Holidays

I have a lunch date tomorrow. It’s Thanksgiving luncheon at my son’s school and he asked if I would come with him. A lot of the other parents are coming too. It’s kind of a bittersweet occasion, though. On one hand, I’m happy that he wanted me to come with him, but on the other, Read more

The FBI is looking into Virginia voter intimidation. It appears that likely democratic voters are receiving calls that polling places have been changed. Last year there were radio ads and flyers posted throughout African American communities. Maybe the foci of voter registration also needs to extend to absentee voting. No polling places. Just vote and Read more

Last night we were going to go out to a few shopping centers and stuff to go trick or treating, but it was so cold and windy, that we brought it back to the house. After we came back, some of the kids from the neighborhood dropped by to trick or treat. They all had Read more

This past weekend we saw 200 and 300 pound pumpkins carved, faces painted and similar stuff. Halloween is in the air. Orange and black everywhere. We went to the book store and wound up with a couple of new books for the kids (which explains why we don’t go to the book store so much Read more