To say that most readers of BIRCHES were happy about Obama's election, is probably a gross understatement. For one thing, most of us live in Michigan where the Palin-McCain campaign chose to not come. And, we're in the worst economic crisis of any state in the country. The COFFEE CLUB met at Red Eye in an emergency meeting to gloat about the election results and discuss it in the ground.
Winter has arrived here in mid-Michigan.
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BRENDA and STEVE - have moved into their house in the woods. Waking up to hear the birds and the breeze instead of the sounds of the city -traffic and commotion - is a welcome change, we've been told. They got lots of help in their move from family and from SUE, who came and worked hard all day.
Some moving pictures will be posted here on BIRCHES, soon.
FELIX - sent mail discussing vandalism in a local cemetery:
There's a little graveyard less than a mile from here. There are about a hundred bodies buried there. Some were buried in the early 1800's. Some, three, were close relatives of mine. I'll be buried with them some day. You can imagine the sadness, disappointment, anger...you can pick the emotion...I experienced the other day when my uncle and I discovered that somebody found it would be fun to knock over about 50 of the tombstones, including that of my grandfather. The salt in the wound was applied when I went back a few days later only to find another 10 or 12 knocked down. The one that really hurt me, deep inside, though, was the beautiful, little, marble marker, about 18" tall, that was pulled from the ground and smashed over another stone. The name can't be made out. But, the year of death was 1829. And, nearly 200 years later, somebody felt the need to spend one second and smash it all away.
PAM - hostessed an election watching party at her house last Tuesday, and it was an enormous success. After the results were known, guests formed a circle and prayed for Obama. She notes that the celebration in Kenya of this election result is like that held in Ireland when Kennedy was elected.
MARI - from RED EYE, one of the wonderful smiley people of the world, is turning 22 on Wednesday.
IRISH MIKE and SPARTY - and others- this is for you!
BILL from WNNCO - says he giving up watching MSNBC - too radical - and maybe less of Fox News as well. He wants less "out there" talk and more news you can use,as on CNBC.
DASHMANN - forwarded a note he got from a friend who was in Florida at election time. This is pretty shocking in theis day and age, but here is the excerpt:
We are in Cocoa Beach this week staying at one of the timeshares that we were unable to rent. One of the things that Margaret and I like to do is walk through neighborhoods where are close to.
We were walking through a middle class neighborhood when we heard a woman yelling at her 30 year old white son/husband about something while he was in the driveway. As we walked by him he looked at us and did not say anything. We were about two houses past him when he yelled, "A nigger for president?" We kept walking as we were not sure he was talking to us, then he went inside and the woman came out and yelled, "no nigger for president". Being a 58 and 56 year old white man and woman, we were confused. But then Margaret figured it out. The dimwit thought my Cleveland Indian hat was an Obama hat. I guess the red and blue hat with a circular Indian image must have confused him. Yikes!
Please pray that no matter what happens tomorrow, we can get over the type of racial hatred that we experienced today and that obviously still exists in our country.
SKUZZA and DASHMANN - are home from a trip to Indiana.
GIGI - sends a warning about the UPS delivery virus (also, sometimes FedEx) that tries to get you to respond to an e-mail claiming they were unable to deliver to your house. These companies do not send emails like this! You should never respond, and if you have any questions about any delivery, call the company!
MARSHA - is reveling in the success of South Carolina's football team which is definitely headed for a bowl this year. She also brags about celebrities who have shown up at the stadium -- like Michael Phelps, who is, ahem, more noted for his affiliation with Michigan. :) Marsha says she found the Obama speech on election night very moving, and that she had tears.
SCOT and TRASE - and others - this is for you!
PAT W - is working on a tile project for the new kitchen. Got watery-eyed about the Obama win. She never thought an election would mean this much to her.
STEVE - the great hunter has bow-and-arrowed a deer again this year. Why, the head is still lying in the back yard looking really spooky.
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Other things:
FELIX CRITTERS:
"Sarah Palin's oratory has gifted the English language with a new
word: Palindrone. It is a noun defined as a seemingly interminable,
practically insufferable, desultory,ideological philippic laboriously
memorized and regurgitated with revolting perkiness that haphazardly
strings together a mixed-up, grammatically confusing jumble of words,
near-words, thoughts, near-thoughts, and incomplete thoughts that when
recited backward vainly spouts the same tried and tired platitudes as
when read forward: nothing."
BILL from WNNCO - sent this parody of the Wizard of Id:
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JERRY = if you grew up in the 50's or 60's or even later, you should go look at this. Really, it's wonderful:
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