First Sighting

I saw my first sighting on Saturday afternoon while walking down an undisclosed street and it was walking toward me. It was a hot and humid day and I just couldn't believe my eyes but there I saw it. Just like in the picture. Just like I've been reading about.

And just as thought I had smoked my last pack of Parliament Lights over the weekend as I had promised myself, there I went today and bought more. I've gone back and forth with these cigarettes and am getting better at smoking less and will take it one day at a time.

It's too darn hot to write.

Not just a beach resort

Took two small road trips so far this summer but haven't replaced my old camera and didn't bother to get a disposable which are not so bad. Now I am sorry I have no pictures of my own.

Outer Banks, North Carolina- There are lighthouses and unspoiled beaches. I went to the northern part of these islands. Places with names such as Duck which is very quaint and stayed in Corolla where I was surprised to see so much advertising for surf shops. When I think of surfing, I think of California, Hawaii, Australia, not North Carolina. There's horseback riding too. But more than shopping, dining and the beach there is history to experience here.

You can experience The Lost Colony as an outdoor drama about the first group of settlers from England, where Virginia Dare, the first child of these colonists was born. This is a sad story, for the people disappeared and no one has ever found out what really happened. http://www.outerbanks.com/lostcolony/

We also have the museum of the Wright Brothers. Everyone knows this story about one of America's most important historic events. http://www.outerbanks.com/wrightbrothers/

North Carolina to this day celebrates this with their license motto reading: "First In Flight".

Also the beaches are truly unspoiled and some of the most pristine I have seen so far on the East coast. Here is why: "And the American government, determined to protect this fragile environment, set aside much of these islands as the country's first National Seashore. Cape Hatteras National Seashore now preserves some of the finest beaches in the country." Who needs the Hamptons anyway and it might not be the south of France but it is ever so lovely. It is a low key area and the people are polite and nice and also as expected there is good seafood. I think I could live here.

I took an over night trip in July to New Hampshire for a family reunion where the house was near a lake. The area was very rustic and I felt as though I was completely away from it all. There is still an old world feel to this place and though the traffic on the highway can be heavy, once you go further inward, you know you are in the country. It's one of those places where you can see there are many patriotic people who still fly our flag. Sounds corny to some, I know.

If only I'd had a camera, this place was beautiful. I love New England!

I was told that there are more people moving in from nearby Massachusetts.

The motto for New Hampshire license plates is: "Live Free Or Die." I'm just sorry I didn't have more time to spend as we Americans do not get enough VACATION TIME!

same old, same old

I missed the Live Earth concert on t.v. on Saturday night. I was sorry I didn’t get to see the Police perform together because I love them. I was told that in between performances and commercials there were little antidotes to tell people how to conserve energy. I resent this and do not need to be told. I have been recycling for years, separating the garbage and carefully not putting newspapers and paper in with the regular garbage. I take care not to put glass and plastic in with regular garbage too. Where I live it is the law and I am more than willing to oblige. During hot summer months when I need to use the air conditioner, I put the setting most of the time on “energy saver”. And because I live in a large city, I am able to get around on mass transportation and do not have to rely on foreign oil for a car as do most people I know. Where some people live driving is necessary. Actually, where most people live this is a must. And let’s remember that unfortunately there is more carbon monoxide spewed out into the atmosphere through car exhaust fumes then can ever be harmful through people smoking cigarettes. Hey, we live in a modern country filled with scientists, why then has there never been an alternative to the blood oil needed for driving and flying?
So when I hear rich over paid spoiled entertainers who do not live in the real world anyway, telling me how I should protect our lovely planet, I truly resent it.
There was a special on Fox news which was repeated at midnight and I got to see this and it was interesting “Banned by PBS: Muslims against Jihad”. This film was originally to air on PBS. (I did notice that sometimes E.D. Hill was cutting off Martyn Burke)
This had been shown earlier Saturday night coinciding with the broadcast of the Live Earth concert and there was an interview with a French rapper named Abd Al Malik in France who had been targeted by an Islamist leader to join up. He told how he had his Barry White records destroyed by these very extremist people who condemn music as the Taliban had done and broke his records because he did not want to be a part of them.
We use music that we love to try and get important messages across for different reasons, be it famine or the environment. Or maybe this is used by our overpaid entertainers to feed their already overblown egos. Who knows and who cares.
The government which tells us how we should separate our garbage and where to smoke still cannot come up with an alternative to the blood oil which is the fuel that is killing us as they are in bed with the head of this gang of thugs.
This is not the Summer of Love, this is not Woodstock, this is post 9/11.
So for the infidels who entertain and know nothing about the threat we face far scarier than so called global warming, let them keep that hot air in their pipes and smoke it.

We Remember

Let the memory of loved ones lost
shine down like rays of sunlight
on those of us left behind to carry
on in the world with faith and love,
and may God bless everyone in
this upside down state of affairs.

Happy July 4th

Independence Day falling smack in the middle of the week. Not supposed to happen that way. Should be a three day weekend.

I went and did it. I bought a pack of cigs tonight. Not Parliament or Marlboro but Pall Mall. So annoyed. Spent a week in the quiet Outer Banks of North Carolina where I kept seeing signs for cigarettes at $3.49. WTF. Can't explain why I fell off the wagon just tonight after only one day back to reality. There's never an excuse.