The Fall That Refuses to Fall

Isn't it special?  We are almost four weeks into Fall and today's high will be 88.  I repeat.  88.  And the South Georgia natives wonder why I don't call it Fall yet.  Fall is supposed to be more than just a date on a calendar.  It's supposed to be a crisp catch in the air, foliage changing color, A & W Root Beer from the drive-in, fresh apple cider from the cider mill, breaking out jackets and seeing your breath at Friday night football games.  It's not about not being able to go outside to walk because the gnats are so thick, and still having to worry about heat stroke.

We are about six weeks into football season, and most of the great rivalry games are still to come. The Wolverines play Michigan State not this Saturday but next.  The Spartans are not what they were, but you always need to be your best when faced with an in-state rival.  It's exciting to see Michigan in contention for a playoff spot, but even with a good team, I'm aware everything has to break just right. One loss could take them out of it.  Oh, don't get me wrong.  Multiple SEC teams could make the national playoffs with a loss.  Other conferences?  Eh, not so much.


In a day less than three weeks, our long national political nightmare will reach a new phase.  We won't have the godawful campaign anymore, but we will have to start dealing with it's terrible aftermath.  Drumpf is likely to lose, either with a loss similar to McCain's or Romney's, or as close to a fifty state loss as modern politics can come.  He is ginning up his minions not to accept the results of the election.  I truly fear what consequences this horrible behavior will have.  One plot to kill people the day after the election has already been revealed and foiled.  Hopefully, there will be no more, or we will discover and stop them.

We are also in the surreal situation where some Republican Senators have said they won't approve Hillary's Supreme Court choices.  So instead of holding the Supreme Court hostage  for the last year of a Democrat's Presidency, they now will try to do it for another four years.  How can anyone put up with that nonsense?

In about two and a half weeks, we will have the writer presentation for the 3rd Annual Okefenokee Writer's Contest.  I'm very happy to report that we've had a record number of entries, in both adult and student categories.  There will also be a very special award that afternoon, so mark your calendars - Sunday afternoon, November 6th at 2:30.

A few days after that event, Alison and I will celebrate our 20 year anniversary.  It's been fantastic, and we continue to grow closer every day, as we enjoy this walk through life together.  She still makes me feel like one of the luckiest son of a gun's on the planet.