Jim and I have finished that 1983 miniseries written by Herman Wouk. It was interesting but very dated and somewhat miscast, though not the lead, Robert Mitchum.
As in every life there are winds of change. In any large family there are new lives to celebrate and deaths to commemorate. Families are not together as much any more. Kids leave the nest and take root elsewhere, or are always mobile.
We live in a very transient community. There are year-rounders we can count on in a storm or with an illness. Then there are other interesting residents who stay for a few months or a year or two and it’s always great to meet new folks.
Interestingly most are from the North Eastern US or Canada. That’s great because it’s where I grew up and where my relatives are from.
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Lest we forget we are still in a war. It is one that many only think of in monetary terms, not in lives lost. Nearly a decade later we are trying to finish what 9/11 started and former President Bush lied to get us in a war for. President Obama’s watch included the killing of Bin Laden. There is no way we will ever broker peace in the middle east. As much as it hurts all of us, they hate us and want us to leave so they can go back to killing each other as they have for centuries. Let us not involve US soldiers in this war and still try to achieve peace. UN, if it works, is OK.
Cooking with Dee 