In Mid Michigan, the spring has taken a step backward with cooler and darker weather coming in from Minnesota where they can't stand to keep their discomforts to themselves. The Baltimore orioles have returned and we've enjoyed watching them and listening to those clear whistles, even though none ever stay all summer under the BIRCHES. In our yards, though, we have seen many welcome spring travelers at and under the feeders, most recently a rose-breasted grosbeak. ===
Gatherings of friends:
ALICE - has dodged storms and hurricanes to return safely from a friendship gathering in Alabama.
The GIGI STREET GANG - is meeting for a theater gathering. This time it's Mozart, so maybe they're called the "Fan Tutte" Gang.
PAT W - a gathering of former school roommates.
SCOT and TRASE - a gathering of Mom's Day Mothers and birthday boys.
DASHMANN and SKUZZA - travels with and to relatives.
BRIDGEPORTERS - lunch gathering at Damon's as a fundraiser for The Bridgeport Science Club.
BARB C - lots of talk around the table at coffee club about traveling, and she says: do it while you're young and able. So at the club, there's talk about Christmas in New York, that upcoming European journey some are taking, and maybe some are going to the U.S. Northwest.
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Et cetera from friends:
SANDY - says that her daughter has moved to Florida, and
IRISH MIKE says that his son has come home for the summer.
STEVE and BRENDA - will spend Memorial Day weekend in the north country.
DASHMANN- says that listening to Obama reminds him of listening to John Kennedy because they both speak from the heart and with great honesty. Can't remember anyone who says things more honestly and effectively. "Now I'm an Obama man 100%!" he says.
PAT W - has been cheering for Hillary but would gladly vote for Obama in the fall, she says.
IRENE - "I'm glad to see Obama win North Carolina. I think he's the best chance at a Democrat victory in November... If Obama isn't on the ballot, I'm afraid a lot of people may not bother to vote."
SCOT - has made an important announcement on his blog: CLICK
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What's on People's Minds these days:
ALICE - is telling everyone: You HAVE to read this book: Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
by David Cay Johnston
SPARTY - Recommends everyone read this article: A Prison of Shame -- and It's Ours! CLICK
EXCERPT:"Reliable information is still scarce about Guantánamo, but increasingly we’re gaining glimpses of life there — and they are painful to read."
MIKE CARROLL almost from CARROLLTON - recommends this funny look at Hilllary from The Joke Libary: CLICK
MARGARET - says that here's some really hopeful environmental news "for a change" (and it is!) -- CLICK
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Why some friends are smiling:
BUD - says: The other day I came home early and saw a guy jogging, naked. I asked him why, and he said, “Because you came home early.”
BILL from WNNCO:
A woman asked her doctor if anal sex is OK.
"Well," the doctor said, "there's no reason that you shouldn't do it, if that's what you like, so long as you take care not to get pregnant."
She was mystified. "What? You mean I can get pregnant from THAT?"
"Of course,' the doctor replied. 'Where do you think Democrats come from?
JOE:
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