We don't have a flag pole. We have a simple bracket on the house for the few days a year that we display the flag. Our street is a mile long and we are the only ones flying the flag today. There are a fair number of people in this area who do fly the flag every day. There are very few of those who light it as they should at night but I guess that is too much like work. I used to read a column in our local paper written by a guy who must have been some sort of libertarian because he argued that the flag should only be flown in front of government buildings as a sort of identification. I fly it as a sign of respect for men and women who are serving and who have served. Of course I respect them every day (!) but save the flag for special days.
Following the news these days is quite strange. Every day the popular media finds something weird about President Trump. Some days it is as earth-shaking as whether or not he holds his wife's hand; some days it's a bit more. His trip to the Middle East and Europe was actually kind of scary. The guy doesn't seem to know what he is doing and being 'political' doesn't seem to be in his makeup either. Of course we were living in Europe when Bill Clinton was doing his best to get close to Monica Lewinski so we are used to being embarrassed by the President. Then there is the whole Russian secret communications channel thing with Kushner. It is to the point that I looked up some conservative news sources (like Fox News) to see what they are saying. Well, at least they aren't laying bets on when Mr. Trump will be impeached. I found an article discussing British and Irish bookies taking bets that he will either be impeached or voluntarily leave office before the end of his term. My crystal ball is cloudy (hell, it never has worked!) so I guess I'll just keep on keeping on.
We have transitioned into home-bodies quite nicely. Up about 06:00 to walk, keeping up with the internet in the morning, lunch out at one of the local resturants, some sort of work around the house in the afternoon and a quiet evening. The bbq gets quite a workout around here. We both enjoy the grilled taste so I've bbq'd almost anything we drag home from the store. We have a library of a couple hundred movies so if there isn't anything on television we still have lots to choose from. If television and movies don't call, then there are the books. TONS of books. My wife likes science fiction and fantasy while I prefer mysteries. I'm sure there would be no objection if I wanted to read one of her books or she read one of mine but in 35 years I don't think it has happened. LOL
I'll try to keep you all updated with all this excitement but it's going to be tough. Right now the biggest thing going is a root canal I'm having done next Thursday. That's life in the fast lane folks. Take care and thanks for stopping by.
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