Miriam,
Mostly we will be seeing like minded folks...with two exceptions. Our
nephew teaches at Merced College, and for some ungodly reason is a
moderate conservative. I may get a little insight, as long as I
listen and keep my own biases inside my head. Then my sister, who is
a moderate progressive, in Sun City, Arizona, we will need to endure
her eldest son who is visiting at the same time. This not so young
man, sixty years old, has about the reddest neck I've ever seen. A
lover of Trump. He has practiced the worst of Trump long before Trump
groped his first breast(boob). A sexist, a racist, a NRA long time
member and a first class womanizer. Let's see, did I leave any of his
qualities out?
But his mother(my baby sister) loves him, and so my lips will be
sealed. Besides, we arrive late Monday and he leaves early Wednesday.
But other than that, we will keep our antennas up as we dine or mill
about some historical sites. I am a committed people listener. I can
easily track two conversations at the same time, and sort them out for
Cathy, later. From my sister's we will head to Sedona. My former
boss, Shirley Smith lives there. We managed to become good friends
while she was my boss from 1982 until I retired at the end of 1993.
She retired in 1999 and eventually settled in Sedona, when she's not
on some world tour. She's a dozen years older than Cathy, but they've
become fast friends, too.
From there it's forward and upward to Flagstaff for a couple of days,
touring whatever is tourable there. Maybe by then I'll be getting
used to my laptop, and I'll give a "hello" from the Grand Canyon.
There are some historical sites Cathy is interested in, over in
Nevada, I think. They have to do with the Navajos history.
So after that it's back to Merced for a brief couple of days, and then
home. These vacations are getting harder and harder to plan. Gone
are the days when I could walk all day and party nearly all night.
And Cathy has issues with an ankle she shattered back in her wild and
crazy youth, playing football with her step children. It has now
decided to give her serious problems if she's on it too long. So we
do short walks and avoid the guided tours.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/4/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well Carl, I hope you enjoy your vacation. Take notes so you can report on
the condition of our country when you return.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Leaving Thursday
For any who may want a quick reply from me, it may not happen.
This Thursday, we are headed south to Merced, California and then to my
sister's in Sun City, Arizona and then who knows where. I'm taking a new
laptop computer, believing that I might be able to keep up on email...but
there is some feeling that this will not work out.
We'll be gone for about three weeks. Our neighbor's son and daughter-in-law
will be staying at our home and caring for the horses.
They will not take any calls.
I expect that the world will still be here when we return. I also expect it
to be uglier and meaner Spirited. In three weeks we should see the mass
media finally move away from that red herring the administration is dragging
to attract attention to the ho hum Russian Sneak Attack on the Democratic
Party. By that time we will begin seeing just what "creating jobs" by
Donald Trump looks like, as thousands of government employees are sent to
the bread lines.
Education for the masses will begin to cost, and those who have fallen
behind on their college loans will be finding employment within our Private
Prison Workforce. Trump and his gang of Profiteers will be dancing closer
to the flame of War, jabbing at North Korea and Iran.
In short, things will not have changed much...unless you happen to be tossed
out of your apartment or home, and are looking for room under local
overpasses. You'll need to take a number and get in line.
Carl Jarvis