Emotional Hangover.....

Bruised...

Battered...

Beaten....

along with,

tired 

cranky

irritated

resentful

and 

worst 

of 

all

isolated.....

That's how this campaign seems to have affected

our country.

Not "that" country over there....

Not "their" country.....

Not even, "that parties" country....

OUR COUNTRY!!!

for Pete's sake....

We are a country of unlikely brothers and sisters....

We can ALL trace our family to another shore....

Truth be shown,

(sorry)

none of us are from 

so-called "original inhabitants".

Go back far enough and most historians will 

validate the theory that all humans on the 

North American continent

can trace their lineage 

to another part 

of 

the 

planet.

So, this begs the question,

who amongst us is 

"legitimate".

Perhaps the answer to all this 

Emotional Hangover biz can be summed up 

with one word......

GRATITUDE.

Thanksgiving is not far away...

Perhaps, if we all committed to being 

Grateful,

then this malaise

would pass....

I, for one, and going to try it....

TGIF!!

smiles.

This, I believe....

with apologies to "Edward R. Murrow"...

This is a day of drawing upon our resources.....

Our resources of manners.

I was impressed last night at the 

grace of the defeated....

and the compassion of a winner.

I cannot express how weary I have become of this election process.

BAD MANNERS~

Letitia Baldridge died last week.

Some might attribute her advanced age,

I, on the other hand, suspect other factors......

BAD MANNERS~

I love "social media" and the new-found ability to communicate with others....

however,

I have also seen the dark side of this medium....

I have found it necessary to "un-friend" family members,

who, for lack of another explanation, seem

 to

 have

 lost

 their

 mind

and

their

manners....

Exclusionary opinion does not stand the test of time.

I love the United States of America.

I am so very grateful to be a citizen of this country.

My belief is that travel reinforces this belief.

I have studied the history of this land,

(and let me be very clear here)

no one person can save us,

and no one person can bring us down...

We are so much stronger.....

Good manners are the privilege of the free....

Good manners are the duty of the brave....