I know – I had a blog break most of the month of August – but sometimes the unexpected comes along in life to change even the best plans. Thankfully, it’s nothing serious. I hope to return late October/early November, and then I’ll explain. Meanwhile, a bit of odds and ends.
I originally wanted to do this post two days ago – but then I wouldn’t have participated in Walktober – and I promised Robin I would do so. Again, I invite everyone to visit Robin’s Walktober AND follow the links in the comments to other Walktober participants.
Thanks for the fabulous Prince concert this past weekend and for expanding my Prince horizon.
The next concert will be sometime in November. The concert promoter has a preliminary agreement with historical around some Canadian legends. No – not The Stampeders – not even Shania Twain … but The Guess Who! Acceptable songs will be from the following artists: The Guess Who, Burton Cummings, Chad Allen, Chad Allen and the Expressions, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. (Note: I love BTO, but I hope participants focus on the others listed because those groups and people are the foundation.)
The handbell choir’s upcoming piece is Beech Spring (arranged by Jason Krug). Listen here.
PS: (Added later) BLINK Cincinnati 2019 is this weekend. I suggestion searching YouTube for videos and/or your favorite photo gallery. Cincinnati.com is also a source.
Cheers to Ellen Degeneres for her response to criticism she received about sitting with former President George W Bush at a football game. Click here to watch her response.
Although Rev. Pat Robertson is known for saying something stupid, his latest that President Trump may be/is “in danger of losing the mandate of heaven” is a confusing to me. Then again, in his resignation letter as EPA Administrator, Scott Pruit stated, “I believe you are serving as President today because of God’s providence.” As a Christian, I state with confidence that these two (and others like them) do not speak for the majority of Christians.
Agreeing with the decision or not, Speaker Pelosi establishing an Impeachment Inquiry is not against the Constitution and is not against House Rules – so I yield to her shrewdness.
To Republicans. This whole dilemma, the entire situation is NOT about Barack Obama, NOT about Joe Biden, NOT about Hunter Biden, NOT about Hillary Clinton, NOT about the economy, NOT about college football, NOT about other inventive delusional excuses along with declarations witch hunt, fake news, and more. The situation is about the actions of one single person and those representing him. Then again, I guess defending the indefensible requires blaming others. In other words, you and your fellow minions are a very sad, pathetic lot that is doing the country more harm than good.
To Congressional Democrats: You have the difficult task of being both thorough and expedient, then delivering a convincing civics lesson. Note: I am not confident you’ll meet the challenge.
PS: If the only difference in the current situation was the President’s political party, I have zero confidence that Democrats would be joining Republicans for calls of impeachment.
On a much lighter note, I leave you with something special. Megan Washington is an award-winning Australian singer with a multi-platinum album. She stutters – except when she sings. This performance is after her TEDx talk in Sydney. Enjoy … and don’t forget … Blog breaks are good.
The Pat Robertson statement floored me when I heard it. I will never understand, and that’s about all that’s clear to me! I hope your break is profitable to you. And thank you for a little advanced warning on The Guess Who. It will be fun searching for just the right submission!
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Debra,
The blog break will be fine … and the next concert has many songs available! Have fun looking.
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Blog breaks are good. You take yours. We will be here when you get back. Be well my friend.
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Cindy,
Thank you … This one should be a matter of weeks (2-3).
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I hope all is well, my friend… Thank you for this beautiful song. Looking forward to see you upon your return! (Thanks for the concert heads up) Yamas!!!!
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Marina,
All is well, and I’ll explain more on the return. … and glad you enjoyed Megan Washington.
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Cheers to then! 🙂
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Clink!
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Aw. Will miss you.
Hope all is well with you and yours, Frank.
Much love
X
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Fiery,
Blushing … and I will miss you too. … but the plan is short (2-3 weeks).
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Okay, good
You take care and make the most of the break 💜
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I’m glad you said there’s nothing serious, so I hope you can enjoy your break, Frank. I agree with you (of course) about dt and his enablers. I’m going to try to get a Walktober in. 🙂
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Merril,
Nope – nothing serious. I’ve enjoyed Walktober for many years, so I had to promote it one more time. Will probably check Robin’s post again today to see if there is anything new because I try to visit all of them.
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I’m glad there’s nothing serious. I will also try to catch up on the Walktober posts at some point, as well as post one. Things are just a bit too crazy here right now! 🙂
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Merril,
Nothing serious … and you’ll get around to Walktober – and if you don’t, the world won’t end. Running out of time actually happened to me (either last year or the year before) … well, I think that’s when.
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🙂
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I’m back! And grateful to be here now that my tech problems have been solved. Thanks for your astute and accurate pre-break summation of the Constitutional meat grinder our country is now in. It is my non-partisan opinion that there’s 0% chance the Democrats would be supporting a Trump-like president from their own party. Why? Because there’s 0% chance the Democratic Party would have allowed their name to be attached to a primary candidate espousing the types of “campaign promises” we now see carried forth on a daily basis. Looking forward to your return to help sort out whatever (shudder) has transpired.
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Tim!!!!
The tech issue solved … well, at least for now. Welcome back. “Constitutional meatgrinder” is a good descriptor for this crazy situation. Time will tell how well it stands.
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Enjoy the pause. Say hi to the beach (hope you’ll still get to walk). See you on the flip side.
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Tara,
Thanks … But I didn’t say anything about the beach. Thanks for the chuckle too
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That’s why I said I hope you’ll still get to visit Beach. 🙂
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Enjoy your break, Frank. I hope by the time you get back Pelosi and her gang will finally decide to get back to work on lawmaking. (or they are wearing pinstripes. Either option is good enough for me.)
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Cincy,
Mark Ruffalo was one of the voices who condemned Ellen for sitting with W. He used the platform to provoke, which is something too many Twitter users are really good at. I happen to think Ellen and hanging out ain’t my business. And it ain’t Ruffalo’s either.
I can’t talk about Trump anymore. After his calling out NBA coaches and justifying his turning tail from the Kurds . . he just manages to lower the bar every single week.
As for the Tua Bowl, I picked Miami! It will most likely be the only time this season I can pick my team and have a semi-half decent shot at maybe winning.
Nice song! And enjoy the break.
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Hope springs eternal that the Reverend and former secretary Pruitt are not speaking for the rest of us. Sheesh.
Kudos to Ellen; I saw her response Tweet to the criticism she received for posting a pic of her and the former Prez. Good on her!
Take good care during the break. We’ll be here when you return. 😍
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YAY!!! The Guess Who!!! (and all mutations)
I’ve got a list of faves… an arm long!
I really liked what Ellen Degeneres said. Maybe she should be president? I like Nikki Haley.
Anyway, with any luck on top of competence, the Dems will hopefully have completed their impeachment task by the time your October break is over. As always, you will be missed!
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Be well my friend.
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Mo!!!!
Your appearance is always a pleasing surprise! … and all is well here … Hope all is well at your end!
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Frank, I hope the break provides the time off you need. Rest, relax, and accomplish whatever you need. Always wishing you the best. I certainly hope it is nothing serious my friend.
Be well. See you when you come back.
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Drew,
Nothing serious at all – and I’ll explain upon my return. Thanks for the best wishes.
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Blessings to you, Frank. Hope your break is just what you need.
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Eliza,
Thank you. This break is a timing thing. I think announcing breaks so readers know that all is OK. Hope to return the last week of October.
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That’s amazing that she doesn’t stutter when she sings. I’d never heard of her, so thanks for the introduction.
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Betsy,
She’s new to me too, and such an interesting story.
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Truly.
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Blog breaks are necessary every so often. I hope you will accomplish what you set out do during this break. As to the political situation, I cross my fingers that something good will come out of all this.
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Otto,
Cheers to blog breaks. As far as the political situation here in the US, well … with each passing day it gets a bit more strange.
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I see that, indeed.
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I wish everything is fine dear Frank, be sure, we will miss you. Thank you, Love, nia
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Nia,
Thank you. I will be working myself back into a routine soon.
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Country performer Mel Tillis took up singing to help cure his stuttering. 😀
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Archon,
Thanks for the Mel Tillis reminder! It’s been a while.
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Miss ya Frank…:) Susannah
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🙂
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I am not confident they’ll meet the challenge, either. *sigh* I really enjoyed the video (it went well with some of the walks I’m looking at right now). Thank you for that. 🙂
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Robin,
I can see how this music goes with a walk! Good call!!!!
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