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Tuesday, June 18
I want to stay home
Somewhere along the line some women (and probably a few unsteady men) founded "Take Your Parents to Work Day," (celebrated this year on June 27) and I think that is a crockpot full of, well, crock. I have five children. One is a school teacher whose place of work is closed for the summer. Two sons live in Washington and toil for the government and that's five hundred miles away (a thousand if you count the return trip). Another son whose office I have been to on numerous occasions, and while it is a pleasant place it is hardly where I want to spend a day making idle chitty chitty bing bang talk with strangers. And then there is my other daughter. She is a funeral director. I would have to wear a suit and look like one of those brothers on Six Feet Under meeting with the survivors. No thanks. I believe I will stay home on June 27 and consider the mind set of parents who worked decades to get their kids on someone else's payroll and then can't resist the urge to visit with them on the job.
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Somewhere along the line some women (and probably a few unsteady men) founded "Take Your Parents to Work Day," (celebrated this year on June 27) and I think that is a crockpot full of, well, crock. I have five children. One is a school teacher whose place of work is closed for the summer. Two sons live in Washington and toil for the government and that's five hundred miles away (a thousand if you count the return trip). Another son whose office I have been to on numerous occasions, and while it is a pleasant place it is hardly where I want to spend a day making idle chitty chitty bing bang talk with strangers. And then there is my other daughter. She is a funeral director. I would have to wear a suit and look like one of those brothers on Six Feet Under meeting with the survivors. No thanks. I believe I will stay home on June 27 and consider the mind set of parents who worked decades to get their kids on someone else's payroll and then can't resist the urge to visit with them on the job.
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Thursday, June 13
Flag Day 2002
May our flag be always flown proudly and with honor.
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May our flag be always flown proudly and with honor.
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Monday, June 10
The Perfect Father's Day
Today I sent this e-mail to my brothers and sisters (two of each):
Hello kin
Every year around Father's Day I speculate on how much we saved by having our father desert us at an early age in our lives. I also enjoy much of what I see and hear about the upcoming day. For example, Dave Barry, the humorist, writing about lame Father's Day poetry gave this example:
"When I was just a little tyke,
you showed me how to ride a bike;
And you were sweet to me the day,
I drove your car into the bay;
Dad, I think you're really grand,
I'm praying for your prostate gland!"
Love to you all
Bud
cc: Walter (snail mail)
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Today I sent this e-mail to my brothers and sisters (two of each):
Hello kin
Every year around Father's Day I speculate on how much we saved by having our father desert us at an early age in our lives. I also enjoy much of what I see and hear about the upcoming day. For example, Dave Barry, the humorist, writing about lame Father's Day poetry gave this example:
"When I was just a little tyke,
you showed me how to ride a bike;
And you were sweet to me the day,
I drove your car into the bay;
Dad, I think you're really grand,
I'm praying for your prostate gland!"
Love to you all
Bud
cc: Walter (snail mail)
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Friday, June 7
He/She hanging in the living room
Today I attended an art exhibit sponsored by McAlister-Smith Funeral Homes as part of the Piccolo Spoleto now underway in Charleston. Two artists from the New Orleans area have incorporated into art work (paintings primarily) small amounts of cremains. These commemoratives have been commissioned to honor parents, loved ones and even to plan one's own future. A financial planner from New Orleans loaned the exhibit a piece he designed to which his ashes will be added someday. I kind of wonder about this. It is a way to honor and remember loved ones who have died, but do we really want Dad and or Mom hanging around the living room forever?
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Today I attended an art exhibit sponsored by McAlister-Smith Funeral Homes as part of the Piccolo Spoleto now underway in Charleston. Two artists from the New Orleans area have incorporated into art work (paintings primarily) small amounts of cremains. These commemoratives have been commissioned to honor parents, loved ones and even to plan one's own future. A financial planner from New Orleans loaned the exhibit a piece he designed to which his ashes will be added someday. I kind of wonder about this. It is a way to honor and remember loved ones who have died, but do we really want Dad and or Mom hanging around the living room forever?
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Wednesday, June 5
D-Day
The extra-ordinary heroism of thousands of men on D-Day 1944 is recaptured in part in the June 2002 issue of National Geographic. Look for this cover on your newsstands. It is worth reading.
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The extra-ordinary heroism of thousands of men on D-Day 1944 is recaptured in part in the June 2002 issue of National Geographic. Look for this cover on your newsstands. It is worth reading.
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