Monday Morning Musings

Posted on October 19, 2015 under Monday Morning Musings with one comment

VOTE TODAY

Do you remember when you played schoolyard games and when you were on the losing end, you yelled “uncle.? “ This meant that you surrendered, gave up, waved the white flag. So, here’s what I want everyone to do. Stop what you’re doing and yell “uncle” at the top of your lungs. If anyone asks you why, just tell them that you can’t possibly tolerate one more political promise or one more inane ad and that the pain and suffering will be over later on tonight. Unless, of course your poll is in Florida, in which case you might not get the results until a judicial recount in three weeks or so. Please tell me that we don’t have hanging chads. As Terry Fox said on his marathon of hope… “ somewhere the hurting must end.”

Having said this, I will be staying up way beyond my normal bedtime ( 9:30 p.m. !) until I know the results. As much as I love sports, nothing gets in the way of my beauty rest. Agreed. I need a lot of beauty rest. I am a political junkie and election night trumps all other television events. I thought of doing a “Trump” pun but the groan would be too loud.

So, here’s the deal. I don’t have the persuasive power of Rick Mercer but please, get out and vote today.

It would seem that you were as amazed as I was with the story that I posted on the weekend about my friend Judy. The response was great and left many of you shaking your heads as to how someone is able to deal with so much adversity and come up smiling. Judy is something else and has a big fan club. I am a charter member! If you didn’t get a chance to read it, go back and take a boo. It’s called “Judy’s Joyride.” You can find it at the bottom of my home page. You can always search other stories as all my posts are archived.

My story about the Marian Boychoir was pre-empted by my tribute to Benny Druhan and will be published next week. I am in discussions regarding the writing of a book about the Boychoir. It looks like it might be a go. By the way, I continue to be stopped on a daily basis by people who read the story about Benny ( 15000 and counting ). He was enormously popular. I had a chance to walk The Landing with his wife Charlene… and Bailey, early the other morning.

I am expecting big traffic problems in the town of Guysborough this Saturday, October 24^th. around 2:00, in the vicinity of the library. Is there another big “chase the ace” jackpot, you ask? No. It’s my book launch, silly! My third book, “ Tales, Trails and Tunes” is being printed and I will have them in my hands later in the week. Why don’t you drop down and see me and while you’re at it, grab a bite at one of the fine eating establishments in this great town. I will even have a few seats in the car if you want to travel down with me.

Happy election day!

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