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If We Make It Through December
It’s not uncommon to think about New Year’s given its close proximity to the 31st of December. Even Merle Haggard sang ♫ If We Make It Through December ♪ I mean you’d have to die to miss that. Hold that thought, I got coffee brewing. This here, this posting on one of my many blogs, is one of the reasons I don’t make resolutions. I make them in December and they don’t make it through the end of the month.
Many a year I have said I am going to learn to play an instrument, the piano, the guitar, a harmonica and what do I have to show for all those “I’m gonna’s” zippo, nada, nothing.
Oh yeah, there’s this one, “I’m going to quit posting on facebook and do all my writing on my blogs.” That lasts maybe one post.
I start stuff all the time, I don’t need New Years’ to do that. I learn from the best in starting stuff, Ed Norton would roll up his sleeves a dozen times before he’d eventually get started. I even call that early initiative part, my “rolling up my sleeves part.”
My problem is I have a grasshopper mentality. What do grasshopper’s do, they hop to it all over the place, one to another. That’s me. I start something and half way through I’m off to doing something else. What I need is someone to advocate for the things I start so that I see them through to completion. Like a coach or something. You wouldn’t think that a man who completed 59 courses (self-study and tested) in 60 days would have that problem, would you?
Have I mentioned that I am nearing 80. To that end I say, I have had my day in the Sun. I have overcame some obstacles, I have accomplished other aspirations and I have failed at a lot of efforts. So, I don’t have a bucket list. I’m through doing, but I do have some finishing up to do. And if I don’t finish them, so be it.
I have, say, a half dozen or so maladies that anyone could take me out. I’m not going to list them, they are not a woe is me list. Just a recognition that I see the end is coming. And if I die, I die, but it won’t be because I had this or I had that. People die at 80 all the time. I once heard a doctor explain it this way. “Your heart has so many ticks and when it stops ticking, you stop living.” I like that explanation. I’ll go with that.
I Wonder What People Might Say About Me
I saw a post on Facebook the other day referencing a blog that advocated holding funerals for people before they died. So when I saw this headline prompt “…What People Might Say….” I thought I’d consider the question for the purpose of my funeral.
I don’t think of MY FUNERAL excessively. I am 80, well I will be in 9 months. I’m bored with being 79 and want to get on to 80. So, I say and think of myself as being 80. There are days that I can’t believe I am that old, 79 or 80. How did I get here, this oldness I mean. I kept waking up everyday that’s what did it. Yes, I say, God wakes me up….and I want to be thankful, but if I’m not, will He strike me dead on the spot. That’s not fair. There are many a folk who are living who don’t give Him a second thought and he let’s them keep on living.
No, I am not going to turn this into a Health Report. Though there are the matter of a half dozen issues that I could do without, thank you very much. I’m not writing what I think of me but what people might say about me. When you get on to being 80 there are less and less people to have something to say about you. You wouldn’t believe the number of funerals that have been held this past year. And that’s another thing.
Is it insensitive to say that I don’t like how funerals all fit into the same pattern. There seems to be very little creativity in the service. I want to include Country Music numbers and maybe a rock n roll number but I have never heard that sort of music in funerals before. And would it be appropriate to say, let’s dance. I definitely do not want a ‘woe is me’ funeral. I’ve already had enough “woe is me” life.
It’s not descriptive enough to just say “he was a character” say “He was something else” Talks loud, can be boisterous, and never smiles. It’s not that I don’t smile, but for so many years I had nothing to smile about that my smile muscles atrophied. I also laugh raucously.
It’s also not like there’s a lot to say about me to begin with. I am kind, considerate, and helpful.
Were this written say even just 30 years ago you could have said “he likes sports, played sports, was a sport. But any more I tire of sports. There’s nothing as regretful as getting up from your chair after watching a game of football for 4 hours and realizing you just wasted that time for nothing and besides your team probably lost and you have nothing to feel good about. I’ll even admit to watching the Chicago Bulls win 6 NBA Championships and feeling the angst of 4th quarter rallies, “are they going to pull it out, the coach sucks, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!!!”
I work hard. Well, not any more. Any more I can be accused of doing nothing and that would be correct. But when I worked, I worked hard. And at many different tasks at that. Now, there’s a subject worthy of writing about, the number of jobs that I have had. But I have never worked in a restaurant or fast food, nor did I ever apply at any of those places either.
In conclusion there’s not a need to wonder what people might say about me, be I dead or alive. And besides it’s not for my benefit what people think but theirs. The End
2024
With Kevin McCarthy being driven from Congress, as he announces his resignation, he joins at least 36 other members who are also resigning. There will always be somebody willing to take their place even if disjointedness is the reason that they are leaving. At least for most as it has been stated.
So what are the implications for the President’s bid to get re-elected in 2024. I am still not convinced that the Democrats want Joe Biden as their poster boy for President of the United States, except for the fact that Joe Biden is really not running the country. He is a mouthpiece for the Biden Administration in name only. An administration that is double the size of the last two presidents combines. Even the interns turned on Biden over the Israel/Hamas war position, and that should be scary as all get out.
There’s an old adage that goes like this. The more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m not sure that is current anymore. While this country has run amok before, it sure hasn’t run this far off the track, what with the almost acceptance of anti-semitism by universities, etc.
I’m not inferring any call to action here but I am suggesting that America needs to wake up in a supposedly already woke society.
16 Stateville Correctional Center inmates graduate from Northwestern Prison Education Program
I would have peferred the article to appear so you could see the joy and jubilation of these men and their families, nevertheless, you can copy and paste the https: stream and see the full article for yourselves.
I can tell you as both a prisoner in Stateville and a student/employee at Northwestern University, it is a million miles from Stateville to graduating from NU and these men deserve all the credit for having done so, and Northwestern University deserves all the credit for making it possible.
When Push Comes To Shove
It means exactly what I thought it did. When one must commit oneself to an action or decision. Thomson, here taking a coffee break from the corner of the room opposite my new work quarters. That’s right I got hired this morning at my new job, Chief Marketing Director and Lead Sales Manager of Thomson Home Emporium.
Chiefly, I am listing all my wordly possessions on EBAY. San Francisco Bay, Montego Bay and any other bay I find to sell my wares. I am coming out of 18 years retirement and functioning as a full fledged worker in the work force.
I recently came into possession of many collectibles and vintage knick knacks and pally wacks and chicken got a bone. And while listing all of these items, what the heck, why not get rid of these books as well.
In making my move from a lackadaisical life on the porch to productive citizen something had to succomb and it looks like its Facebook. I spent the weekend gearing up for today by not posting much of anything and came out of that unscathed.
It recently came to my attention just how long I have been writing Fingerprints of God, 12 years!!! A man went to prison at the time I began the book and he just got out after 12 years, so there you have it.
Ebay currently has a sale of sorts where by you can list 200 items before October 1st free. You already know, I go to hop to it. I only have 194 more items to go before I reach that goal. See you in the Spring.
30 Intriguing Peanut Butter Sandwiches Besides PB&J
PB & J sandwiches are a lunchbox classic, but peanut butter can be paired with more than just jelly!
We searched Newspapers.com™ to find peanut butter sandwich ideas from decades past. While some of these sandwiches are classics in their own right, others are a bit more unusual!
Did your favorite peanut butter sandwich make the list?
(Click any of the links below to see the full sandwich recipe in the newspaper.)20 Aug 1961, Sun The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) Newspapers.com
1. Peanut butter & chili sauce
Ingredients: Peanut butter, chili sauce, milk, salt
2. Peanut butter & baked beans
Ingredients: Peanut butter, baked beans, onion, tomato, lettuce, salt, pepper
3. Peanut butter & raisin
Ingredients: Peanut butter, raisins, milk
4. Peanut butter & carrot
Ingredients: Peanut butter, shredded carrots, mayonnaise, milk
5. Peanut butter & bacon
Ingredients: Peanut butter, bacon, mayonnaise
6. Peanut butter & onion
Ingredients: Peanut butter, onion, butterPeanut butter & Onion Sandwiches 12 Jan 1927, Wed The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
7. Peanut butter & cream cheese
Ingredients: Peanut butter, cream cheese, milk, salt
8. Peanut butter, date & walnut
Ingredients: Peanut butter, dates, walnuts
9. Peanut butter & orange
Ingredients: Peanut butter, orange slices, alfalfa sprouts
10. Peanut butter & honey
Ingredients: Peanut butter, honey
11. Peanut butter & Swiss cheese
Ingredients: Peanut butter, Swiss cheese, lettucePeanut butter & Swiss cheese sandwich 17 Jun 1964, Wed Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii) Newspapers.com
12. Peanut butter & mayonnaise
Ingredients: Peanut butter, mayonnaise, lemon juice
13. Peanut butter & pineapple
Ingredients: Peanut butter, crushed pineapple
14. Peanut butter & prune
Ingredients: Peanut butter, prunes, prune juice, lemon juice
15. Peanut butter & cranberry sauce
Ingredients: Peanut butter, cranberry sauce
16. Peanut butter, olive & celery
Ingredients: Peanut butter, olives, celery, salad dressingPeanut butter, olive & celery sandwich 04 Jun 1924, Wed Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Newspapers.com
17. Peanut butter & ginger
Ingredients: Peanut butter, ginger, lemon juice
18. Peanut butter & maple sugar
Ingredients: Peanut butter, maple sugar
19. Peanut butter & tomato
Ingredients: Peanut butter, tomato, French dressing
20. Peanut butter, orange juice & coconut
Ingredients: Peanut butter, orange juice, coconut, honey
21. Peanut butter & pickle
Ingredients: Peanut butter, pickle, mayonnaiseRecipe: Peanut Butter – Pickle Sandwiches (1935) 19 Sep 1935, Thu Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
22. Peanut butter & hot dog
Ingredients: Peanut butter, hot dog, pickle relish
23. Peanut butter & maple syrup
Ingredients: Peanut butter, maple syrup, butter
24. Peanut butter & cottage cheese
Ingredients: Peanut butter, cottage cheese, molasses, mayonnaise
25. Peanut butter & applesauce
Ingredients: Peanut butter, applesauce, butter
26. Peanut butter & lettuce
Ingredients: Peanut butter, lettuce, mayonnaiseRecipe: Lettuce and Peanut Butter Sandwich (1957) 25 Sep 1957, Wed Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
27. Peanut butter & ham
Ingredients: Peanut butter, deviled ham, mayonnaise, pickle relish
28. Peanut butter & marshmallow fluff (“fluffernutter”)
Ingredients: Peanut butter, marshmallow fluff
29. Peanut butter & sausage
Ingredients: Peanut butter, brown ‘n serve sausage, apricot jam
30. Peanut butter & banana
Ingredients: Peanut butter, bananas
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Oh No, Fall Is Coming.
Fall is coming, but I am not done with Summer. I don’t seem to remember Fall coming in September. It’s not suppose to be here until November, okay, October, but not September. We’re not done with baseball yet? Maybe if your team is the Chicago Cubs and your sitting in the cellar 25 games back then baseball is over for you, but September, is still Summer.
We go back to school the day after Labor Day. Maybe colleges start their new season in August, but schools, after Labor Day. At least in the America I grew up in.
Football isn’t suppose to start until November, though I am not as hard on this one. If I am not watching the Chicago Bears than all the other teams bore me. Yes, they are boring. Not as bad as basketball though. Show me one new thing basketball has that they didn’t have when Bob Cousey played. Okay the 3-point shot, That’s it. Oh, and the announcers, give me a break, I’d rather turn the sound down and listen to a crying baby.
I got tired just writing this and I just woke up from a nap. There must be a condition that is causing this tiredness, but I have 12 maladies as it is, I don’t need no more. I should go sit out on the porch, daylight can’t be lasting much longer, can it?
September, The Most Beloved Month
SEPTEMBER, The Most Beloved Month
Now normally, I would add to the title, “of the year” but if its the most beloved month, then wouldn’t it be (of the year)?
I have long held that I was born in the most exciting month, the most exciting year and that banana cream pie is my go to desert for all celebratory occassions. I’m flipping the script this year for my 79th birthday. If I am going to continually to keep merrily rolling along then I need to add creativity to my repertoire.
This is not to be just a strawberry pie but a strawberry/rhubarb pie. And it’s to be delivered on September 7th, the most beloved date of the month of September.
Everything starts and ends in September. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 starting WWII.
Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945 aboard the U. S. S. Missouri
And now Jimmy Buffett has died on September 2nd.
AND, who else but me and several more people were born on September 7, 1944. I’m a war baby not a (what’s that next group of adolescents.) Oh, Yes, Baby Boomers.
Today is an exciting day for no other reason than it just is. So get out there and enjoy it.
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