I'm kind of burnt out on the primitives on Skins's island right now--thanks to Chris, who showed me a way of tracking down individual primitives (rather than just going over and seeing who's around)--I sort of did w-a-a-a-y too much "searching" and reading the past two days.
So I thought I would start a lounge thread, for a temporary change of pace.
We had a lot of rain here on the eastern slope of the Sandhills of Nebraska over the night; just lots and lots and lots of rain. We don't mind the moisture, but really, Mother Nature needs to dump it on the western slope of the Sandhills, out by where dutch508, a survivor of the most devastating earthquake to strike Nebraska, was born and raised. We like the water we get, but they need it more than we do.
Anybody have any special plans for the Memorial Day holiday?
I'm a traditionalist; I commemorate Memorial Day on its original date, May 30, every year.
In fact, it's damned near a religious holiday for me, after Christmas and Thanksgiving. After the parents died, all the children always got together on May 30, and it was always a good, pleasant time (usually because it occurred on neutral territory, not at someone's place), but there's only one of us left any more.
Memorial Day's a contemplative holiday for me; I reflect upon all the dead, but put a little bit more emphasis on those who died to make, and keep, me (and everyone else) free. And not only those who are now dead, but among the living, those who once fought to liberate the world from oppression and terror, and MOST ESPECIALLY those still fighting in this unending struggle.
This may sound corny or hokey, but in real life, every night before hitting the sack, usually when going around in the darkness outdoors taking a census of the cats, I pray it pleases God that those men and women fighting tyranny across the seas, that God preserve them, and allow them to flourish and prosper.
And as for those with a different fate, I thank God and them for their sacrifice.
