YES, I AM STILL HERE peeking out my window on Main Street, and I am glad that ‘we’ have been able to freely and safely get through the Strait of Hormuz to bring oil.
No, wait. It’s blocked.
No, wait, we can get through if we pay Iran.
At least we’ve wiped out their bad guys. No, wait.
At least we’ve rendered their nuclear program useless. No, wait.
At least we’ve stopped them from bombing Israel. No,wait.
At least we’ve got the President’s own taseteful Social Media poster of him in the role of doctor.
No, wait.
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PEACH BLOSSOM 5k run. Neither me nor either of my regular readers can hardly wait.
The race will be a part of our chamber of commerce’s annual festival which will be Saturday morning, May 2. The race will begin at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of First Baptist Church, and — with their blessings — will conclude in the same place.
If you’re a participant, feel free to pass out and fall down.
Participants pay a $35 registration fee for the pleasure of running, and they get a swell medal to show that they ran.
If the chamber really cared there would be someone at the finish line to hand out a large frozen Peach Daiquri to each finisher. Non-alcoholic for Baptist runners. Baptist runners probably don’t even know how to pronounce OR spell Daiquri.
While they’re gasping and running, I will be strolling up and down Main Street enjoying the annual event which salutes our non-existant peaches. I appreciate the growers.
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NO BONE SPURS. Let me regretfully call your attention to the obituaries in today’s newspaper of two local veterans of the Vietnam War.
Galen Johnson was a few years younger than I but I remember him and his family. Galen was drafted while in college. He served in Vietnam as a gunner on helicopters. He died of brain cancer a week ago in Little Rock where had lived since the military. He was an accomplished member of the medical community.
Alvin Vaughn, on the other hand, returned home between Nashville and Center Point after Vietnam. He was the road maintenance supervisor for the highway department for 40 years, and was a member of the Sheriff’s Reserve for 19 years. Always cheerful and upbeat. He once told me he was offered the district highway job because he had operated tanks and heavy equipment on the ground in Vietnam.
Both outstanding men who served their country when called. Both cancer victims. Peace to their families and thanks to The Almighty for putting such wonderful people among us.
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A WARNING FROM Outer Space.
Astronomers are giving us a heads up about Comet PANSTARRS which is supposed to be visible a couple of hours before dawn, low on the eastern horizon, on the mornings of Sunday and Monday, April 19-20.
Unfortunately the learned astronomers used the words “Naked Eye Sighting” with their news release.
That means:
1. The cops know I’ll be standing nekkid on my driveway at those dates and times.
2. They will give me another ticket for indecent exposure. One for each day.
3. The District Court clerks will tsk-tsk and say the judge no longer lets me have a couple of months to pay off the fines.
Maybe I’ll get lucky and it’ll be overcast on those mornings but at least we’re through with sub-freezing mornings for awhile.
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LAND SPEED RECORD? Is any agency checking on the logtrucks that are currently going and coming through Nashville? They come in from the east on Hwy. 371, loaded, and head out that same way empty.
Fast? One was so fast last week that it had a sonic boom. I sincerely hope and pray that none of them ever need to stop quickly for a puppy or a doddering senior citizen.
When the trucks are eastbound they gain speed naturally because Bishop Street is a slight grade downhill. When the trucks are westbound they must gather speed early at Road Mart in order to haul their heavy bulk uphill. Either way, speed limits don’t seem to apply.
IF Nashville was enterprising and IF Nashville had a duly appointed J-Turn Enforcement Officer and IF that exemplary officer volunteered his/her off duty hours …… then maybe the aforementioned officer could brandish his/her firearm and catch the attention of those jet jockeys.
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MORE THINGS I LEARNED from opening an email: If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?
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HE SAID: “Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.” William Wordsworth, English poet
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SHE SAID: “They think they can make fuel from horse manure — now, I don’t know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.” Billie Holiday, American jazz singer
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SWEET DREAMS, Baby
