I suppose I never expected one might find ’em livin’ just any old place.
I mean I can understand why stumblin’ upon one in say, Equinunk, Pa., or Port Murray, N.J., maybe even Lorida, Fl., could prove to be tough.
How I love a parade! Old line, but in my case it’s as true now as it was 30~40 years ago. Doesn’t much matter to me what the parade is celebrating. They all celebrate something, be it happy or somber.
Hello? Hello. Anybody there...? Nope.
Little ole Texas township, not that great big lone star state.
There’s not all that much acreage in the meeting room. But with the sparse number of folks attendin’ typical township meetings, it might just leave ya feeling lonely? You can generally count the attendees on two hands.
“It’s your government, It’s your right to know”
So states the first line of a story in last weeks paper. Quite an interesting story about a brand spankin’ new web site (purportedly) representing Texas Township, right here in little ole Wayne County, Pa.
Doesn’t even resemble Kansas lately (sorry Dorothy!) Matter a fact it’s beginning to look more and more like New Jersey, New York (or the United Nations) than our little, mostly semi-rural, Pennsylvania township!
I belong to a local American Legion post. Not a big deal, since there are there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000,000 other folks who can say the same thing. There being roughly 14,000 posts located all over the world. Surprise! The “American” Legion isn’t just in America.
I never had any kids of my own (probably lucky for them and me). But in recent years I’ve started seeing a wonderful (younger than me) woman who did. Now admittedly, it’s been pretty good while since she had ‘em.
Most everyone reading this column knows there’s another meaning for the acronym in todays headline.
Just a few short weeks ago the “healthcare debate” that’d raged (mostly under control) for the past year, came to an end (we thought). But only momentarily? Because most of us had lost track (in the melee) of the fact that roughly 98% of the debatin’ (buyin’ each others vote) is done in secret by our elected politicians.
Seems to me, many people have mistakenly elevated some “wants” in their lives to the status of “rights”.
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I made a little trip up to (what passes for) the hardware store today. Needed some minor item for the house. Had to be a minor item, since I’ve recently begun slipping into my “senior” years (according to some), I don’t tackle anything more than “minor” these days. I said “what passes for” because it’s different from hardware stores of my youth.
Some of you might recall a couple “related” columns I wrote last year? They represented a serious, scholarly treatise on (my) colonoscopy.
Sometimes (most of the time?) I’m left wondering..., What is he thinking?! Speaking of the president (like you didn’t know!).
Laws of mother nature are hard to change. They’re something most normal folks naturally coexist with and abide by. But this bein’ America, we’ve gotta have (pay) someone (government inspectors) smarter than the rest of us to check up on mother nature, and our relationship with her. If only to reassure us we’ll live through next week (or at least until we can retire to somewhere else).
I’m pretty sure most of you don’t pay enough attention to your government representatives (local, county, state or national). I’m absolutely sure you don’t let them know you’re paying attention (often enough)! You really should, for your own protection!
Since you’re holding (probly even readin’?) the paper, I expect you’ve noticed the new and improved “look, layout and size”.
