This has been a wonderful week. Once again, Justin and Conner were impressive workers and we made some excellent progress with the yard. We did get a little rain this week, but nothing like we had been getting. This next week looks warm and dry, which is both good and bad. I also won’t be at all surprised if there is unexpected rain. Why not!?
I’ve started to assemble things with the goal of creating a book of my poetry. It’s really crazy that I have never done that, but it’s going to happen this year. I’m trying to decide if I want to do short books focused on a theme, or if I should just chuck everything in together and have a slightly longer book. I can see the value in both.
Senator John McCain died. Whatever one thinks of his politics, I think we can agree that he deserves our respect as a veteran and POW. I also really do believe he always fought for what he thought was right. I didn’t always agree with what he thought was right, but what I’ve seen in the past decade has been the rise of Republican obstructionism, senators and congressmen who are no longer striving to move us forward as a country. Instead, they try to gum up the machine, fight to keep people down, and cheat to retain power. They are unAmerican. I’m reminded of McCain’s town hall during which a woman asked about Obama, disparaging him. McCain, being a fundamentally good person, defended his colleague. It was about advancing their ideas, not about tearing one another down. That election would include some less honorable moments, and arguably was the unintentionally handing of the Republican party that John McCain was a member of to the Tea Party obstructionists like his running mate. He had a long career and was a well-loved patriot; my thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time.
This has been the third week in a row when I lacked focus on the blog, but I’ve got plenty to write about. I just need to get with it!