"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" (Shelley)

.....How often does this happen? Some member of the Ross clan has been a subject of the news on all the TV news stations somewhere in the country, if not the whole country.  Just the other day, my grandson's wife was finally permitted to return to the U.S. after spending about eight months in Thailand.  Shortly after they were married, she had to go to Thailand because she got the news that her mother was ill and dying.  She went there quickly, apparently not filling out Immigration's bureaucratic required forms.  She did not arrive in time to see her mother die.  Neither was she allowed back in the country--but after eight months she finally flew back to D.C.  The return was filmed by TV news.  Anyone wishing to see the video, let me know. At another time RH+ and I were on all the TV news stations here in Palm Beach when my son-in-law, Col. Richard Higgins was captured and murdered by terrorists in Lebanon.  The idiots wanted to know how we felt about that incident.  Guess how we felt.  The third time we were on all the news stations and newpapers here when I was awarded the two DFCs and 11 Air Medals 60 years after the end of WWII.  I guess that was thought to be newsworthy, and I suppose it was.  So, there you have it.  We can't keep out of the news, so I suppose we are celebrities now.  If not, we'll still go on our way.  We have had our moments of fame.

 

.....A neighbor recently sent me an email containing a video of Muslems who were taking over the streets of Paris by holding prayer vigils there instead of in the mosques where Islamic prayer should be held. You don't see Jews or Christians praying in the streets.  It is not only in Paris that Islam is migrating, but in the whole French country.  It is not unlike what is happening in America with Latinos.  But they do pray in their churches.  Not only do you hear English and Spanish in telephone calls to various companies, but also in ballots on election days, and Spanish and English on most products that you buy. 

.....Well, here it is--April, springtime in Florida.  Back north one can see azaleas and hyacinths sprouting, as well as tulips and rose bushes and irises.  Dogwood trees are in bloom and spreading their golden buds all over the paint brush-colored suburbs.  Dads are mulching and trimming their lawns while kids are planting corn and eggplants in the back yards.  I love spring in the north and hate it in Florida where the only color you see is green.  But I love Florida in the winter and hate it in the spring!  The truth is that I can do nothing about it.  That's the way the cookies crumble and the Planet turns.