Lee, as a kid; (2) it was rare
that my father suggest a book for me to read, so this must have been important
to him; and (3) I didn’t want to disappoint my father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Motivation comes from many sources in one’s
life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
father grew up in the heart of the South—Alabama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He spoke with what I thought was a Don
Meredith drawl—it was there, but not overwhelming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He used words and phrases that were of
Southern colloquialism which still pop up from time to time in my speech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was born and raised in the South, but
never claimed to be Southern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left
the South and Alabama as a young adult never to really return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I once asked him what made a person a
Southerner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He responded, “A state of
mind.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was all between the ears as
far as he was concerned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Horwitz’s
book explores his deep interest in the Civil War and the attitudes about the
war from both sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He travels across
the South exploring battlefields, landmarks, joining in re-enactments,
interviewing people, to discover the lasting impact and its continuing split
within our nation’s history and psyche.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is worth the effort to read, especially if you are a Civil Wart buff.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of the things that Horwitz reminds his readers of is that not all histories are
written equally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To the victors go the
spoils . . . to the winners, the history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The winners write the history . . . at least the predominant histories
that are espoused and taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of
this the story and history of the Civil War are taught from the Northern—the victors—point
of view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant that there
aren’t equal amounts of volumes produced by the South—there are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just means that the victors are in control
of the narrative for the most part.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Basically,
what we get is one side of the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One point of view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
always more than one side to any story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, there are often many sides to the stories we are taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we learn is not always the whole
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beloved radio broadcaster
Paul Harvey made a pretty good living with one of his radio shows called <i>Now
for the Rest of the Story</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On this
show he would share historical events as they were popularly known and then
thrown in a wrench to share another side of the story that was less known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, “the rest of the story.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved the show.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Being
a bookworm as a kid (still am today), I read whatever the library had about the
Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the popular to the
obscure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my reading I was often
confused about the battles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a kid it
seemed like there were lots of battles everywhere—tons of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did I realize that battles often had
two names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The authors used the name of
the battle from the side from which they were writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Antietam—bloodiest day in
American history with 22,727 dead in battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The North tabbed it the Battle of Antietam, while the South called it
the Battle of Sharpsburg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it Manassas
or Bull Run?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all comes down to who is
telling the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you ever visit
Civil War battlefields you will discover that they often have two names
displayed even though they are advertised by the names chosen by the victors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">So
. . . there are two (actually multiple) sides to every story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are two voices (probably more) telling
the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To truly understand, all
sides of the story . . . all sides of history . . . need to be heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to listen . . . to listen to the
stories from all points of view . . . from all the participants . . . to get
the whole story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not always as
simple as we would like it to be.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do
you know about the Battle of Greasy Grass from your school studies of our
nation’s western movement across the country?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was the major battle in the Great Souix War of 1876.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a turning point in the nation’s
dealings with the Native Americans they sought to remove from the territory
they wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, do you know the Battle
of Greasy Grass?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe you know it as
Custer’s Last Stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The battlefield had
that name for over a hundred years before the National Park Service changed it
to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in 1991.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was one of the few, if not the only
battlefield, named after the losers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
victors didn’t even get the glory of naming the battlefield . . . nor did they
get to tell the story from their side.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Another
point, those with power . . . those who are in control also get to write the
narrative, get to tell the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are not always the victors telling the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember there are more sides to a story than presented and accepted by
the masses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out the Battle of
Greasy Grass.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
blog is not about history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is about
stories, how they are told, and how they are heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is the whole story being told?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or are the stories just one-sided
affairs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without the rest of the story
there can be no truth . . . no understanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It takes all the pieces of the puzzle to see the picture.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
live our lives through stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
parts of our lives have stories . . . religion, politics, economics, education,
gender, culture, society . . . even our relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not wrong to ask questions and to seek
answers whenever we are told a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, we should always wonder if there is more to the stories we are being
told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we must listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In listening we learn . . . we understand . .
. we grow.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
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are always two voices . . . two sides to every story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mine, Ours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all deserve to
be heard.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I knew it!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
a long time, I had a sneaky suspicion but never could quite find the evidence I
needed to confirm it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to my old
friend in Michigan, Clif, I stumbled upon the proof I was looking for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday, on <i>Facebook</i>, my friend
posted: “Get your finger out of your nose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The internet doctor says it causes all kinds of problems up to and
including dementia.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ding!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ding!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ding!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winner, winner, chicken
dinner!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Years
ago, I wrote a blog about the number one thing that people do while driving . .
. they pick their noses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I bet you
thought I was going to say that they sing, but singing was number two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number two by a long shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Studies have shown that two-thirds of
Americans pick their noses while they drive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is a lot of <a href="https://thenewswheel.com/66-of-americans-pick-their-nose-while-driving/">nose-picking</a>!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Also,
over the years, I have written several blogs about driving in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Driving in Montana is basically an activity
that one does at one’s own risk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Montana
ranks (number nine) as one of the most dangerous states to drive in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/worst-drivers-by-state/">Look
it up</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will admit that it is
adventurous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of it must do, in my
estimation, with the fact that two-thirds of the drivers are picking their
noses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why they are so terrible
as drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are losing their minds!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Until
now I could never prove it . . . but thanks to my Michigan friend . . . the
proof is in the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nose-picking “causes
all kinds of problems up to and including dementia.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
my children were growing up, the wife and I would always get on them about
picking their noses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know kids, they
are always sticking their fingers up their noses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I jokingly asked them (and now my
grandchildren), if they were getting a little low on fluid . . . brain fluid,
that is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The implication was that their
finger was like a dipstick for measuring the level of their brain fluid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’d tell them that it is unsanitary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it would make their nose bleed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was gross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the most part, they grew out of it . . .
or at least that is what I thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
I am not so sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, two-thirds
of Americans pick their noses while driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some of my children are nosepickers when they drive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just don’t know which ones and none of them
are up to confessing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Never
did I ever think to scare them to quit picking their noses by telling them that
it could make them lose their minds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Research says it is possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research
concluded that nose-picking introduces germs into the nasal cavity which
trigger the brain to produce beta-amyloid—a sticky protein compound that
accumulates in the brain—as a defense mechanism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beta-amyloid is believed to be a leading
cause of progressive dementia that characterizes Alzheimer’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) research at this <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10669446/">link</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who would have thought!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Please
understand that dementia and Alzheimer’s is a nasty, complicated, frustrating,
sad medical condition that tears families and individuals up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know because I have family members who have
been crippled by it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one would ever wish
that on anyone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, it is a
growing issue touching more and more people across the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, as such a complicated medical dilemma,
it is too simplistic to jump to the conclusion that nose-picking caused any
person to ever fall into dementia or Alzheimer’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be disrespectful to all those
affected by this medical issue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yet,
at the same time, I am simple-minded—like most Americans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the simplistic renderings of my mind,
seeking quick answers to questions . . . well, as I said earlier, this
information confirmed that sneaky suspicion I had about all those crazy Montana
drivers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Think
about it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Two-thirds
of all Americans pick their noses while driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means that two-thirds of Montanans pick
their noses while driving.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Picking
one’s nose can lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are the losing of one’s mind . . . a
wasting away that impairs the ability to remember, think, or make decisions
that interfere with doing everyday activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That would include driving.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Poof!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That proves my point of how I see the
craziness of Montana drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
picking their noses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I know . . .
that is too simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But you must admit
that it adds up . . . that it makes sense . . . that it explains a whole bunch.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least that was what I came up
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a good American, plus
knowing I got all the information off the Internet (which we all know is the
truth as it is the most reliable source of information) . . . I have run with
it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now
that the problem has been named . . . what are we going to do about it?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
think the state of Montana ought to offer up a couple of million dollars of the
state’s taxpayers to start an anti-nose-picking campaign . . . at least get it off
our highways!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think of all the cool
slogans that could be used:</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Don’t pick and drive!”</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“The nose—a terrible thing to pick.”</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Solve the issue—grab a tissue.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
could be a two-prong campaign (one for each nostril) . . . one for health, one
for safe driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Killing two birds with
one stone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compared to some of the other
spending the state legislators have spent money on, I imagine quite a few
Montanans would go for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who doesn’t
want safer roadways and health?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I
would.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Another
thing that we can do is to do our own part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know it will be tough, but we can do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can all vow to stop picking our
noses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may take one nostril at a
time, but we can do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difficulty
will be in the fact that Montana is a great big state . . . it is 147,040 miles
in size . . . it has 69,567 miles of roads . . . and nothing is close to each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of road time, lots of time
for nose-picking. Idle hands and boredom lead to picking!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe the state can provide free nose plugs
with each driver’s license.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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the case, we just need to stop picking our noses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could save a life . . . yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds so simple, but then again . . . I
am simple.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Evangelical. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
tried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end it just wasn’t for me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On
my spiritual journey I jumped into the “church” during my sophomore year of
high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family had just moved
from a long tenure at the Air Force Academy in Colorado to a “real” military
base—Offutt Air Force Base—in Bellevue, Nebraska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though used to moving, this was a big move
for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the familiar to the
unfamiliar . . . mountainous beauty to the drabness of the plains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was the newcomer . . . the stranger in a
foreign land . . . the fish out of water . . . and I felt lost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
desire to belong and be accepted is a powerful motivator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the school bus one day I was invited to
church by a kid I viewed as “popular”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not being a dummy, I jumped at the opportunity to go to church with this
individual on the promise that it would be fun and that there were lots of cute
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took it in . . . hook, line,
and sinker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caught by the need to belong
and the raging hormones of a teenage boy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thus
began my foray into the evangelical world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Primarily
it was through the youth group that I experienced evangelicalism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The youth group was fun and there were a lot
of cute girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth group I learned
about the Bible, “saving souls”, and sharing the “good news”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sang a lot of cool songs, laughed a lot,
ate a lot of pizza, and had a good time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We lugged around our Bibles wherever we went outside of school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason our Bibles never came out of
the locker except at lunch time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were
called upon to save the world and keep humanity from descending to the depths
of hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were, though I did not know
it at the time, evangelists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually,
with 20/20 hindsight, evangelicals.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
enjoyed the youth group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other parts . .
. well, I wouldn’t put them on a list of favorite things to do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Worship
services were long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
preacher/minister dragged on and on telling the congregation about the wages of
sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At times it was real fire and
brimstone kind of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it
was downright apocalyptical, end-of-the-world sort of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed that the whole world was going to
hell in a handbasket and we—the faithful had to hand on until Jesus
returned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which I was told would be
soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There wasn’t a whole lot of “love”
preached except for those repentant who woke up, smelled the roses, got into
line, and were “saved”. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
must have gotten my attention because I finally confessed my sins, sought
forgiveness, swore I would repent, and expressed my desire to die to the old
and be born again in the grace of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In hindsight I am not sure how honest that whole exercise really
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, worship dragged on and
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of every service there
was an altar call for people to make their confession of faith to join the
church or to share a witness story of Jesus’ presence in their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until someone came forward the congregation
would sing the altar song over and over!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The preacher was always certain that there was someone who wanted to
spill the beans and sign on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now
remember . . . <i>Jesus Calls Us</i> . . . over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure if I made my confession of faith
because I honestly felt it or because I just wanted that hymn to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God only knows, but I like to think that God
was happy when the singing stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
I heard Jesus the first time . . . but isn’t it a little pushy on the 16<sup>th</sup>
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or maybe it was from the pressure
of those members of the youth group who kept asking me when I was going to be
born again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could have been the constant
pressure I felt from the pastor who kept telling us that he knew that Jesus was
working on someone’s heart to confess . . . all the while it felt like he was
looking and talking to me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
guess something inside of me snapped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
confessed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was saved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was born again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all honesty it felt good to get that
weight off my shoulders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was replaced
with the burden of being evangelistic . . . of “witnessing” . . . of going out
into the world to share the “good news” and making new disciples of the world’s
abundant heathens.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
was an introvert’s worse nightmare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
sucked at it from the very beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The first time we did it as a youth group they dragged us to the bus
station in Omaha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do heathens
travel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where else would they be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bus station of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They dumped us off with the evangelical
survival kit . . . our Bibles and a whole bunch of Bible tracks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Bible
tracks . . . you know what I am talking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were little illustrated booklets—holy mini-comics—that told the
salvation story of some wicked lost prodigal who had fallen among the sinners
of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The devil made the person
do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were pawns in the hands of
the devil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these stories there was
always some miraculous conversion in which Jesus saved the sinner at his or her
worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would have been more “real”
for me if they had one about having to sit through a 16-verse altar call in
church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seemed more “real” to me
than what we were handing out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
all of this the goal was to bring people to salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give a track, strike up a conversation, and
save a soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too introverted, plus it felt dishonest and
based on a whole lot of guilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me there
didn’t seem to be much about what mattered most—love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did it once and never again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I was given Bible tracks to distribute, I
typically left them in places where someone might find them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I flunked the “evangelist” part of being
evangelical.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
should have known I wasn’t a good match for the evangelicals when I finally got
my own Bible—The Living Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t
the <i>King James</i> version.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
almost blasphemous . . . it wasn’t God’s word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No, it was a paraphrase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I
tell you what . . . it sure was easier to read and understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i>King James</i> was like stepping into
a foreign land in which everyone spoke a language I had never heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Shakespearean while the Living Bible
was good ol’ English that I could understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was rarely asked to read from my secular Bible at youth group.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There
is much about the evangelical church that was not congruent for me though I
could not put my finger on it at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a patriarchal structure and system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women are not valued equally as the “children
of God”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, men are the driving force
and blessed of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never like the way
that all the important tasks and leadership roles—even in youth group—were saved
for the men.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
did not appreciate the way that they looked down on those who were not “saved”
or “born again”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were heathens . .
. even my family who put up with this evangelical fever I had at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were on the other side . . . lost
forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, it just didn’t quite add
up for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just didn’t feel right.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">People
who were different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My brothers with
disabilities . . . they were a burden to endure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were “less than” . . . not among the “chosen”
as demonstrated by their disabilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
mark of sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was never said directly,
it was implied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were not the
children of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were not embraced
for who they were, but as something of a charity case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain, with 20/20 hindsight, that the
belief was that my brothers. Were a price to be paid for sins somewhere in the
family tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t buy that.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Diversity
. . . there was none.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was about as homogeneous
as white bread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though it was never
said, I could feel it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did not
fit the mold, you did not belong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
my best friends at that time was black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though
he went to church with me several times, he started refusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Told me that he didn’t feel welcomed—tolerated,
but not welcomed. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
really tried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really tried to be
evangelical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I just didn’t have what
it takes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just didn’t fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was never comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never thought I fit in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too extroverts for an introvert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was too dogmatic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too rigid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Too regimented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too patriarchal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I flunked the evangelical test.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just did not have what it takes . . . I
have a brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The brain is a terrible
thing to waste.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
was an evangelical for a little over a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My father got transferred and we moved again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I moped around for several months when we
settled in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother got tired of it
and suggested that I hoof my way down the church at the end of the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I did . . . it was a fork in the road,
and I took it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not evangelical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, far from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never looked back and never felt
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is another story for
another time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Honestly,
I did try.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Being an introvert, I really do not care for a lot
of chaotic noise invading my world . . . my space . . . or my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, we live in a world filled with chaotic
noise pounding us from all directions stirring up vitriol creating division and
divisiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems and feels like
everyone is hollering at one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is wearing me down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want the hollering
to stop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">John
Prine wrote a song called <i>Quit Hollerin’ at Me</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The premise of the song’s story is that the
advertising world—especially on television—is constantly hollering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buy this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Use this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Say this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hear this! Yada, yada, yada!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This onslaught is overwhelming to the point
that the singer has had enough and wants all the “hollerin’” to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth is that the song is about more than
advertising . . . it fits all the “hollerin’” going on in the world today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should listen to the <a href="https://youtu.be/bTSxcvnLC-U?si=DUapWEtab05FVc_T">song</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The
hollering is all around us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is the
economic hollering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is religious
bantering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is the climate
screaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is the continual
political yapping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is all the “ism”
posturing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is gender and sexuality
piping into the fray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone is striving
to be heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hollering . . . yelling . .
.screaming . . . howling—noise, noise, noise!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All want us to listen and follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is enough to drive a person insane—especially an introvert like me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The
scary thing about it all is that all this hollering is grounded in fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not about understanding the “other”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is about fearing the “other”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who is the “other”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, that would be anyone who doesn’t see,
believe, and live like the one doing all the hollering.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The
idea behind hollering is that hollering gets heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It might be true if everyone wasn’t hollering
at the same time. It is all noise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Noise
has been proven to raise the anxiety level in critters and humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems to ramp up the fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fear is the new bat used to beat people into
submission.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">In
his 1933 inaugural address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the phrase, “Nothing
to fear but fear itself.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His goal was
to calm the nation’s people of their economic fears and to sell them on his
domestic policies and programs to alleviate the problems of the Great
Depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, of course, he started
hollering and stoking up the fear if people didn’t listen and follow his
guidance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Fear
is “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is
dangerous, likely to cause pain or be a threat.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this hollering is based on fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We humans do not like being scared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this we have bought into fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, somehow, out of all this hollering we
are supposed to discover the solution to all our fear . . . to all that scares
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, right!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You tell me what you hear . . . I hear a lot
of noise. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I’m
tired of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am certain that I am not
the only one fatigued by all this hollering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just want some peace and quiet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t we all?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Sadly,
I don’t think it is going to go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think the past couple of decades has only seen it grow . . . that and social
media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Social media has only amplified
the hollering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is out of control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fear is big business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fear sells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It will get worse before it ever gets better . . . remember we are about
to enter the “season of fear”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an
election year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hollering will only
get worse as we enter the realm of politics in an election year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">All
the hollering will center around fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What do we citizens of the United States of America fear?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, apparently a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the annual research conducted by
Chapman University’s <i><a href="https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/survey-american-fears.aspx">Survey
of American Fears</a></i> it appears there is a lot of fears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The survey covers 97 topics ranging from
government, health and environmental matters to disaster preparedness, the
paranormal and personal anxieties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
2023 the “top ten” fears were:</span></p>
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government officials (1)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Economic/financial
collapse (2)</span></p>
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using nuclear weapons (3)</span></p>
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becoming involved in another war (4)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">People
I love becoming seriously ill (5)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">People
I love dying (6)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Pollution
of drinking water (7)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Biological
warfare (8)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Cyberterrorism
(9)</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Not
having enough money for the future (10)</span></p>
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warming (20), outcome of the next presidential election (23), and random/mass shootings
(24).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">If
you take out the personal fears about the people we love, eight of the ten are
familiar hollering themes that I have heard my whole life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several have been around way before I was
ever born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we are all hearing them
now as the election year ramps up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Woe
to our ears!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Whatever
the case, fear is a mechanism of control by those in power . . . and it
works!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It works because we humans are
lazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are looking for the easy way
out . . . the loopholes . . . the least amount of time and energy spent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If someone else is willing to do the work . .
. then so be it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If someone wants to
tell us want to think and do . . . well, that is better and easier for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hope is maybe they’ll stop hollering at
us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Though
we humans might be lazy, we do have brains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are capable of thinking for ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if it appears as if all the hollering
has lodged itself in our heads, there is still our voice buried deep under all
that noise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our voice of reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our voice of compassion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our voice can lead us where we need and
should go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our voice can speak for
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ought to listen to that
voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listen and trust that voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we use our own brains, do our own work,
that voice will show us the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must
believe in ourselves because in the end it is our choice and no one else’s as
to what we believe and do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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about it . . . those ten fears . . . what is new?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corrupt government officials—show me a
generation where this is not the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Economic/financial collapse—nothing new there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Russia using its nuclear weapons—its been there
since the Cold War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine that one
of Russia’s greatest fears is that the United States will launch its nuclear
weapons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another war?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of our nation’s history shows that we
have been at war or in a military conflict practically every year of our
existence . . . history proves this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>War
is nothing new for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pollution and
climate change has been happening since I was a child and that was a long, long
time ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When has money—in particular,
having enough not been a concern?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
really are no new fears under the sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just a lot more hollering about them.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We
are not stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have the resources
and the brain power to begin to solve all the fears we have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just need to stop listening to all the
hollering and that includes our own hollering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need to sit down, listen, discuss and discern, and trust one another
for the sake of everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be done if we quit being bullied by
all those hollering.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">What
we need is a mantra . . . something to remind us that we are fully capable of
thinking for ourselves . . . capable of working together for the benefit of all
. . . capable of community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think John
Prine offered a good one: “Quit hollerin’ at me!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, we could add to it the <a href="https://youtu.be/GFzlm9wQ4MI?si=yryh7F_E0zd1nrwq">classic line</a> from
the movie <i>Network</i> (1976): “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take
this anymore!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Combine the two and we
have the perfect mantra to guide us in this adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">“I’m
mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quit hollerin’ at me!”</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Hey,
it works for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Might work for
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ought to at least give it a shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do we have to lose?</span></p>
<p><br /> </p>revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-71194288124452818982024-01-20T19:28:00.002-07:002024-01-20T19:28:35.894-07:00Quinn No!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkImKdwdMN262yYSwzEki8Uf0EBjrsW8pc5EnC3Hxc0KqCzyvF4gXnh_d88933_jnrIawB44_kzzLF1wUlT5W2svb7EngN1J48T0GlZ8Mbn6c_FlhW36Y27vC71R4Sh7rRvp2IkVqBD0zHAor9gRfdh8CSs2sRXgjAktUmNHVN9ZfDbqMwFReoaH7/s2048/370484230_10230696283180078_4211439428989802680_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkImKdwdMN262yYSwzEki8Uf0EBjrsW8pc5EnC3Hxc0KqCzyvF4gXnh_d88933_jnrIawB44_kzzLF1wUlT5W2svb7EngN1J48T0GlZ8Mbn6c_FlhW36Y27vC71R4Sh7rRvp2IkVqBD0zHAor9gRfdh8CSs2sRXgjAktUmNHVN9ZfDbqMwFReoaH7/s320/370484230_10230696283180078_4211439428989802680_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since I have been writing the <i>Big Old Goofy
World</i> blog the most popular and viewed entry has been <i><a href="https://bogw.blogspot.com/2012/01/door-bell.html">Door Bell!</a></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been viewed approximately 2,500
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dora Bell was our miniature Dachshund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never in my wildest dreams did I think that a
blog about one of our dogs would be the most popular thing I wrote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, if you knew Dora, it only makes
sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all she was a Dachshund, and
everyone knows that the world revolves around Dachshunds . . . at least she
thought it did.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dora
passed during the thick of the Covid pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She had just turned 16 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is a lot of years for any dog . . . quite an accomplishment for a
Dachshund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her heart finally gave out
and she took her last breath in the arms of those who loved her deeply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sadden our hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A huge void was created in our hearts and
lives.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nine
months later we got Birdie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie is a beautiful,
kind, gentle, and playful soul of a dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is a “Borgie”—a Border Collie and Corgie mix that we got from a
ranch near Melstone, Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were
told by the ranch family that we got her from that they used Borgies as cattle
dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of their shortness it is
difficult for the cattle to kick them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was good to know even though we didn’t have any cattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Six grandkids were as close as we could get
to cattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got Birdie because she was
the cutest, least active, and most beautiful of the litter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out she was pulling the wool over our
eyes . . . She is cute, beautiful, but she is far from inactive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite the opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has easily carved her niche in our hearts
and lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A wonderful addition to the
family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
is not about Birdie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie’s story will
come another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, this is the story
about Quinn.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Who
is Quinn?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
is the newest addition to the Keener canine family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn joined our family in March of 2023 at
the ripe old age of seven months old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is a miniature Dachshund . . . and I mean miniature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is an itty bitty and weighs in at 8.5
pounds soaking wet at 15 months of age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well beyond her growing years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is hard not to fall in love with her . . . though I tried.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
tried hard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
comes from a pet store in nearby Billings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A pet store my wife likes to frequent on her lunch breaks to see the
puppies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is how she discovered Quinn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the last of a litter of mini-Dachshunds
that the store was selling from a Hutterite colony in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the sole survivor of the litter left
unsold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably because she was a
runt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had been at the store for
several months, which is odd for a puppy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My wife fell in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The puppy reminded
her of Dora.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, began the emotional
combat . . . the pleading . . . the tempting . . . the pulling of heart
strings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The onslaught was on whether I
was ready or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though she wouldn’t
admit it, she was determined to bring Quinn into the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She began playing me like a fiddle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
a while I resisted quite well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, at
the same time, I had to admit that Quinn was quite cute from the pictures I
received daily on my cell phone from my wife. It went against my better
instincts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a puppy from a pet store,
and we have all heard the horror stories of puppies from pet stores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To top it off, she had been there for several
months, which is a long time for a pup to be in a store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time that was the trump card the
wife played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was sad to see such a
cute puppy living in a kettle in a pet store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She needed freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She needed a
family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Twang!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heartstrings broke.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
was broken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We negotiated bail for Quinn
and freed her from her pet store captivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was a free dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She waltzed
right into the family and our hearts . . . though timidly at first.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
took her about a week to completely warm up to us . . . to trust us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now the wife had figured that Quinn would be
her dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much to her chagrin the little
stinker attached herself to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pup
was like a shadow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everywhere I went,
she went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When napping she cuddled up on
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family teased me about how
attached she was to me and that she wasn’t the sort of dog a masculine person
would have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It did not matter what I
said, they were relentless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept
saying she wasn’t mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily (for my
sake) she has broadened her world and is willing to any available lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife is happier now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn still shadows me though.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But
Quinn is not Dora . . . despite the resemblance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, Quinn is her own dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, she is a Dachshund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of that she has many of the Dachshund
traits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
loves to eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a bottomless pit
where food disappears into the vast unknown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Quinn has never met a food that she didn’t like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give her give her that. You name it, she
will eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nor is she bashful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no problem trying to help Birdie eat
her food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, Birdie is fairly
tolerant . . . she growls a little, but always leaves a kibble or two for her
little sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You name it . . . Quinn
will eat it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
is bossy . . . or maybe assertive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has
no problem in letting people know what she is thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Living by her stomach, she has an internal
clock that lets her know its time to eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At 5:00PM, every day, she begins barking and letting us know that it is
time . . . time to feed the pups!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
pretty insistent about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Same with the
morning and noon feedings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When her
stomach insists, she responds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She comes
to wherever I am, sits at my feet, rolls those big brown eyes, and starts
yapping.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is effective . . . she gets what she wants.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Same
with playing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves to play . . .
especially with toys that make noise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The louder and irritating the sound, the better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her goal is either to drive us crazy with the
noise or, heaven forbid . . . she must get the squeaker out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a menace to stuffed toys, she has
methodically demolished and torn apart every stuffed toy apart . . . one limb
at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her toys are scattered across
the house and yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, being a
Dachshund, all the toys are hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie
isn’t so sure about that . . . but, again, she is patient with her little
sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dachshunds don’t share well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
loves to play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She attempts to play with
Birdie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie probably weighs five times
more than Quinn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn is also small
enough that she can stroll under Birdie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Size does not deter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She tries to
play with Birdie . . . tires to play tug-a-war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It lasts a few minutes and then Birdie shakes her head and Quinn goes
flying and tumbling into the ozone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unphased . . . Quinn comes running back for more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
I said . . . she’s a talker and lets you know she is there and has something to
say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have come to appreciate these
conversations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look her in the eyes
and ask, “What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did Timmy fall into the
well?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, this only prompts her
to bark more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She barks when she wants
to eat . . . when she wants to play . . . when she wants to go out . . . to
announce intruders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think she just
likes to bark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More times than not she
grows tired of trying to get me to understand, turns and walks away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m an idiot that she leaves in her dust.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
love her enthusiasm for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
full of joy in the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves her sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It enthuses from her very being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She often gets what we call the “rips” where she runs and zips through
the house at lightening speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is “damn
the torpedoes!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is “full speed ahead!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thumpity thump through the house or yard at a
hundred miles an hour—the thundering wiener is on the loose. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is pure joy in motion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A sight to behold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I had her enthusiasm for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d join her, but the wife would get
irritated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as graceful as Quinn
. . . nor am I as cute.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
is still a puppy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She acts like a
puppy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She thinks like a puppy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is constantly exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Constantly checking out everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lets her curiosity get the best of her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It often leads to . . . well everything she
should not be doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she
knows the word “NO!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knows it quite
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she probably thinks her
name is “Quinn, no!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dora was always
barking at every noise . . . at every person who came to the door . . . at
every visitor who graced our home—thus she earned the nickname “Dora Bell”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn has earned her moniker of “Quinn No!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Quinn
has taken her place in our heart and the legacy or pups we have loved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She joins those that came before her . . .
Pettie (Scottish Terrier), Whoopie (Akita), Maddie (Boxer), Dora (mini-Dachshund),
Lucy (dapple mini-Dachshund), and Birdie (Borgie).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throw into the mix our granddog Scout (Australian
Shepherd/Border Collie mix), my current girlfriend, Stockton (neighbor’s dog),
Moose (Great Dane and previous neighbor’s dog), Bear (Great Pyrenees), and Honey
Badger (rez dog of neighbors).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love
them and loved them all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have made
our lives better and joyful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have
left their marks upon us . . . or as someone said, “Dogs leave paw prints on
our hearts.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quinn has joined our family
and lives with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could not imagine
it any other way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">You’d
think we would learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some unknown dog
lover said, “Having a dog will bless you with many of the happiest days of your
life, and one of he worse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, you
would think that we’d learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is worth
the risk.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yes,
Quinn, yes! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p><br /> </p>revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-80736195037698097292024-01-14T14:15:00.002-07:002024-01-14T14:15:37.362-07:00Down the Rabbit Hole, Part Three<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjne-XmVhnvQR_jswikm76n6pI_wrxMsgtfaAG2GbqJy4Eu4VM3o1me19qw2-PRGsNLXG3ifgXLCg7aWqTFllsI1WsLGGMWdOGIyWg45wRzZDq9Krn_qVUmGmlz2nTecQV6jVZjmWMW-FOWpjIiIjnn6hFuTtxYBqHoGXMMHjor3V2FmKt3dqxvW8n/s615/Screenshot%202024-01-14%20141211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="615" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjne-XmVhnvQR_jswikm76n6pI_wrxMsgtfaAG2GbqJy4Eu4VM3o1me19qw2-PRGsNLXG3ifgXLCg7aWqTFllsI1WsLGGMWdOGIyWg45wRzZDq9Krn_qVUmGmlz2nTecQV6jVZjmWMW-FOWpjIiIjnn6hFuTtxYBqHoGXMMHjor3V2FmKt3dqxvW8n/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-14%20141211.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Neither of my parents spoke much about their
families while I was growing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
may have indulged in family history with my siblings, particularly my sister,
but not me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, I did not ask any
questions either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My understanding of
the family was quite limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I have
previously written, there were a few stories on my mother’s side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assumed we were a small family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my cousins on my mother’s side seemed to
be second cousins to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On that side of
the family, I don’t remember a first cousin until my uncle, who happened to be
a step-uncle, got married later in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then I inherited my newly acquired aunt’s daughter and then later
another daughter that was born into that marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outside of that . . . well, there were no
first cousins on my mother’s side.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On
my father’s side . . . well, that is a story I still don’t know or understand
completely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My father just never spoke
about his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Growing up we rarely
saw any of the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though I imagine
there were more encounters that I remember, I can only remember three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once my grandparents, my aunt Wanda, and Michelle--who
I assumed was my only cousin, came out to visit us in Colorado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one day, out the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least that is how I remember it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second time was when my parents threw all
of us kids into a station wagon and we headed east to see all the family on
both sides.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
remember that trip for two reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
one packed any underwear for me on the trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I only had the pair I had on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After several days it was, well we could say, crusty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that age . . . it was embarrassing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too bashful to let anyone know . . . I
endured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t until the second week
of the trip when we hit North Carolina and my mother’s family did I confess to
my situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was probably why none
of my siblings wanted to willingly sit next to me on the trip and why they
always made me sit by the window.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
other reason I remember that trip is because I felt like a fish out of
water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though my parents were born and
raised in the South, I had never been around a lot of Southerners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They spoke funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heavy accents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A drawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Different phrasing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Different
meanings of words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was lost whenever I
was spoken to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At my grandparents’ house
I slept out on the sun porch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
night my grandfather asked if I needed “another pillar”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where I came from a “pillar” was something
that held the roof of a building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
stared dumbfoundedly at my grandfather thinking, “What in the world am I going
to do with a pillar!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think he thought
I was a little slow.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
last time I remember seeing my grandparents was when my wife and I visited them
in Albertville, Alabama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wanted to introduce
them to their first two great-grandchildren (two more would follow) from our
union.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife and I were clergy in the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandparents and Aunt Wanda were Southern
Baptist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were sojourners in a strange
land.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My assumptions from I could
deduct for the limited information my father shared over the years was much
different than the reality I know now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On my father’s side I thought I had the one first cousin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out that I have a whole bunch of first
cousins that I was never aware of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
father rarely spoke about his sisters and their families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shoot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For the longest time I believed that I only had two aunts—Billie and
Wanda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine the shock I experienced
when I received a package from Atlanta, Georgia from Ann Keener when we had our
first born.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
the time my father was stationed in San Jose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As far as I knew, my mother was there too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a quick phone call, I learned that my
father actually had three sisters, thus giving me a third aunt on his side of
the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did I know then.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">With
the birth of our first child, I learned how important the Keener family name
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only phone call I ever got
personally from my grandfather came the day our son was born.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
phone rang and I answered, “Hello.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
thick Southern drawl spoke, “Well, what was it?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“A
boy.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Click!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The call was over, and the “Keener” name was
safe for another generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
proudly say that the youngest son picked up the mantle to secure the “Keener”
name for yet another generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “Keener”
name will not die on our branch of the family tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a son also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that I feel that I have honored the family
name and the desire of my grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Keener legacy continues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There
seem to be a lot of stories on my father’s side of the family I had never
known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are lots of relatives I
have never met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through social media I
have discovered a few relatives . . . cousins mostly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time there looks like there are a
whole bunch more! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Years
ago, while working on a master’s degree in mental health counseling, I had to
write a genealogy or family tree report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Through limited family connections I discovered my great-uncle Elmo
Keener.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After contacting him, he shared
a wealth of family history . . . and what a history it turned out to be!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Down
the genealogical hole I descended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is what I learned:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Casper
Keener.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great-great-great-great-great-great-great
grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He traveled to the New World
and its colonies from Germany (from the Black Forest area located near Hamburg)
in 1738.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would be the starting point
of the Keener journey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Abraham
Keener.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would be my great-great-great-great-great-great
grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He moved to the colonies
from Germany in 1741.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was an indentured
servant until 1772.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Martin
Keener.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With my middle name being “Martin”, I wonder
if this great-great-great-great-great grandfather had anything to do with
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know, but I can tell you
it took me forever to learn how to spell it . . . I always added an “A” to the
name—MARTIAN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was born in Germany and
moved to the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Served on the side of the colonists, serving
in Bentley’s Company out of North Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was able to find records of his service as a private in the
company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is listed on this <a href="https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr16-0699">document</a>
on page 1099. Though he started on the Patriots’ side during the war, he was
forced by the German government to fight on England’s side as a Troy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of the war, he lost his land for
having fought on the side of the Troys.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pleasant
Earl Keener.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was my great-great-great
grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving to Alabama from Georgia
he drove his team of oxen so hard that at Blue Pond—which was known to be
bottomless, they smelled the water and started to run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oxen, cart, and belongings went into the pond
and sunk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were never seen again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">During
the Civil War, Union soldiers razed Pleasants farm while he was working at the
Corn Wall Furnace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They killed his hogs,
and his daughter was raped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pleasant
vowed to kill the man who raped his daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They caught up with the man in Tennessee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great-great-great grandmother identified
the man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing them, the man ran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pleasant followed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three days later Pleasant returned covered in
blood and his clothes tattered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He never
spoke about it again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On
one farm he farmed corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow a horse
kept getting into the fenced field and eating the corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pleasant and his son staked out the field one
night and saw a man, Bacon John Mitchel, come riding up on his horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He dismounted, let down the fence, and told
the horse to “eat up.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he left
while the horse gorged itself on Pleasant’s corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pleasant and his son caught the horse and
proceeded to ride it up the road a ways . . . Then they shot it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man returned the next and asked Pleasant
if he knew anything about his horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pleasant proceeded to tell the man what happened to the horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man challenged Pleasant to a duel at
sunrise the next day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pleasant
and his son went out that evening to wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pleasant gave his son a whistle with the instructions to let him know
when the man was coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the man
got to a certain place, Pleasant let Bacon John Mitchel have it in the rear end
with a load of bird shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time
the man had gotten all the shot removed and healed up, the statue of
limitations had expired—by one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pleasant was never charged.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Martin
Dewitt Keener.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great-great grandfather was a justice of
the peace for years and fought the Klu Klux Klan (KKK).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to family lore he never bent to
their will despite having been harassed with crosses burned on his yard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Whew!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I thought there wasn’t much there on the
Keener side of the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did I
know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the genealogical
iceberg that is my family’s story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is a lot more out there waiting to be learned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am forever grateful for my Great-uncle Elmo for sharing the story as
he collected it . . . thankful for those members of the family who pointed to
him years ago . . . and, thankful for the doors it opened to a family I never
knew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I stated earlier, through
social media, I have come to meet relations I never knew existed . . . lots of
cousins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From what I understand, there are
a whole bunch more out there.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
I get older, I want my children and grandchildren to know their family roots .
. . to know where they come from . . . and add to the family tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It won’t be easy, but it is attainable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting closer to real retirement, I know
that I will have more time to explore the family tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I was famous, I would just have Henry
Louis Gates, Jr. of <i><a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/">Finding
Your Roots</a></i> on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) do the research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am not famous, nor am I rich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will have to rely upon research . . . and
family—both old and new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will probably
shake a few branches and see what falls out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I have said, genealogy is a great big rabbit hole . . . and I have
fallen and can’t get out!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let the fun
begin!</span></p>
<p><br /> </p>revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-65053461802608422712024-01-12T14:12:00.004-07:002024-01-12T14:12:59.612-07:00Jesus Wept<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK73bT3nMOuD0sAAEjsDGQE67Du_xyTsJ-RLQKREriAPB6bInEUvK_WFOOPMSqYYS1Rwiw1VUx1yM2kWaB_6uqy4f-QS0rD4AjOwI8t5M8-FeiMscb2SIAK8s9L4QIIHsNi_SAZeWdqa-9C43NSr4NilBD_fNFDdrHvm9CX_4ImmNKv-zx74-UwUl/s800/why-did-jesus-weep.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK73bT3nMOuD0sAAEjsDGQE67Du_xyTsJ-RLQKREriAPB6bInEUvK_WFOOPMSqYYS1Rwiw1VUx1yM2kWaB_6uqy4f-QS0rD4AjOwI8t5M8-FeiMscb2SIAK8s9L4QIIHsNi_SAZeWdqa-9C43NSr4NilBD_fNFDdrHvm9CX_4ImmNKv-zx74-UwUl/s320/why-did-jesus-weep.png" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Curiosity killed the cat . . . </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
wonder if it has a hand in killing one’s faith.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lately,
on my <i>Facebook</i> feed, I have been noticing that there are posts that
produce a verse of scripture that is supposed to represent that person’s faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been interesting perusing these posts,
especially of people I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
impressed and would agree on the scriptural references generated to represent
these friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some I would even say are
“right on”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Impressive even.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s when my curiosity reared its head.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Hold
my beer,” I said to my spouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We say
and do that here in Montana when bellying up to a challenge.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Going
to one such post, I clicked on it, gave my name . . . and waited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BOOM!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I got a reply . . . “Jesus wept.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>John 11:35.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shortest verse in
the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m
a thoughtful and reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wasn’t sure what to do with that reference about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain that there are those in my life who
would agree with that assessment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
have always questioned my faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
also certain that are times when Jesus did weep when it came to me and my
understanding of faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lord knows that
I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But . . . really!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Jesus wept.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Faith
is a personal thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not something
decided and judged by others, though that seems to be the popular belief and
practice these days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My faith is between
the Creator and myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully the Creator
is more benevolent with me than I am with myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Creator will decide.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because
of that I don’t put any “stock” into artificial intelligent generated postings
on <i>Facebook</i> when it comes to my faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In truth, I did not play the “game” . . . I did not seek a generated
scriptural reference about my faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was just a humorous “what if” . . . what if I did this and my scriptural verse
was “Jesus wept”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found it highly humorous
and amusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made me laugh out
loud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who says the Creator doesn’t have
a sense of humor?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
it comes to faith it really comes down to “actions” versus “words”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faith is expressed in actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Words are a dime a dozen . . . probably much
more with inflation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we do is more
important than what we say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love is not
a noun; it is a verb . . . an “action” verb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, as most are apt to say, God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>God is love.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Maybe
someone needs to create an app that uses artificial intelligence that generates
a way to weigh and measure one’s ability to “love”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plug your name in and . . . BOOM . . . a measurement
of one’s love in action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could that be a
measurement of one’s faith?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
don’t know, but it would be interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I imagine the shortest verse in the Bible would sum up the general score
of such an AI app . . . “Jesus wept.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beyond the “feel good” stories we hear . . . individual examples of love
. . . the reality is that the “big picture” is not so bright and cheery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at the “big picture” of the world
we live in . . . well, we’ve got a long way to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is sad.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
the same time—who knows?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m
a proponent of the 99<sup>th</sup> monkey theory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theory is based on the story of
scientists removing a monkey off an isolated island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scientists teach the monkey to wash its
hands before eating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the monkey is
returned to the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scientists
want to see what happens and if it will make a difference with the other
monkeys.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of
course, with its newfound skill, the monkey demonstrates its washing of hands
before eating to the other monkeys on the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monkeys basically ignore the hand-washing
monkey and ridicule it in the way that monkeys ridicule I imagine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite it all, the monkey continues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten . . . fifty . . . and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then one day when it was washing its hands in
front of the 99<sup>th</sup> monkey, they all started washing their hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Persistence pays off.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That’s
the thing . . . no one ever knows when their “actions” are going to make a difference
or create change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All one can do is to
keep on trying . . . keep on loving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eventually something is going to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, it is with faith . . . with love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My faith—my love in action—occurs within me and through me in how I live
and relate to others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is where it
begins for me and for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the
only way that it has ever worked . . . one individual at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we keep on trying to love, we are
eventually going to encounter that 99<sup>th</sup> monkey.</span></p>
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must keep on trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we don’t . . .
well, then, I imagine Jesus just might weep.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">My friend in Michigan would probably
disagree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, he would scold me . .
. call me a young whipper snapper . . . and remind me that I am not that
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clif is in his 90s and is as sharp
as ever, though his body might disagree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But as I write this, I feel old.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I
probably should not have read the newspaper this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i>Billings Gazette</i> is doing what
most newspapers do the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day—they are
running articles highlighting the events and people of the past year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today’s paper shared a list of names of those
who have died in 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only the names of
those people deemed famous or important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being curious, I read the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Man, I feel old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a lot
of people on that list that I knew and admired—some more than others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">There
were so many I had to break them down into groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The groups I came up with were entertainers,
musicians/singers, sports, and everyone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each person sparked some sort of reaction or memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I am fairly normal in thinking that
my favorite stars, performers, and athletes would never age . . . actually
never die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That they will live
forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death is the great equalizer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Entertainers</span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Lisa
Marie Presley.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daughter of Elvis and Priscella Presley—a direct
connection to the “King”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lived an
entertaining and interesting life including a stint as the spouse of Michael
Jackson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Evis myth dies hard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Raquel
Welch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">One of my prepubescence
crushes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not the most talented
individual, but beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She made me
long for the Stone Age after watching <i>One Million Years B.C.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admired her, especially how she maximized
her assets and beauty to become an icon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Jerry
Springer. </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mudslinger extraordinaire before slinging mud
was commonplace and monetized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
the first to bring humanity into the gutter at the expense of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was like watching the news from the
trailer park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess he was good for
killing an hour or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still wonder
where he found his guests.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Paul
Reubens . . . Pee Wee Herman.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
struck it big while cashing in on his quirky weirdness as a popular entertainer
for children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t quite get it and
found him immature . . . which was great if you were drunk or high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of which I was not most of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he got in trouble at an adult theater
for an incident while watching porn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
famous fall hard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Bob
Barker.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure how this became a star.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you can tell I was not a fan of
his.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cringed whenever I saw him on
television.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He reminded me of that
creepy guy down the street who thought too highly about himself and liked
hitting on women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least he wasn’t
like Richard Dawson who would grope the female contestants and ask them for a
smooch on <i>Family Feud</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The price
was never right for me with Bob Barker.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Suzanne
Somers.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another crush in the beginning of her
career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was another who made the
most of her beauty and stereotypical “dumb blonde” looks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out she wasn’t so dumb and made
millions on her assets, especially wearing spandex and hawking her exercise
videos and the infamous <i>Thigh Master</i> (“I must, I must, I must develop my
bust!”)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I liked her best when she was
the innocent preacher’s daughter from the sticks on <i>Three’s Company</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ryan
O’Neal.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not much of an actor, but somehow got famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Better known as Tatum O’Neal’s father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought he was such a wimp in <i>Love Story</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do wonder how he ended up married to Farah
Fawcett.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always did regret never having
her poster hanging up in my college dorm room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sorry, Ryan . . . I didn’t love you.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Alan
Arkin.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guy had a sense of humor of I appreciate
and love—dry and sarcastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wonderful actor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enjoyed him and his performance with Michael
Douglas in <i>The Kominsky Method</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Watch the series if you have not seen it . . . it is worth it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Norman
Lear</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> .
. . what can I say?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>All in the Family</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never missed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the reality of my teen years in America.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Sports</span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Bobby
Hull.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hockey royalty even though he played most of
his career for the wrong team—the Chicago Blackhawks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though I have been a life-long Boston
Bruins fan, I admired him as one of the all-time greatest.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Dick
Fosbury.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know track and field, you
probably don’t know who this guy is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He revolutionized
the high jump when he went against tradition and started “flopping” over the
bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of doing the usual “scissors”
jump, he rolled over with the “flop”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
was the laughingstock of the world of track and field . . . but he had the last
laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changed high jumping
forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone “flops” now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved this guy even though I never high
jumped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My best jumping is to
conclusions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Jim
Brown.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tough football player who went on to
act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big civil rights activist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He played football better than he acted . . .
actually is in the National Football League Hall of Fame as one of the
greatest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never got an Oscar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite movie?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Dirty Dozen</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Dick
Butkus.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing about Butkus is that played on
the wrong team—the Chicago Bears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he
was an Illinois kid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a Minnesota
Vikings fan, that bothered me, but he was my favorite linebacker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loved his game attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was simple . . . he would declare that he
had a “good” game if he sent one player on the opposing team off the field on a
stretcher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved him as Mongo in <i>Blazing
Saddles</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Bobby
Knight.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man everyone loved to hate when it came
to basketball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a stick of
dynamite with a short fuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had anger
issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was mean and difficult
towards his players, but the man could coach basketball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got the most out of what he had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will never forget him tossing a chair
across the basketball court when he had a disagreement with a referee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entertaining.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Music</span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Jeff
Beck.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A member of the <i>Yardbirds</i>, but more
importantly was one of the greatest guitarists who helped change rock and
roll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introduced the masses to “world
music” bringing in different cultural music into his songs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">David
Crosby.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Huge loss in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the best groups . . . <i>Crosby,
Stills, Nash, and Young</i> (or other manifestations of the individual
members).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man could sing . . .
harmonize with the best of them . . . musical genius at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also an adventurous and outspoken
soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will miss him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Burt
Bacharach.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grew up listening to this music because my parents
listened to this music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was before
I went to the dark side of rock and roll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The man wrote for himself and slew of others: The Drifters, The Sherelles,
Perry Como, Andy Williams, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Vinton, Doris Day, Tom Jones,
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5<sup>th</sup>
Dimension, Roberta Flack, Neil Diamond, and the Carpenters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a hit-making machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wrote the soundtrack of my childhood.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Gordon
Lightfoot.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wasn’t really thrilled with him but I did
appreciate some of the songs he sang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
wrote some great ones: <i>The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, If You Could Read
My Mind, Carefree Highway, and Rainy Day People.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wasn’t bad for a Canadian.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Tina
Turner.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great performer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fell in love with her in eighth grade when I
heard my first <i>Ike and Tina Turner Revue </i>album.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Proud Mary</i> is a classic and so was she
despite her tumultuous life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Tom
Jones.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elvis created the hip thrust, but Jones
perfected it and made a career out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Had too, he was an average singer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plus, he couldn’t button up a shirt if his life depended on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always showing off his hairy chest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never could understand why he could make
the women swoon and throw panties on the stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If I tried something like that I would get thrown off stage and into jail.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Jimmy
Buffett.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yup, I have enjoyed a few brews listening to
Jimmy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free-spirited and enjoyed
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorites: <i>Margaritaville</i>
and <i>Cheeseburger in Paradise</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Went to see the minor league baseball team he owned in Madison,
Wisconsin . . . pure Buffett.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most
fun I ever had at a minor league game.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Tommy
Smothers.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a kid I could not wait to be allowed to
stay up and watch the <i>Smothers Brothers Show</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Couldn’t wait to see how Tommy would mess
with his brother, Dick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a funny
guy with a conscious—stood up for things he believed in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was an excellent singer and musician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loved the show and he was my favorite Smothers
brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helped me love folk music.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Harry
Belafonte.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Loved his voice . . . so elegant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Loved it when he sang calypso, especially <i>Day-O</i> and <i>Jump in
Line.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great civil rights activist
who was always at the front pushing for equality.</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Others</span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Theodore
“Ted” Kaczynski.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “Unabomber” held everyone in his grip for
years with his crazy manifest and sporadic bombings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ended up being caught in Lincoln,
Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one there likes to talk
about him . . . so don’t go asking about him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Sandra
Day O’Conner.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First female justice in the United States of
America Supreme Court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tough lady for cracking
the men’s club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She paved the way for
other women to follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admired her.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Henry
Kissinger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Well, he is definitely
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the Richard Nixon
cronies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was a major player for many
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could anyone miss this
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talked funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was not good-looking but always had a
beautiful woman on his arm as he hobbed knobbed among the rich and famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wasn’t too fond of him or a lot of the
history he made.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Rosalyn
Carter.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Classic southern lady.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rock of Jimmy Carter’s life before and
after his presidency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kind, gentle, and
always classy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A big part of a great
love story.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Pat
Robertson.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He discovered how to suck the money from the
evangelical masses creating the <i>CBN</i> (<i>Christian Broadcasting Network</i>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I disdained the man who duped so many in the
name of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sold faith down the river
and took a lot of fools with him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">So,
there you have it . . . at least according to the list in the <i>Billings
Gazette</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there were others . .
. politicians, scientists, medical experts, lawyers, inventors, industrialists,
and other famous people I have never heard of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I said, I shouldn’t have looked at this list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My past was fading with each obituary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made me feel old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>True, not as old as my friend Clif, but old
none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially when I
attempted to explain it to my children and grandchildren who had no idea what I
was talking about.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Oh
well, though gone, I will remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are the people who populate the memories of my mind . . . who are
the soundtrack of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people
who inspired me or made me mad, provided me with wonderful memories, and
laughter for the soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were and are
a part of the fabric of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
will be missed but not forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Archie and Edith Bunker used to sing: “Those were the days!”</span></p>
revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-1942769187264405592023-12-28T09:52:00.003-07:002023-12-28T11:12:25.550-07:00Down the Rabbit Hole, Part Two<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW0YdTbsCMi8Pt4tP6u4XwcNSEQ7KNTNn9a7j0fCYI_YrfHZZpTrGuJBC37pAPs2rOPRTrJRt_g9C1qo05NmmBhQb_sInMNUlA3zDr-hq_51lT4zgpyk9IDRJcNx3dSV4n07n5nBWRtbAjTAXw78-ApuNy74h_Qz65WuXwrrQi08VTAIjYvFYC6IY/s967/Screenshot%202023-12-28%20094725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="967" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW0YdTbsCMi8Pt4tP6u4XwcNSEQ7KNTNn9a7j0fCYI_YrfHZZpTrGuJBC37pAPs2rOPRTrJRt_g9C1qo05NmmBhQb_sInMNUlA3zDr-hq_51lT4zgpyk9IDRJcNx3dSV4n07n5nBWRtbAjTAXw78-ApuNy74h_Qz65WuXwrrQi08VTAIjYvFYC6IY/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-28%20094725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><p></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Family stories . . . every family has
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stories are the means of bringing
facts to life, of making the abstract concrete, and bringing the listener into
a realm that allows meaning and connection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then, again, stories are also entertainment and meant to be nothing more
than they are . . . stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can be
factual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can be mythical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Odds are that the truth is somewhere between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the fun and joy about stories.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">That’s
why so many of us jump down the genealogical rabbit hole. We want to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to know the truth or a semblance of
the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to know whether or
not our family stories are the truth or a whole bunch of hooey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said in my last <a href="https://bogw.blogspot.com/2023/12/down-rabbit-hole-part-one.html?fbclid=IwAR14wdhTrgyTFHB8NzrJ3542gimpTzfG81091jU_C6K_a1x5z0nO8Z-Mlcw">blog
post</a>, it was the story of my mother’s childhood that had me leaping down
the rabbit hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That story revealed the
thin nexus of truth and how others attempt to explain things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as I had wanted my mother’s story to
be true—it was not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The downfall wasn’t
in the words that were spoken, but in the DNA test that was submitted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">As
long as I am wallowing in the rabbit hole, I want to share another story from
my mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one I remember being
told during my elementary school days and beyond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a great story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story is set during the <a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/great-sioux-war-1876/">Great Sioux Wars</a>
that occurred 1876-1877.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her story had
to do with a relative who she claimed survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might know the battle under its more
popular and white culture name of Custer’s Last Stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was her story . . . a relative survived
the battle and lived to talk about it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">In
all honesty, that story fascinated me when I heard it way back in grade school
. . . and it still does today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like
millions of others the story of the demise of George Armstrong Custer at the
battle at Greasy Grass (Little Bighorn River) grabbed my attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To discover a connection to the battle
through the story only makes the battle more intriguing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember being taken to the small museum in
Marion, North Carolina and seeing the newspaper account of the battle as
recalled by this relative.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Who
was this relative who survived the infamous Custer’s Last Stand?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the genealogy is correct, it is my cousin
four times removed—a fourth cousin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
name was <a href="https://www.mohicanpress.com/battles/ba04004.html">Daniel P.
Kanipe</a>, a sergeant in Company C of the Seventh Cavalry under the command of
Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
would be the first of two couriers sent with the message from Custer to bring
the pack team to the battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did
Custer realize that in sending my cousin back he was saving his life. Neither
he nor the pack team would make it back before Custer was wiped out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is how my cousin, Daniel Kanipe,
survived the battle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Of
course, being a survivor of the worse military defeat in the history of the
United States Army had its advantages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It made my cousin famous . . . a celebrity of sorts among the admirers
of the “Old West” and researchers of the battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharing his experience of what took place
made him quite popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
recollections have been the basis of many of the accounts of the battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years some of the details of his
account have come under scrutiny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially
as the accounts of the Native American survivors of the battle have been shared
about their experiences in the battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It seems as if ol’ cuz told a fluctuating story as he got older.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much has been written about his changing
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great debate is over whether or
not he was a hero or a coward.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Whatever
he was . . . he survived.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">When
I moved to Montana fifteen years ago, one of my goals was to find proof of my
cousin’s presence at the actual battleground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The battleground is approximately 90 miles east of Joliet, next to Crow
Agency (the Crow Nation’s tribal headquarters) on the Crow Reservation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made one pilgrimage to the battlefield during
the first year to look for any mention of my cousin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I scoured the museum and found nothing
mentioning him in the displays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t
find anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being short on time I
vowed to return another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also
bought a bunch of books about the battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was mentioned in the books.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">But
it still didn’t seem real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a visit to
Montana, my sister and I made another trip to the battlefield with the
intention of finding something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
figured two sets of eyes would be better than one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, again, we struck out in the museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Striking out in the museum we decided to take
the “auto tour” of the battlefield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Down
the road we wandered as it started to rain and snow to explore the
battlefield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having reached the area
known as Benteen’s Hill, with the snow now beginning to stick to the road, we
decided to start back and head home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
turned around and headed back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
not long before we came upon a historical display on the side of the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, we stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why we stopped in the heavy snowfall we didn’t
know, but we stopped and looked at the sign. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Lo
and behold, there it was!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting out of
the car I noticed a picture of a soldier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Under the picture was the name of Sergeant Daniel Kanipe and his
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were elated . . . the story
was true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were at the battlefield . .
. standing on the actual battlefield . . . where we had pictorial evidence of
our surviving relative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The National Park
Service confirmed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say,
we were both excited about our discovery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Since
then, I have found an endless array of evidence about Daniel Kanipe’s presence
at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is astounding how much has been written about this battle—hundreds, if not
thousands of books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the most
written about military battle in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In most, Daniels Kanipe is mentioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes in a good way, other times in a bad way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The verdict on Daniel Kanipe and his role in
the battle is an argument for the generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Was he a hero or a coward?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I do know with certainty is
that he was lucky that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky that
he was chosen to be the courier to retrieve the pack train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike his mates in Company C . . . he
survived.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The
story my mother told was plain and simple . . . our cousin survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For years I sort of gloated at my connection
to the battle . . . gloated that a relative had survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is kind of neat being “connected” to a
famous place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I liked telling the
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, no stone shall be
left unturned in searching for the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The battle has been analyzed and picked apart from the day it took
place.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">One
Christmas my wife got me a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Custers-Messenger-Debunking-Sergeant-Daniel/dp/1450779697">book</a>
analyzing the story and letters my cousin wrote during his lifetime about the
battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The author scoured the material
with a fine-tooth comb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that
the story was something that changed as my cousin got older.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contradictions started appearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Questions arose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It challenged the story against the reality .
. . questioned the “heroics” of the storyteller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In short, it set out to debunk my cousin’s
role in the battle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I
don’t think my wife intentionally set out to “pop my balloon”, but it sure felt
like it by the time I had finished the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whatever, she gave me the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That was years ago, and I have forgiven her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the question remains . . . was he or wasn’t
he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hero?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coward? Or just some smuck making the best of
a situation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We weren’t there and all we have are the
stories as they are best remembered by those who told them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth of those stories are between here
and there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is up to the listener to
decide for themselves what they believe.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">What
I do know is that Daniel Kanipe—cousin, four times removed, survived the battle,
and got to live another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story
as my mother told it and as I heard it was true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is verified with evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a great
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t brag about it much
anymore, but neither do I shy away from repeating the story as I know it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a story that can be passed down as
certifiably authentic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One I can tell my
children and grandchildren.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">In
this jump down the rabbit hole the story was true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a historical record and just some
fanciful family story told around the dinner table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been cool traveling down the
genealogical rabbit hole . . . cool to see who I might run into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even cooler is when all the pieces of the
family puzzle come together.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">There
is more to come!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I encounter some
of the stories on my father’s side.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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picture accompanying this blog is a drawing by the artist Kills Two.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We tell stories as we remember them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not always the same with each retelling
of the story, but the story remains consistent in its telling and meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story might be told to illuminate some
point, or it might present more questions than answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the case, stories are told and
passed on through the generations if the young are willing to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often for the listener, stories take on a
mythical power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the case, the
storyteller makes his or her best attempt to tell the story as it is
remembered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Age plays a role in the
storyteller’s telling of the story . . . some of the rough edges are smoothed,
details are forgotten, and gaps appear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But the story is told.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sometimes
the myth is better than the reality when it comes to family stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Growing
up my mother told the story of her early childhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother was born and raised in the
mountains of North Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her father
was Francis P. Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her mother,
Frances Elizabeth Kanipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
only child born in this brief marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the story goes, my maternal grandfather was Native American . . . the
Cherokee Tribal Nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also a
drunk and a womanizer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would be a
major factor in the demise of the marriage . . . especially the womanizing, as
my grandmother left the marriage and divorced my grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This took place while my mother was still a
young child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was left with my
great-grandmother to be raised on the family farm with several of her
uncles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandmother moved north to
begin a new life promising to reunite with my mother once she got settled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
never happened.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
great-grandmother and her sons raised my mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, my grandmother
remarried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her second husband was Elmer
Francis Deibler . . . a gentle and quiet man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While my mother was growing up in North Carolina, my grandmother started
a new family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Into this family were born
three children: Alton or Uncle Buddy as I knew him; Aunt Janet; and, Kenneth,
or Kenny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not call Kenny “uncle”
because we were too close in age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were born two years and four days apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was more like an older brother than an “uncle”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that my grandmother never
reunited with my mother as a “traditional” family when the opportunity was
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure my mother ever said
why . . . I know my grandmother never did.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
part in the story that was often emphasized was that my maternal grandfather
was Native American . . . Cherokee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
seems ol’ Francis P. Ireland was fifty percent Cherokee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least that is what we were told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to my mathematics that would have
made my mother a quarter Native American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It would have made my siblings and I . . . well, 12.5 percent Native
American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I may be off in my math,
but I never said I was great at math.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whatever the case, the point is that there was Native American blood in
the family.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
least that is how the story goes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now
genealogy is a funny rabbit hole to go exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother’s maiden name was “Ireland”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is more “Irish” than “Ireland”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this I never wore green on Saint
Patrick’s Day because I assumed that I was Irish . . . after all, my mother’s
maiden name was “Ireland”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few years
ago, jumping down the genealogy rabbit hole, I learned that “Ireland” is not
Irish at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope . . . it is
Scottish!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since, I wear green on
Saint Patrick’s Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like
getting pinched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Scots and Irish are
close, but they are different. But really, whose idea was it to have “Ireland”
as a surname and it have nothing to do with the “Irish”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was a tough one to swallow as I loved to
brag about my “Irish” roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come
on!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother’s maiden name was
“Ireland” . . . </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On
well . . . back to the story of my Native American roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Jumping
down the rabbit hole I did some exploring and digging about Francis P.
Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did I discover?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ran into a lot of dead ends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bits
and pieces were found, but nothing substantial that could enhance the story . .
. to put some meat on the family skeleton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was the confirmation of my mother’s birth with her birth record
between my grandmother and grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beyond that, there was not a whole bunch to go on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
attempted to look at tribal records, but that led nowhere . . . just deeper
down the rabbit hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked questions
of family members of my great uncles who helped raise my mother on the family
farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, not much information
there beyond a diagram of the family tree confirming what I already knew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No real evidence could be found about any
Native American blood or connection.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like
many who jump down the genealogy rabbit hole, life comes along and pulls us in
other directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave up the chase
for information and decided to just embrace the story and myth . . . but, at
the same time preface the information as being a “story” that is still being
explored for its factuality.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">About
a year ago, my sister gave me one of those DNA test kits to find out what my
real roots are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wonderful, but
anxiety inducing gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I followed the
instructions meticulously . . . I spit in the little tube, sealed it, packed it
up in the postage box, and shipped it off to be analyzed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I waited . . . waited a long time for
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then
one day the results came in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth
of who I am genetically was about to be revealed once and for all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t wait!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the big moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is what I learned about my DNA:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">England and Northwester Europe—48%</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scotland—31%</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wales—11%</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sweden and Denmark—5%</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Germanic Europe—4%</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mali—1%</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Amazing
what one can learn from a little spit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am a smorgasbord of ethnicity pretty much centered in the land of Great
Britain—90 percent!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a little
Nordic thrown in there, some German (which I knew and expected more as “Keener”
is German), and one percent Mali.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That one
has piqued my interest as Mali is on the continent of Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It probably shouldn’t as Africa is called the
Cradle of Humankind and all of us probably have some percentage within us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Though
it was great to see what my genetic make-up was . . . I was crushed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was not one ounce of Native American
blood in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not one drop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shot the family story right out of the water!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crushed the myth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Though
disappointed . . . it is okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like my
“Irish” roots, I now know my “Native American” roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are non-existent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not a Cherokee “princess” or in my case,
“prince”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason, within the
United States, family stories of indigenous ancestry seem to refer to a
Cherokee princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve heard the
phrase, “My great-great-great-grandmother was a Cherokee princess.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it is true, but more often than not
it is more fiction than fact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the stories are myth. Mine was.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
I said, that is okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a good
story as it was told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, at the same
time, it ripped open a whole new story line about the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both my sister and I are curious as to why
this story was perpetuated by the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What was the reason for this version of what happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What really happened. Inquiring minds—my
mind—wants to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have my ideas
based on what I perceive of the times when the story began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It involves scapegoats, prejudice, and bias .
. . </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is a story that my sister and I continue to slowly pursue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a story we may never know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It might not be as good as the one we
originally heard . . . it might be better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All we know . . . all I know . . . is that the reality of the story blew
the myth out of the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they used
to say on the <i>X Files</i>, “The truth is out there.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to know.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">So,
I dig deeper down the rabbit hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is all new to me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am thankful to
those relatives who have shared their discoveries about the family with
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am thankful for them giving me
directions in which to learn more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am discovering some remarkable stories about
the family of which I was born as I climb higher and higher up the family
tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stories are wonderful, and
sometimes mythic in their telling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
they are told as they are known at this time and place . . . as they are
remembered . . . as they are shared. </span></p>
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least with me, my parents did not tell a lot of stories about family . . . or
at least I did not ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as I have
entered into the realm of grandparenting I long for the stories about family
that I can share with my children and grandchildren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want them to know their roots . . . both
real and mythic . . . to know the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the adventure begins, there is much to learn. </span></p>
<p><br /> </p>revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-31611811709442734112023-12-26T11:56:00.002-07:002023-12-26T11:58:02.115-07:00Oh, Honey!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi8ztOOGVyzH2D6tgoDEO5DTULOq73fdLJVdU3laUXIZhCUXIQ2t-NbAK_hUW8tDFvu1Xy2tLtdgpBG1IUAnTENx9A9wipz2RRLSEbn4_df9e9V7AqiZqxUrH_nBUkRxvBLTkYFk5C589kbKHxxcw-H6T9pYEiBvTkNpcv7U8EjfMnkbQ80bwAJnW/s640/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20101009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi8ztOOGVyzH2D6tgoDEO5DTULOq73fdLJVdU3laUXIZhCUXIQ2t-NbAK_hUW8tDFvu1Xy2tLtdgpBG1IUAnTENx9A9wipz2RRLSEbn4_df9e9V7AqiZqxUrH_nBUkRxvBLTkYFk5C589kbKHxxcw-H6T9pYEiBvTkNpcv7U8EjfMnkbQ80bwAJnW/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20101009.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">There is an equity problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has always been there for 42 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’d think I would be used to it by now . .
. but it still gets under my skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife’s expectations when I
have “time off”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might equate it to
a “honey do” list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever you want to
call it, it raises its ugly head whenever I have “time off”.</span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">You
guessed it . . . I have “time off” from the university between Christmas and
New Year’s Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the “time off”
comes the “honey do” list, my whining, and the ultimate guilt trip that
accompanies it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let the holidays
begin!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Why
is this an “equity” problem?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now you
might be thinking that the wife and I have a “tit for tat” relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A “give or take” agreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is good for the goose is good for the
gander.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’d think that if the wife had
time off I would create a “honey do” list full of expected tasks I want her to
complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you that I do
not!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried it once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was a mistake that nearly cost me my
life as I was reminded that a “woman’s work is never done.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was traumatic enough that I resisted presenting
a “honey do” list to the wife when she has time off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve lived a longer life because of that
restraint. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">With
“time off” comes the expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, this being the Christmas season, I should take all the Christmas
decorations down—including the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Christmas decorating is way beyond my pay scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that I didn’t try in the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After a while I realized that the wife was placating me . . . tolerating
my efforts at decorating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever I did
decorate was rearranged and prefaced with, “Don’t you think it would better
like this?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this, too, I learned to
keep my mouth shut when what I really wanted to say was, “No, if it was, I
would have done it that way in the first place.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, it is better to pick your battles and
live another day . . . not to fight, but to live.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Taking
down Christmas is the big expectation while I am off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife drops hints all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yet, I assure you . . . I watched the little missus decorate our humble
abode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watched it for hours. Yes,
hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that it took hours to
decorate and in turn it will take hours to undecorate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hours of my freedom I do not want to
lose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My first thought is to throw a
blanket over the tree and move it to a corner of the living room where no one
will notice it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I see it, it is
killing two birds with one stone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
never flies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must come down, be placed
in the correct boxes, and hauled to the basement to be stored for another year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I
will also stall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where I attempt
to trump her with our theological education as ministers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to throw the ecclesiastical card into
the fray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christmas isn’t over for 12
days—thus the <i>Twelve Days of Christmas</i> song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the ecclesiastical calendar, Christmas
begins on Christmas Eve and ends 12 days later on January 5<sup>th</sup> with
the start of the season of Epiphany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is sacrilegious to undecorate before Christmas is over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God might get mad and plague humanity with a
slew of fruitcake.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">That
argument is a 50/50 proposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half
the time the wife just uses her look of disgust and reminds me that 12 days
later it is going to come down . . . fruitcake plague or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The expectation is that it is coming down and
coming down on my time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">You
would think I know better about taking time off during the holidays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I am a slow learner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The expectations of the “honey do” list are
immense . . . and, not to mention, time consuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make the ed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Empty the trash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Empty and load
the dishwasher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make the backyard poop-free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pick up the dog toys. Entertain the
dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pick up the dog toys again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cull our library of books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clean the bathroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cook dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Load up the dishwasher again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pay
the bills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fix all the broken things in
the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ya da, ya da, ya da . . . the
list goes on and on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m exhausted just
thinking about it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">And
it doesn’t “feel” fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just because I am
the one off why should I pick up the load by myself?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted many of these tasks are usually done
by both of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the wife is working
this week with a short staff meaning more work for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should be the considerate spouse, buckle
up, keep my mouth shut and do what needs to be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should ease the load of my wife’s burdens
this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I should.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">But
it SUCKS!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Why
should I be the “good guy” . . . the “nice guy”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I want to be a jerk and ignore it all .
. . but I can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will break down and
do it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will do it, but not without
a fight or at least a whimper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fight
might get me killed, but a whimper will probably be tolerated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, the wife can handle a whimper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, we are both parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As parents our children have taught us well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">As
the kids were growing up, they fought having to do the chores around the
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife and I never asked them
to do anything that would kill them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
never asked them to paint the house or take out the transmission on the
car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, we asked them to do simple
things, like clean their rooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A simple
request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reaction was nothing short
of a nuclear explosion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moaning and
groaning would start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gnashing of
teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rolling of eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The debate and arguments would commence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The whining. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was terrible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the kids would start up.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Typically,
it takes an hour to clean a bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the show that the kids put on
it would take two hours to a whole day. I’d point out that the longer they fought
it, the longer it would take.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
their time they were wasting.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Yup,
you got it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This blog is that lamenting
time I am putting in before I buckle down and do the “honey do” list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, I know, I’m wasting my time . . . not
the wife’s time, but it is such a dramatic and powerful tribute to my
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They raised me well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Thankfully
my wife is patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tolerant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She knows she has me between a rock and a hard place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knows that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will comply because I want to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What good is “time off” if I am dead?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife tells me that is a fair trade-off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tells me that it is equitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gets the list done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 42 years you would think I get it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-26161264272392681012023-12-23T15:46:00.002-07:002023-12-23T15:46:10.771-07:00On the Road . . . Again<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnxtcMHfkRXan5fdXOs40BvegY9GnVVn9h9Ol2TQk7mg2IlEoS6CM76Wgl9YEJdPFAlTaGj_55dqwvwNSzikng-p7gw6IYUGBUpHMEAqEdOfGTQdusquvwa35aV0a7U6p8kb35dGNv7fx4wTiC072rvgWn4d7RD9HhI363Ftw0DUdnRoLNsLfgR9R/s800/highwaycrosses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="800" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnxtcMHfkRXan5fdXOs40BvegY9GnVVn9h9Ol2TQk7mg2IlEoS6CM76Wgl9YEJdPFAlTaGj_55dqwvwNSzikng-p7gw6IYUGBUpHMEAqEdOfGTQdusquvwa35aV0a7U6p8kb35dGNv7fx4wTiC072rvgWn4d7RD9HhI363Ftw0DUdnRoLNsLfgR9R/s320/highwaycrosses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I recently renewed my driver’s license.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a piece of cake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even did it online from the comfort of my
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the state of Montana, you can
renew your license six months before it expires—mine expires in May . . . and to
make it easy, they give you an online option if you qualify.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
option made sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like
crowds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles)
always has a crowd and long waiting lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As an introvert the online option made sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They ask a few questions, run your driver’s
license number for infractions . . . and in less than two minutes they either
approve you for a new license or tell you to head to the nearest DMV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The information on the current license is
updated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They use the picture already on
it (which amazingly looks more like me than it did ten years ago when they
first took it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they issue a
temporary paper copy of the license until the new one comes in a couple weeks
in the mail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t have to renew again until 2033!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That’s
the way to do it!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
came to my license later than my friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They all got their licenses around the age of 16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got mine closer to my 18<sup>th</sup>
birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why so late?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My father was stationed overseas on “isolated
tour of duty”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My three siblings and I
were living in an apartment with our mother in the Wheaton area of the Maryland
suburb of Washington, D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother was
working all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only had one
car which she needed to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did
extracurricular activities after school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who had the time or car to teach me the fine art of driving an
automobile?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, all my friends had
licenses and cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was in no hurry to
learn to drive . . . remember this was the Washington, D.C. area—millions of drivers
and cars . . . the infamous Beltway.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
took driver’s education during my senior year of high school . . . me and a
whole bunch of wet behind the ears sophomores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no worse stigma in high school than taking a sophomore class
your senior year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I survived . . . I survived
the class and the teasing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The class was
taught by the shop teacher who was also the head coach of the football
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No stereotyping at good ol’
Wheaton High School!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had standard
in-class instruction and our driving (at least 75% of it) was done on a driving
range on the school property next to the football field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove off campus twice—once in the
neighborhood around the school and once on the Beltway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the semester, if you passed, you were deemed worthy of going to the
DMV to get a legal license to be set upon the unsuspecting masses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now
that may sound crazy, but you must understand . . . in Maryland, at least back
in the dark ages, driver’s tests were given on a driving range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started with the written test—paper and
pencil stuff and ended with the driving part.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
driving test started as soon as you entered your car with the official
examiner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This individual was scoring
the test from the git-go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adjust the
mirrors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adjust the seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buckle your seat belt even though it was not
law back then (bonus points).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Foot on
the brake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Start the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look over your shoulder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back out. Head over to the driving
range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Signal to enter the driving range
and drive wherever the examiner directed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On the figure eight driving range there were an array of traffic signs,
obstacles, the infamous orange cones to demonstrate one’s skill at parallel parking,
and a place to do a three-point turn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then it was back to the parking lot to park the car and find out if you
passed.</span></p>
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was the downfall of many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most thought
that once they were off the driving range that the test was over—WRONG!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The state employed examiner went by the book
and the test was not over until the car was parked, the ignition turned off,
and everyone exited the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They nailed
and denied lot of folks their license for taking a deep breath of relief and
letting their guard down.</span></p>
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I passed.</span></p>
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am not sure the world was ready to let me loose with a driver’s license!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I wasn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Driving in the Washington, D.C. area scared you-know-what
out of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Driving in D.C. is an
adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, I had friends who
loved to drive and had cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully
my mother needed the car for work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thankfully I was always busy after school activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wasn’t complaining.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now my fear of driving was because of the
sheer numbers of people and cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
were everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Millions, if not
billions, of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Beltway was a multi-lane
(eight lanes) racetrack resembling the Indianapolis Speedway . . . and that is
how everyone drove on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NASCAR wanna-bes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That and the fact that the teacher who taught
the driver’s education class at my school relished scaring the poop out of the
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loved to show those films
from the late 1950s to early 1970s that emphasized the deadly aspects of
driving . . . the blood and guts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
seems that the state of Ohio had a corner on the market of gruesome driver ed
films.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We watched countless Ohio Highway
Patrol movies on accidents that included all the bloody, gory details . . .
bodies lifted into ambulances, bodies covered with sheets, shattered
windshields, mangled cars, blood splotches everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know about the rest of my classmates,
but his scare tactics worked on me.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
film I remember best—which never won an Oscar—had Mr. Rellik as the main
character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 1966 film was <i>The
Third Killer</i>. Mr. Rellik (“killer” spelled backwards) was an agent of death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Facing a decline in his top two accounts
(heart disease and cancer), he pursues a third killer—traffic fatalities—by giving
hapless motorists bad advice that results in their deaths via car accidents and
wrecks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely got my attention . .
. nearly 50 years later I still remember Mr. Rellik!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea was to scare people into being
better and safer drivers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
driver’s ed instructor thought along those same lines, but his solution was
more shocking and gross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said to
leave the wrecks alone!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leave they where
they happened . . . mangled cars and dead bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let the people see the results of careless
and reckless driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was certain
that if people saw enough dead bodies on the side of the road everyone would slow
down and pay attention to their driving.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
state of Montana, where I live now, has its own subliminal version of that
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have the “white crosses” that
dot the roadways and highways of the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Close to 3,000 of those white crosses mark the roadways of Montana
thanks to the American Legion who started the program in 1953, The idea is
simple enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wherever there is a
traffic fatality in Montana the American Legion erects a white cross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that they are everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The road I commute for work is littered with
them and is known as one of the most dangerous roads to travel in the state.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
American Legion believed that these “white crosses” would serve and a reminder
of the dangers of the road and driving . . . also to remind drivers of those
who lost their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The state of
Montana legally endorsed the program that is run without any funding from the
state government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The American Legion bears
the full financial responsibility for this program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have been doing it for 70 years now . .
. and, as I said, they are everywhere . . . the Montana scare tactic.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Does
it work?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably about as well as those
“crash and burn” films of driver education lore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do get your attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tourists are always asking what all those “white
crosses” are for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story behind is
intended for good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really think
about it, yeah it can be scary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least
they make me think . . . especially on the back end of my driving years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
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a little more cautious driving now-a-days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t trust other drivers much . . . too many distractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Critters make it a little more hair-raising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of suicidal deer in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pay more attention while driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to shoot for a new license in 2033—there
are lots of 75 year olds tooling down the road in Montana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is pretty scary when I think about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But one has to dream!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might even run into my old nemesis—Mr. Rellik!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happy roads, my friends!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch out for me!</span></p>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Aging sucks.</span><p></p>
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am thankful that I have a gracious family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Recently I went to a well-known hair-cutting establishment to get a
haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hair on the top of my head
had grown to the point that it was bothering me . . . I felt as if I was
entering into a comb over stage and definitely did not like that I was
perceiving my self-image as something resembling the Rudy Giuliani hair dye
scandal or (God forbid) a Donald Trump whatever it is on his head scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just didn’t feel right . . . I felt top
heavy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So . . . a haircut it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Maybe
I should call it “shearing” . . . as in shearing a sheep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a matter of minutes, the stylist or
shearer had done her thing with the clippers and scissors. What once was there
was gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, most of it was gone .
. . I was mere millimeters from being completely bald shaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My head looked like one of those kitchen sink
brushes used to wash dishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least it
looked that way when I finally got to see the result.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
it comes to haircuts. I am helpless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Helpless because once I take off my glasses I cannot see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see shapes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I see light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I cannot see the
fine detail of what is taking place above my shoulders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am blind and at the mercy of whoever is
holding the clipper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I sit there . .
. motionless and listening to the whirling of the clipper’s blades mowing down
my hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whirl!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whirl! I trust the stylist . . . and then she proclaims she is done.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“How
does it look?” she asks.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Being
a nice guy who blind without his glasses, I proclaim, “It feels good.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As to how it looks . . . well, until I get my
glasses on I have no clue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Putting my
glasses on, and once again being a nice guy, I say it looks good even though I
really did not look at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I paid my
bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanked the stylist and gave her a
healthy tip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Threw my hat on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Actually, I hightailed it to the store next door, ran into the bathroom,
yanked off my hat, looked in the mirror . . . and gasped in shock! Where had
all my hair gone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who was that nearly
bald person looking back in the mirror at me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yeah,
you got it . . . I was embarrassed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And,
yes, I know the old saying about the difference between a “good haircut” and a “bad
haircut” is two weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that moment I
didn’t want to show myself to anyone . . . thank goodness for hats . . . and
gracious people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family members all
said that it looked fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife said
that she liked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The grandkids didn’t
say a word because they really didn’t care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of the little ones, upon touching my stubbly head called me “Dad”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Dad” is in the military and keeps his stubbly
short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were being “nice”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagined that whenever they left the room
they were secretly snickering at shearing—I mean, haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But they were being nice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since
my early twenties, haircuts have been an adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently, I have the sort of hair that
barbers and hairstylists either find a great challenge or a disaster waiting to
happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the case, I just know
that no two haircuts I have received over the years are the same.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
hair has issues.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since
I was a child, I have been told that I have a “double crown”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to look that one up. That means that
there are two points on my head in which the hair grows in a circular
formation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This circular formation is called
a “whorl”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have two whorls that seem
to want to take my hair in conflicting directions, thus making it difficult to
cut. It is like two hurricanes or tornados bouncing off each other vying for
control while neither gains it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
makes cutting my hair difficult.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
have had a receding hairline since my early twenties on top of the double
crown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years the hairs on my
head have been secretly sneaking off to who knows where!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where there once was hair, there now is
none.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years I have gained more
forehead as the hair has retreated to parts unknown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it has been going on for so long, I am
sort of used to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only problem is
that there is a stubborn clump of hair on my forehead that refused to give it
up when all the rest of the hair did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead,
they have massed themselves as a little island in the middle of my forehead
leaving a gap between them and the rest of the hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A teenager in a youth group once told me . .
. it looks like a fob, and I should let it grow out long and dye it purple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never did, but it just won’t give up the
ghost and hangs on for dear life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
a dilemma for those who cut my hair as they attempt to match it up with the
rest of the remaining hair.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
am also balding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that the two “whorls”
at the crown of head are losing participants, and the spots up there are
getting bigger and balder all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where the whorls once fought for supremacy, it is now a race to
nothingness. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">All
of this makes it difficult to cut my hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have seen the barber and stylist cringe when they look at my head. It
is a challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have known it for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only
real solution, at least in my mind, is to buzz it all off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut it down to the stubble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have resisted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess there is still some vanity left in me,
but I have resisted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I keep telling
myself I ought to do it once I completely retire and I am not around people
much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be less of a shock to them
and to me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh
well . . . the stylist took that choice away with this recent haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She shaved it all off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Swoosh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What once was there was now gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess she decided what she thought was best and went for it . . . or maybe,
considering all the obstacles with my hair, she kept cutting and cutting
thinking she could make something work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then, suddenly, she realized that she had cut it all off!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I couldn’t see what she was doing, what
could I say?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt good.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
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days since the scalping . . . I mean, haircut . . . I can honestly say that it
really isn’t so bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never been
one to look at myself in the mirror much, so it is pretty much out of sight,
out of mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one runs off screaming when I enter a room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children don’t point and laugh. My dogs still
love me. My wife thinks it looks good and since she has to see it more than me,
that is good to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides . . . in
two weeks it will move from being a “bad haircut” to being a “good haircut” . .
. and I have a hat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of hats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is amazing what a hat can do for one’s
self-image.</span></p>
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the end . . . I might just have to keep my hair cut like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels good . . . and good is good. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In a couple of weeks, I will be stepping out of
my ministerial retirement to preach at the last service of the church I once served
for 15 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The church made it a hundred
years longer than I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The church will
be 115 years old at its closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
in a way I will be preaching its eulogy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve never done a funeral service for a church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be my first and last.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
regional minister who lured me from Nebraska to the church in Montana many
years ago was once talking about the state of the regional church at that
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, we were the
congregations within the state of Montana in our denomination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this regional minister’s time of service,
the region had gone through a lot of change and transition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some congregations left the denomination,
several closed, a partnership with another denomination failed, and ultimately
a new region was formed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In our
conversation this regional minister once told me that the church I was serving
would be around long after the two of us were gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believed it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
were wrong.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
truly believed that upon my retirement the church would go on in some shape or
form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured that the congregation
would find a lay, retired, or bi-vocational pastor to continue the ministry of
the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I also
knew that my retirement might be a wake-up call for the congregation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end with prayer, discussion, and
discernment the congregation voted to close its doors after 115 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reasons were simple enough . . . low
attendance, an older congregation, dwindling financial resources, an aging
building, and they were tired.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
must have the “touch of death” when it comes to the churches I served over the span
of my ministry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 40 years of ministry,
I served six congregations (seven churches but two were yoked) and only three
continue to serve the communities where they are located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first church I served in the ministry
left the denomination and is now independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The second left the denomination, became independent, and eventually
folded and closed its doors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next
congregation joined and partnered with another congregation to combine their
ministries, resources, and people while staying true to both of their
denominational affiliations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next
was a yoked parish serving two congregations in different denominations in two
different towns—they have folded and closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The one I served before coming to Montana continues to push on with a
lay minister who was born and raised in that church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine that it will eventually close when
the pastor, who is my age, finally retires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">See
what I mean!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The touch of death!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is more common than one would think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
the past couple of years, churches have been closing faster than new churches
can be established.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rate is three
closings to every two openings . . . three to two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two steps forward, three steps back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To use good old evangelical terminology, the
world is never going to be saved for Jesus at this rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, it is a slow death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Echoing the words of Billy Joel . . . “I didn’t
start the fire” . . . but it is burning.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">What are the sparks
that started the fire?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are the
reasons that the “church” as most of us know it and grew up with is dying?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me throw a few out there to consider I
suspect will give us some sort of understanding on how the fire started:</span></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Less
people identify themselves as Christian or even religious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pool is growing smaller.</span></li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Congregations
are older and have no youth to replace them.</span></li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Life
happens—people move, people die, arguments happen, division takes place, poop happens,
and people don’t come back.</span></li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Generational
change—church became less important as generations were added.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where grandparents were weekly regular
attenders, their children were sporadic, and their children didn’t even
go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not important anymore.</span></li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of the biggest reasons is that people see “church” as judgmental and
hypocritical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a mixing of the
political affiliation with one’s practice of faith—they have become one and the
same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates disagreements and
division.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The church is seen as the
moral police for everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of
that people do not feel accepted or safe—they cannot be themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true for young people.</span></li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">People
don’t feel safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Questions cannot be
asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doubts cannot be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People cannot be themselves and feel
supported.</span></li></ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Won’t
embrace climate change and other social issues facing the world today.</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I imagine the list could go on . . . that everyone
could throw another log on the fire based on their own experiences.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
fact is that the “church” and maybe even Christianity is dying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be more church closings before a
fork is stuck in this one or a miracle happens to stop this swan song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
can honestly say that the disbanding congregation I will be preaching at in a
couple of weeks can look at that list and agree with several of the “causes” as
to why a church die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For them it does
not matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are sad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are embarrassed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are frustrated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are scared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A church should never die . . . it is the
house of God . . . the home of God . . . it is home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now it is gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No words I could ever speak will make it
better or remove the grief.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
reality, whether it can be accepted or not, is that the times are
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What once was is no longer and
all God’s children are scrambling to figure it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, I am not of the evangelical or
conservative church faction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those
faithful the solution has always been simple . . . bring more people to the
forgiveness of Jesus . . . evangelize!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, Jesus will save us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
all, that is why he died . . . right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus
didn’t die to “save” us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has been in
that business since the beginning of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is the business of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jesus called everyone to come back to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus died because he struck a nerve with
those who were in power . . . those who were in control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a threat . . . someone who was turning
over the apple cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus was
eliminated, murdered, because what he represented, preached, taught, and lived
scared the powerful. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the scriptures
say, Jesus shows us the way.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
don’t know if the fire can be extinguished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It might be too late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead,
what needs to be done is those of us who see the fire begin to change towards
those things that bring people together in the spiritual journey we are all
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we learn to walk together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we accept one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we learn to care for one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we talk . . . and more importantly
listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listen to the questions,
concerns, and doubts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the place
of growth and faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we quit thinking
that our politics represent our faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stop reviling those who are different than us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we quit fighting and start working
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we start loving . . . not
those closest to us, but those who are outside of the circle, those who are in
the shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we create safe space
for all and welcome one another to the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I mean, come on, if we are going to take the scripture seriously as the “word
of God”, then we must embrace the fact that everyone has been created in the
image of God and is worthy of love.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is where we must begin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
this point I have no idea what I want to say to those who gather for the last
service of a dying church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Acknowledgement
of the grief . . . hope for the future . . . and the fact that God’s love or
that higher being or whatever gets a person through the night is always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope to create a safe space where in the
sadness and grief of the moment everyone can acknowledge the depth of that pain
of loss . . . acknowledge one another . . . and find common ground as the
children of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That none of us is
alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That there can be laughter in the
midst of tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That together we can
realize that life is lived between a laugh and tear. And maybe, we can discover
that it is here that we are called to be community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
so, it begins . . . new beginnings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p><br /> </p>revjkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143983582371510869noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715097831458122305.post-71771963055333845142023-11-30T10:35:00.000-07:002023-11-30T10:35:06.877-07:00The Illusiveness of Illusion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIyYDoPyWMJQXEE_7AgedYhqcXbCYJXQPnYlIWxRRFy2Lzlvdznzq9tf3EvgP6u6J6Ld45k73lbyNc0QiM4xEkx4uIHpoAy56amM_VWBSiM6HcijqTB9YgFvbpuGm5wdNpDyJuDcq088IkmXjACBA-OBVAdQ2Rg0tufNWs0TmS12n_yvzzYsdhGfD/s300/e8318b7486a079adc30b609285354bda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="300" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIyYDoPyWMJQXEE_7AgedYhqcXbCYJXQPnYlIWxRRFy2Lzlvdznzq9tf3EvgP6u6J6Ld45k73lbyNc0QiM4xEkx4uIHpoAy56amM_VWBSiM6HcijqTB9YgFvbpuGm5wdNpDyJuDcq088IkmXjACBA-OBVAdQ2Rg0tufNWs0TmS12n_yvzzYsdhGfD/s1600/e8318b7486a079adc30b609285354bda.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you remember <a href="https://youtu.be/Fmeb-f4pthA?si=A4Lmp3WGZx3FKLvB">this</a>?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yup
. . . the theme song for the old television show, A<i>lfred Hitchcock Presents</i>
. . . <i>Funeral March of a Marionette</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
caught it out of the corner of my eye . . . a fleeting image . . . that image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The closet doors in the master bedroom of our
house are full-length sliding mirrors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
guess the previous owners liked viewing themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mirrors only serve the purpose of allowing me to do my morning hygienic routine
of shaving and combing my hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other
than that, I avoid mirrors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I avoid them
because they are blatantly honest in their reflection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can blame them for this rant.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
I was preparing for a night of blissful sleep, stripping down for the night,
out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What did I see?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw the shadowy
profile of Alfred Hitchcock . . . the rotund image of a person whose
mid-section has been transformed into the belly of the <i>Pillsbury Poppin’ Fresh
Doughboy</i>. It stopped me in my tracks . . . a sudden existential crisis
smacked me in the face!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who was that
portly fellow in the mirror?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Much
to my embarrassment . . . it was me!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Let
me explain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never seen myself as
one of those who are numbered among the beautiful and handsome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, mostly I have spent a lifetime seeing
myself on the side of ordinary and quite plain . . . in fact, at times, quite
goofy in my appearance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing to write
home about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time has confirmed that as I have aged
through the years . . . less hair, a few wrinkles here and there, and the
migration of weight to the equator portion of my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am older, rounder, and balder which does
nothing to help the way that I look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
look more like the father in the <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/luann/characters">comic strip <i>LuAnn</i></a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just call me Frank.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now
that is the reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is most
of us do not live in reality . . . I mean, come on, look at the political
circus we continue to wallow in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No,
when it comes to how we view ourselves, I believe that most of us prefer our
illusions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For years my illusion has
been Brad Pitt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, that Brad
Pitt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know . . . I know . . . I am a
far cry from the image of the actor, but in my mind . . . I am Brad Pitt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets me through the day and as long as I
don’t get caught in a photograph or mirror, I can pull off the illusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shoot, I have been pulling it off for years!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
am certain that there are those who grace my life who would disagree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who would tell me that I am delusional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That I need to get my eyesight checked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More Alfred Hitchcock or Frank than Brad
Pitt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why I avoid getting myself
in photographs or lounging around in front of mirrors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like who I think I look like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is probably why I like hanging around my
grandchildren . . . they think I look great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If they knew who Brad Pitt was they would probably agree.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Except
for one time when one of the “littles”—around the age of three—curiously pointed
at the <i>Dunlop</i> around my midsection and asked, “Are you pregnant, Papa?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, she was removed from the will, but has
since worked her way back into the good graces of my love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky for her she is cute.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">So,
there you have it, the conundrum I live with daily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The battle between reality and the illusion .
. . most of the time the illusion is winning, and I am quite blissful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Except for those minute moments when I catch
a glimpse of reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, the life
mandate of “no pictures”, “no mirrors”, or just hanging out with the little
people in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandchildren are the
greatest! Of course, you are probably thinking that there are ways that I could
bring reality closer to the illusion.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
you would be right.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
gut reaction first . . . I am too tired and old to jump on that bandwagon at
this point in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, we all
know, that dieting, and exercise would go a long way in removing the <i>Dunlop</i>
from the middle. Just the mere thought of doing either of those or both
together sends ways of anxiety through my physical and mental being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my diet even though my wife has tried
for decades to steer my eating habits towards the direction of healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less red meat, more chicken, and salmon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did that for awhile and then one day I took
a bite of chicken and could not swallow it down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then, the only way I eat chicken is if
it is deep fat fried with the skin left on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Same with salmon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throw in turkey
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The vegetables I don’t mind, but
don’t mess with my beef and potatoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
something is going to kill you, I think a person should enjoy it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one wants to die sad, depressed, and
hungry.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Exercise
. . . I know it can be done at any age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I enjoy walking my dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d love
to get back to hiking on a regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Calisthenics seem extreme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Treadmills might work, but I already spend enough of my time spinning my
wheels and getting no place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Same with
stationary bikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back when I began
sports all my coaches would get on us if we did not exercise on the
weekends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would tell us that every
day we missed of exercise would take double the effort to catch back up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would mean that I would need to exercise
every day for the next ten years to get myself up to the point where I am ready
to begin exercising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, it wears
me out just thinking about it and I am entering into the back part of my life .
. . is that how I want to spend my time?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Not
really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, I think I will just
continue embracing the illusion and avoiding those situations in which reality butts’
heads with the illusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certain that
Bard Pitt is not aware of the fact that I consider myself his equal in
appearance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he did, he would probably
hit me with a “cease and desist” order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am willing to take that risk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
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the meantime, how others see me . . . I have no control over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, that is their problem and not
mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should keep it to
themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they want to see Alfred
Hitchcock or Frank from <i>LuAnn</i>, so be it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can handle that as long as they don’t mess around with my
illusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my favorite sayings is “ignorance
is bliss and I am one of the most blissful people you will ever meet.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t mess with my illusion. It works for me.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I don’t want to come across as blasphemous, but
Thanksgiving is a bunch of hooey . . . at least in the way that most Americans
observe and celebrate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pilgrims,
Indians, turkeys, mashed potatoes, great revelry . . . the ultimate party
giving “thanks” at the invitation of the colonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A real “Hallmark” affair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it is just not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hooey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Okay
. . . I’ve looked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have scoured my
Bible (all the translations I have) and I still cannot a reference to the
holiday we refer to and celebrate as Thanksgiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Couldn’t find it in the Old Testament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rumor has it that it might have been on the
tablet that Moses dropped and broke while coming down off the mountaintop after
conferring with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conspiracy
theory banks on the idea that there were originally more than ten commandments,
but Moses was kind of a klutz . . . he tripped and dropped a tablet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the case, Thanksgiving did not come
down from the mountain of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Couldn’t
find any references through the “kingdom” parts of the Old Testament, though
there were often decrees calling for days of giving thanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might have been references at some
point in the good old part of the Bible, but they have somehow disappeared . .
.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>probably under the dogmatic
supervision of the Moses Seminar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Couldn’t
find it in the New Testament either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
would have thought that at some point in the ministry of Jesus he would have
made a reference to it . . . and, maybe he did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Certainly, we do not have everything that Jesus said and did in our New
Testament due to some creative editing here and there throughout the centuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You would have thought Jesus would have said
something religious like: “A day should be set aside on the fourth Thursday of
the eleventh month of the year, a day to offer thanks for the bounty of the
earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be a day of great
feasting, partying, and watching football after the Macy’s parade.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe at the tail end of the Last Supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked but couldn’t find such a
reference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe that was the “yada,
yada, yada” that got dropped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all,
you know the tenacity of those who call themselves the Jesus Seminar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Same
with the Epistles . . . nothing there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Apparently, it was not “God mandated” as there is nothing in the
scriptures . . . the holy word of God straight out of the Holy’s mouth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">So
. . . what is all of this hullabaloo about Thanksgiving?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">First,
though there are no references to the celebration and holiday we observe as
Thanksgiving, the scriptures are filled with admonishments for the people to
pause and give thanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it is
for a few minutes and at other times its days if not weeks of observing giving
thanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God’s people are to be a
“thankful” people and should practice the art of gratitude on a regular
basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this history is filled
with days of giving thanks . . . Thanksgiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shoot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even observing the Lord’s
Supper, more theologically known as the Eucharist, is an act of thanksgiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look it up . . . “eucharist” is a Greek work
meaning thanksgiving.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Second,
observing a day or celebration of giving thanks is not solely the property of
us Americans . . . of the good ol’ U.S. of A.!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No, just about all cultures, if not all, have set aside days in which to
give thanks for a lot of different reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other cultures and religions have celebrations of gratitude and giving
thanks . . . probably going all the way back to the start of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The celebration of thanksgiving of we observe
it is not original with us, though we might want to think that it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Giving thanks probably spans the
consciousness of the human race.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
probably should tread lightly . . . Thanksgiving in America is the second
favorite holiday after Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s
not to like? Feasting, family, Macy’s parade, football . . . it’s a wonderful
party!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, as the story goes, it all
started with the Pilgrims and Indians sitting down for a happy meal together
and becoming BFFs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Pocahontas gave
it “thumbs up” . . . except for the fact that she wasn’t there that is a pretty
good endorsement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a member of a
completely different tribe and had died four years prior to the actual event in
1617.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As good as it sounds, this isn’t
quite the “real” story behind the story.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Settlers,
like the Pilgrims, were hardly the kindly, giving group that most of us learned
about in our youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Far from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the story goes, the Pilgrims landed on
Plymouth Rock where they established a colony and began going about
existing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a year they were pretty
happy with the harvest of their crops and decided they should take the time and
give thanks with a three-day celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And that is what they did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Indians were not invited.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">What
we often forget is that the Pilgrims were not the first to be in this new
land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were other explorers before
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the explorers came illnesses
and disease that were foreign to the natives who had been there for
centuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such a calamity had happened
to the Wampanoag tribe wiping out great numbers of its people and leaving them
weak in defending themselves against their enemies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this, and obviously the weapons of
the Pilgrims, the chief of the tribe—Ousamequin—saw this as an opportunity to
forge an alliance with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A sort of
mutual protection order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">During
the celebration among the Pilgrims weapons were fired off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Wampanoags hear this noise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The chief gathered up some warriors (90 to be
exact) and headed off towards the noise to offer protection to their neighbors.
Turns out it was just drunken boys being boys shooting off their guns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ousamequin used this as an opportunity to
form an alliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not because he
was friendly, but because it was to the tribe’s advantage against their
enemies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was great while it lasted,
but it did not last long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The relationship
deteriorates and eventually leads to one of the most horrific colonial Indian
wars on record, King Philip’s War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big losers in all of this were the Indians.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">So,
the Wampanoags stumbled into the party uninvited and took advantage of the
situation to create an alliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A meal
was shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just wasn’t the meal we
associate with Thanksgiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warriors
were sent out to get meat—mostly deer when their numbers overwhelmed the
Pilgrims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, there was venison, and
some sort of cooked fowl (though it was not turkey).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were no mashed potatoes, not even baked
because that was not a crop in the area and wouldn’t be for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is true that there were cranberries, but
they did not come out of a can in jelly form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was also pumpkin, but no pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was not a potluck affair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Also,
there were few women at the celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The warriors came as a war party minus any women from the village.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nor were there many women on the Pilgrim side
as very few survived the trip to the “new world”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was largely a male thing and far from what
we were taught as children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nor was it a
“stately” affair with the best china being used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Far from it . . . there were few buildings,
little furniture, and most people ate outside while sitting on the ground or on
a barrel with plates on their laps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
men fired guns, ran races, and drank liquor, while struggling to speak in
broken English and Wampanoag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fairly
disorderly affair that resembles nothing of the pious picture we have in our
minds of sitting at long tables, quietly passing plates and bowls of food
between the Pilgrims and Indians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None
the less, it served its purpose of creating a treaty between the two groups.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
the next 50 years, the alliance was tested as the colonials kept expanding
their land acquisitions, spread diseases, and basically exploited the Wampanoag
land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such a relationship dissolves into
tension between the two groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
tensions eventually ignited into war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This war was known as King Philip’s War or the Great Narragansett
War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This war devastated the Wampanoags
and forever shifted the balance of power in favor of the invading
colonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Wampanoags of today
remember the Pilgrims’ entry to their homeland as a day of deep mourning,
rather than a moment of giving thanks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That’s
a story we should lift a few for!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not the story we
celebrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, we celebrate the
mythic . . . </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
myth is that friendly Indians, unidentified by tribe, welcome the Pilgrims to
America, teach them how to live in this new land, sit down to dinner with them
and then disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a handoff . .
. the Indians are handing off America to the white people so they can create a
great nation dedicated to liberty, opportunity, and Christianity for the rest
of the world to profit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least that is
how it is remembered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great Manifest
Destiny conspiracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
unfortunately, too many of us buy into the myth and not the reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too many of us accept without
questioning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lock, stock, and
barrel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is hooey!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
a long time, the days of giving thanks were sporadic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our history shows that they were called here
and there by communities, states, and even the nation as a need was felt. Nothing
was really organized for a long time, but the idea was planted . . . and,
surprise . . . it involved a lot of politics as it ran its course towards acceptance
and becoming acknowledged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, the seeds
were planted and throughout history it gained steam.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of the biggest advocates for declaring a National Day of Thanksgiving was Sarah
Josepha Hale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though the name is not
recognizable, all of us know Sarah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sarah was a magazine editor who had a number one children’s hit . . . <i>Mary
Had a Little Lamb</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yea, that was
Sarah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was really hooked on the idea
of Thanksgiving as a national day of observance and she lobbied hard through
five different presidencies to make it a federal holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She finally struck gold when President Abraham
Lincoln declared it a holiday in 1863.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
thought it would be a good idea and a step towards reuniting the fractured
country after the Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put it
on the calendar for the last Thursday of November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had nothing to do with pilgrims, Indians, or
turkey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, Lincoln declared in his
proclamation that it would be a day to ask God to “commend to his tender care
all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the
lamentable civil strife” and to “heal the wounds of the nation.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our
nation celebrated this day of thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November
until 1939.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That year the President
Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday up a week in an attempt to spur retail
sales during the Great Depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of
course, with change there comes opposition . . . in this case, passionate
opposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caving to this opposition
Roosevelt eventually signed a bill making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in
November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, had nothing to do with
that first Thanksgiving.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There
are a lot of traditions related to the holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no parade at the first Thanksgiving
(they forgot to unpack the floats off the Mayflower, and they ended back in
England) . . . the Macy Parade grew out of a parade that Macy put on as a
promotion to kick off the holiday shopping season in 1924. Of course, Santa has
been a part of it from its start and was declared the “king of the kiddies”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such is the tradition of Thanksgiving.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
need to understand that a lot of what we think of as “Thanksgiving” are myths of
a grand illusion we celebrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those
myths are not true, and we need quite perpetuating them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Pilgrims and Native Americans were not
friends who worked together . . . nope it was a political and survival
necessity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their relationship, at best,
was tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Pilgrims did not teach
the “uncivilized” Indians about Thanksgiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Native Americans were not “uncivilized” having large and complex
societies long before the settlers arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They already had their own harvest celebrations, feast traditions and
holidays of their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Giving thanks was
a big part of their religious practices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are a lot of myths that surround this holiday that are detrimental
to Native Americans that are just wrong and perpetuate the colonial view and
treatment of this population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
believe me, well then, I suggest that you do a little homework.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take the time to research the origins of
Thanksgiving . . . take a <i>Google</i> adventure. Learn for yourself what it
is that you are actually celebrating.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
do not think that most people want to observe and celebrate something that is
harmful to another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanksgiving is such
an observance as we understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting
aside days of giving thanks are not relegated to the fourth Thursday of
November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout history people,
communities, states, and nations have declared days to be thankful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On those days the people were asked to “give
thanks” . . . to “give thanks” for bountiful harvests, blessings, family, community
. . . for another day, another opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
we gather around tables for Thanksgiving with family and friends, let us focus
on the reasons we need to “give thanks” and not rely upon some mythic
understanding of why we are gathered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reality and facts point to a completely different story and outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that we should all be thankful
because there is much to be thankful for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We should pause more often in our lives . . . even on a daily basis . .
. to “give thanks”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone once said
that simplest prayer that anyone could ever utter is to say, “thank you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certain you can find that in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is a Thanksgiving I believe we can all
support and get behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May yours be a
joyful celebration of life and all the blessings it brings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, who needs turkey to be thankful?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">During my undergraduate studies I had an
Educational Psychology professor who was well-loved by the students despite being
hokey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He claimed that hokiness from
being raised on a Kansas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His theme song
for his childhood was <i>John Denver’s</i> song, <i><a href="https://youtu.be/uZGRATckoBM?si=4GONljiUdBmKI1Wb">Matthew</a></i>:</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised
on</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Love is just the way to live and die</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And blue is just a Kansas summer sky</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That,
said Paul Welter, was the foundation of his life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of Welter’s most popular lectures was on the “hats” people wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would state we all wear “hats” that we
constantly change depending on the situations we are in and the people that we
are with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In those cases, we wear the
hat that fits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suppose the point was
that as individuals we are fluid. Fluid in the sense that we have many
different roles and identities that make us who we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we play roles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would go through the lecture and then drop
the “big” question—which hat is really you?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is a “big” question and even in my “golden years”, I’m not sure I can answer
that question any more definitively than I could back then when he first posed
the question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact is that life is a
journey and none of us are where we started—at least I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have all grown . . . changed . . .
evolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the goal of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To discover who we were created to be and
then become the best “me” we can be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a journey . . . a trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For me, quoting the <i>Grateful Dead</i>, “What a long, strange trip it
has been.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Everything
on our journey pieces together to make us who we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The words we hear spoken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people we encounter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The music we listen to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spirituality we explore, embrace, and
leave behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The movies we watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The books we read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The politics we embrace and rail
against.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The religions we explore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The education we seek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The relatives we encounter, idolized,
ignored, and despised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cultures in
which we live and lived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ethnocentricities
around us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The landscape we grew up in
and live in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The peace and the war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension and the calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything pieces together like some cosmic
puzzle to mold and shape us into who we are . . . and it is a journey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is a journey of a million, billion steps and decisions with each discovery we
encounter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken">Robert
Frost</a> equates it to being a journey through the woods upon which he comes
to a fork in the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that point a
choice must be made . . . a decision made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is life—constant choices . . . constant decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that the difference is made proclaims
Frost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wise old Yankee, Yogi Berra,
said that when you come to a fork in the road, take it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is life—a journey of discovery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now
it may look and feel like there has been a map that laid the journey before us,
but reality and experience tell us differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We may think it is all pre-ordained by God . . . that God has it all
planned out, step-by-step, but it is not!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God leaves that up to us
knowing that we are going somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Somewhere that is up to us . . . that is closer to being who we
are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God believes in us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe we should too.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
choices and decisions are up to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
pick and choose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But with which “hat” do
we do this picking and choosing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trust
me, the “hats” influence us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They truly
do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
goal of my journey has always been to be who I was created to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be perfect in who I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, in popular faith stances—Christianity
in particular—that is practically a blasphemous statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Christ was perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet that is what Jesus calls us to be—ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In being ourselves with all our strengths and
weaknesses, good and bad points . . . who we are. And then accepting ourselves
as we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we can master that, we can
master perfection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Didn’t William Shakespeare
say, “This above all: to thine own self be true . . .”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is the goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It begins with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discovering who we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learning to love ourselves—all of who we
are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We begin there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we cannot love ourselves, then how can we
ever love another?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
is the problem in my estimation, with the world today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t seem as if too many people love
themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just take a gander at the
world we live in—watch the news on television, listen to the radio, read the
newspapers, cruise the Internet and social media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure doesn’t seem like a warm cozy place we
are living in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, far from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People need to learn how to love themselves
so that they love others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Which
means we need to make the journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we
make the journey we need to realize that it is a “long strange trip” with lots
of forks in the road calling for choices and decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choices weighed upon discernment and for no
better word—prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to weigh the
voices and experiences of the past as they pull and push us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discern the “truth<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as we know and understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone once said that the “truth will set you
free.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Self-discovery.
Self-love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all leads to how we love
ourselves and love others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything less
is to pay a heavy price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This I have learned
through the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a heavy
price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could cost us our souls.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
individuals and as a group we must figure out which “hat” truly represents us .
. . that says who we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still
working towards discovering that “hat” that says “me”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still wading through them all, but I can
honestly state that I have fewer hats than I used to have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am getting closer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I always knew what Dr. Welter was
getting at, but I just wasn’t ready to give up my “hats”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But life is not always about being
comfortable . . . sometimes it is about wearing something new, different, and
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They say that hindsight is
20/20!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Love is just a way to live and
die.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a hat I think we could all
wear.</span></p>
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your hat collection? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Someone once said that “everything has a voice
if we just listen.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That’s
the key . . . are we listening?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Theodor
Seuss Geisel was an American children’s author known for his work writing and
illustrating more than 60 books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everyone knows him as Dr. Seuss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Before becoming a children’s book author, he was an illustrator and
cartoonist—political cartoonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surprisingly
one of my favorite Dr. Suess books reflects the fact that he never could
completely step away from the moral and political issues of his day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book? <i>Horton Hears a Who</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prior
to World War II, during and afterwards, Geisel harbored strong anti-Japanese
sentiments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That changed after he
visited post-war Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After his visit he
began to view the Japanese as fellow human beings worthy of acknowledgement,
respect, and acceptance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone
belongs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone has a voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you listen, you can hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Horton Hears a Who</i> is Geisel’s
allegory for the United States occupation of post-war Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On his visit he witnessed the atrocious
aftermath of the Hiroshima bomb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
changed his heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He dedicated the book
to his friend: <i>“My Great Friend, Mitsugi Nakamura of Kyoto, Japan.”</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
story is simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horton, the elephant,
finds a speck of dust floating in the jungle of Nool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inspecting the dust speck, Horton discovers
the tiny city of Who-ville and its residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He can hear them but cannot see them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are too small to see, but they can be heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forming a relationship with the Who-ville
mayor, Horton promises to transport the tiny city to safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No one else in the jungle believes Horton and create all sorts of
opposition to the point that they are about to “boil that dust speck.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horton pleads for them to listen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
famous line from the book? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“A
person is a person, no matter how small.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
are living in a time in which the silence around us is deafening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I doubt anyone would argue that these are not
divisive times, not only in our nation but across the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, this is not new to our times . . . it
has always been across the full spectrum of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a struggle for power . . . struggle for
control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that struggle you are either
“with us or against us.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately,
such a mindset creates huge chasms of separation and casts the “unwanted” into
the shadows . . . to the outside . . . longing and wanting to be accepted and
to belong . . . to be acknowledged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
go by many names . . . the poor . . . different cultures, races, and nations
other than our own . . . women . . . the disabled . . . the LGBTQIQ . . . religions
other than our own . . . liberal/conservative . . . minorities . . . political
parties . . . skin color . . . the naked, oppressed, imprisoned,
forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who is not like
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intolerance of the world we live
in has silenced those who have been thrown to the shadows . . . and that
silence is deafening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all slowly
inching our way into that shadowland . . . into that silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are slowly becoming the outsiders.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
it is not new.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
has always been there.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remember
these words written by <a href="https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/pastor-martin-niemoller-hmd-2021/">Pastor
Martin Niemoller</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His is a
complicated story, and like Geisel he had a change of heart, thus these famous
words written in 1947:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">First they came for the Communists</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I did not speak out</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because I was not a Communist</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then they came for the Socialists</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I did not speak out</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because I was not a Socialist</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then they came for the trade unionists</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I did not speak out</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because I was not a trade unionist</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then they came for the Jews</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I did not speak out</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because I was not a Jew</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then they came for me</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And there was no one left</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">To speak out for me</span></i></p>
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has a voice if you just listen. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
need to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That deafening silence
echoes with the voices of those on the outside . . . those thrown out . . .
those deemed not “worthy” . . . the expendables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we listening?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many voices crying out to be
heard . . . and, yet, it seems that they are not being heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is a lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The voices are being heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are being heard and ignored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Why?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
can’t speak for anyone else, but I will go out on a limb and venture that the
silence of response is grounded in fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fear that if one speaks out that he or she will be cast aside like those
they are speaking for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That in speaking
and standing for those on the outside will get you ostracized as being one of
those who need to be removed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Retaliation and mudslinging is an effective tool in our day and age of
silencing those who would rise up to speak for those who are not being
heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t believe it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out the political world we are living
in and tell me it is not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
silence only grows.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is scary to speak up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask Horton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, I can not speak for everyone, nor can
I speak for the “church” with a capital “C”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can only speak as one follower of Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My understanding is that Jesus calls those
who follow his ways to listen and to speak out for those who are on the outside
and in the shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure that
the “church” with a capital “C” does that as its factions are busy trying to
survive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet Jesus calls those who
believe in his ways to listen and speak out . . . to love . . . the
outsider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To bring them to the table and
let them take their God-given place at the table no matter who they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is God’s kingdom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remember
<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025%3A31-46&version=NIV">Matthew
25:31-46</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a classic case of “were
you listening” straight out of the mouth of Jesus. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
I have said before, this is not something new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We probably have been dealing with this since the beginning of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason, though, it seems
worse today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it is the innocents
who are killed in the wars waged between nations and political ideologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it is in the political battles that are
stripping human rights from those within our own families, within our own
nation, laying waste to so many lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe it is the way that those who are different are so easily disregarded
and marginalized . . . thrown away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe it is the blatant downward spiral of human decency that cannot
acknowledge and accept those who are different despite them all being created
in the image of God. It just feels worse and the future does not look bright .
. . especially those who are on the outside looking in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And believe it or not, more of us are joining
that group.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Everything
has a voice and if we listen, we can hear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
if we listen, will we respond . . . will we act?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isn’t that the question that we need to
answer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Prayers and thoughts” are no
longer good enough. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I hear that
someone offers “prayers and thoughts”, I think that is taking the easy way out
and making oneself look good in the eyes of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is cop out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we really cared, then we should act . . .
we should do something . . . speak out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We should stand by those who are silenced and be their voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
should not compound the silence of the world screaming out to be heard by
adding our own to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should speak
out . . . even if it is one voice at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Others will hear it and find strength to join.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth and love cannot be silenced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone and everything deserves to be heard
. . . deserves to be accepted . . . deserves to be love . . . just as God
created them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">God
or whatever you want to call the higher power or spirit is the keeper of the
table . . . not us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Let
us listen and hear before it is too late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Before there is no one to hear and speak for us.</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am no dog whisperer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just an ordinary dog owner who confesses
that his three canine children often baffle him when attempting to
communicate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t speak “dog” despite
having been an owner most of my adult life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am certain that I have frustrated my dogs over the years as they have
attempted to “talk” to me . . . especially in times of urgency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could speak “dog” or any other
animal language, but I have a difficult time even mastering human language . .
. at least in speaking it properly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yeah, there are times I wish I could speak with the animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I don’t and thankfully my furry buddies
have been patient and loving in accepting my deficit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wouldn’t
it be nice if we all could be like Dr. John Dolittle?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He could talk to animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
least that is what Hollywood wants us to believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth of the matter is that Dr. Dolittle
doesn’t exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite that fact, it
made for some semi-tolerant movies over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, it was first a musical that was
made into a film in 1967 based on a series of children’s stories written by Hugh
Lofting. Maybe you had to learn the song in elementary school like I did . . . <i>If
I Could Talk to the Animals</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is
<a href="https://youtu.be/nvMcKbo0vYc?si=BVQFyazADZT36osW">Bobby Darin’s
version of the song</a>. Even in my golden years I can still remember some of
the lyrics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But
. . . I cannot speak any version of “animal” and especially not “dog”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yet,
there is hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stumbled upon an
article by Dan Fitzpatrick titled, <i>Understanding the Meanings Behind Common
Dog Behaviors</i>, on the <i>Internet</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>According to the author of the article all of those bizarre, cute, and
irritating behaviors displayed by dogs actually are more than that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those peculiar behaviors are forms of
communication . . . there is purpose behind those actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to Mr. Fitzpatrick, I have a little
better understanding of what my three furry buddies are attempting to let me
know.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
also want it to be known that I am not a complete dolt when it comes to
understanding my dogs and their attempts to communicate with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, our Borgie (Border Collie and
Corgi mix) brings me a toy . . . well, she wants to play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She does this quite often and mopes when I
don’t respond immediately to her advances to play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two of us have put quite a few miles on
her frisbees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
also know that our Borgie, Birdie, likes to lean on me and that there is a
reason for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I appreciate her leans
at the end of a long day at work and she greets me by jumping on the bed and
leaning on me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birdie is a “hugger” and
leaning is how dogs “hug”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now when it
comes to humans, I am not a “hugger” . . . it takes me a long, long time to
work up to hugging folks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Birdie it
is wonderful, and she can’t seem to get enough of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe she can teach me something . . . if I
ever lean on you just consider it a hug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At least it would be a start!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scooting
. . . you know what I am talking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That embarrassing behavior of the dog dragging its butt across the
carpet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that the only time the
dogs want to do that is when there is company sitting in the living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know what scooting means!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an itchy butt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You gotta scratch an itch when you got
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since their paws can’t reach their
rear end . . . why not a scoot across the carpet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It works and I can’t blame them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shoot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There have been times when I had an itch and a good scoot across the
carpet would have worked wonders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whatever the case, I understand what the dog is conveying.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
it comes to speaking “dog” I am not a complete idiot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do know some parts of the canine language,
but there is so much more to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
was reading through the article, I kept having these little epiphanies of “Oh,
so that’s why she does that!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
enlightened . . . a little more in touch with my wild side.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
example, I need to change how I take my pups licking me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All three of the pups tend to want to lick my
face and hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I am a sloppy
eater, but they take licking to the next level . . . dog slobber to the
utmost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see I thought they were
licking me because I had some sort of food scent on me, or they liked the
lotion I used on my face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that might
be the case, but I do know I am more hygienic than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wash up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The case is that it has nothing to do with any food on my face or
hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, it is a “sign” of letting
me know that they come in peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
these years I just thought I was tasty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
also learned that there is a passive aggressive streak in “dog talk”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that they can get away with it where
we humans get called to task if we do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lots of times that is what it means when a dog yawns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yawning is often related to being tired, but
it can also mean that the dog is bored and noncommittal in a situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indirect communication, that is what that
is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you know that our dogs also
communicate with us when they roll around in stinking stuff?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whenever a dog comes upon an interesting smell, no matter how stinky, it
rolls in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rolls in it because it
wants to share it with its family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess
what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are the dog’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a way of sharing something with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our two Dachshunds are notorious for sharing
like this.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Birdie
likes to tilt her head when I am talking to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cutest thing in the world!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth of the matter is that she is
attempting to understand me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get that
look from a lot of people, so you think I should have known this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am clueless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She tilts her head so she can hear and see me
better to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also likes to
narrow her eyes at me, it is not because she is focusing on me and what I am
saying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, she is attempting to
establish herself as an intimidating force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then she yawns and dismisses me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Enough is enough.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">If
scooting is offensive to you, then I am certain that you are offended by butt
sniffing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently, the nose is a big
part of “dog talk”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through the nose the
dog learns a lot whether they are sniffing butts or the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever we take walks, the pups have to read
the “pee mail”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only do they read
the “pee mail” they also leave messages for those who follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a form of communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Butt sniffing . . . a dog’s sense of smell is
10,000 to 100,000 times better than any human’s and they use that to interpret information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps them identify other dogs, their
wellness, reproductive information, and emotional state.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Dog
talk” is bigger than I ever imagined . . . and important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially if you have dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who doesn’t want to have a healthy, intimate
relationship with their canine friends?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I want to
understand my pups better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all,
they love me . . . they understand me . . . and they don’t hesitate to show it
to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am licked. Leaned into, Laid
upon. Sniffed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am loved
unconditionally by my pups, and I want them to know that they are too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
am a long way from being able to converse with animals like Dr. Dolittle, but
this article was a great first step in learning to communicate better with my
dogs. I am far from being a “dog whisperer”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I am getting closer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
are interested in becoming better at understanding your dog or a better
communicator with the pup, I suggest you <i>Google</i> the topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Google</i> will give you plenty to read
and consider. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I had done this sooner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also wish they would create a quick guide
on communicating with other humans . . . especially the opposite sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dogs are easy . . . it is everyone else that
throws me for a loop. </span></p>
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