Remember the good old days? November 16 was a big day in Mason County. Hunting season started on November 16. And, the most important thing, it was a school holiday. Kids were so disappointed when it fell on a weekend.
I trust you have enjoyed the end of the political ads.
Tears of joy.
Tears of fear.
Prayer.
Concern.
Worry.
Hope.
Faith.
Optimism.
Despair.
All of the above.
Now that the election is over.
React.
Or respond.
Choose carefully.
Choose wisely.
The thing is knowing there’s a choice.
Always.
As the sages say:
“The world is as you see it.”
United we stand.
Divided we fall.
What the world needs now...
Not just for some.
For everyone.
And it’s here.
Evident in the sunny day.
The darkness of 3 a.m.
And all moments in between.
O beautiful for spaciou ...
"It's morning again in America...."
As I write this column, the polls have been open on the east coast for over two hours, and more than an hour here in the central United States. By this time tomorrow, the election of 2016 will be in the record books, and no matter the result, we will have a new president-elect.
Go Punchers
To the Mason High School Puncher Club:
During the 2011 football season, I began (with 5 other people) to haul the tunnel the players run through to the football games. 5 years later, I’m still doing it, and it’s one of the highlights of my life in Mason.
This year, at the Iraan game, I had truck problems on the way up, and a complete mechanical breakdown on the way back, resulting in a tow, and an overnight stay in Ozona.
Lava Cakes
Individual chocolate cakes with pudding centers
Courtesy, Challenge Butter
Since we’re rapidly approaching the “season of overindulgence,” I thought this recipe would be appropriate. I found this recipe on the inside of a Challenge Butter box. The biggest “challenge” is to make sure you don’t bake them too long.
I want to brag on Mr. Kahan, Karla Imery, Evelia Lopez, Sydney Anderson, and Bailey Taylor for their hard work at the library on Blue Ribbon Service Day. They did a super job inside and out, and what a great program! I’m very grateful for their service! Remember, we’ll be closed on Friday for Veterans Day, and we owe a great debt to all our men and women who are serving or have served in the armed forces.
Who shot Pedals?
Regular readers will have noticed that I’ve avoid writing about the presidential election as if it were a political event, or something. Now that the election is over, assuming there aren’t several weeks of recounts and whining and such, I’m still not going to write about the election.
I’ve often thought of going to the store with Post-it’ and writing Good and Bad on them. When I come to a good item, stick the “Good” post-it’ on that item and on the bad items stick on the “BAD” post-it’! This could be a way of being a consumer advocate!
Let’s face it, there are a lot of the Good and Bad things in this world.
Comments on This and That...
Two successful football figures who seem “unperturbable” are TV sports analyst Tony Dungy and Kansas State University Coach Bill Snyder. At ages 61 and 77, respectively, they remain vibrant, respected and poised. (Someone said when common sense, values and fairness were handed out, these two men may have gone through the line twice.)
No argument here.
From time to time, fate offers some form of relief from the cruel remarks made during the election campaigns, war news and general uprisings and worst of all, the killing of our COPS on the streets of America and those who perpetuate such violence, as you witnessed in Ferguson, Missouri, which elevated due to remarks made by an individual whose initials are A.
