It’s a topsy, turvy world, baby! Lot of stuff going on out there. It often feels like we are tossed from one crisis to another as folks try to find new ways to stir the pot and be upset over one thing or another. I try to stay above the fray, but still it can be mind-blowing to try to keep up with who is mad about what on any given day. Obviously, it’s all meant to keep folks distracted, fighting with one another instead of coming together to demand results or change or a damn fine cup of coffee, depending on what you are in to. Still, with all of this anger and anxiety floating around, real life is happening. This week my niece got married, a friend lost his sister after a long battle and another lost his son, unexpectedly; life changing happiness and sorrow. Real joy, real pain and nary a politician or pundit around to comfort anyone or to tell folks how they should feel about it. Like usual, it is the work of us simple folks to do the everyday business of living and dying and picking up the pieces. With all the manufactured outrage floating around it is easy to let the things that really matter get lost in this era where we always feel like we are on shaky ground. So with a nod to cutting through those things meant to pull us apart, let’s try to find some common ground as we stand and make the soon to be classic, Sea Legs.
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