SHOULD I ?

   SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 2020

                  SHOULD I ?

  I had just completed a couple errands

and was thinking about other things that

need to be done when I realized it was

November 1st. This marks the third annual

"Give Up Your Should Of Day!" The idea

is simple. You give up things like "I should go

to the gym. I should lose weight. I should help

clean up the house." Toss them all out the window!

After last year's 2nd annual "Give Up Your Should

Of Day" participants reported feeling a lot better

about themselves! Some of them felf so much

better they gave up their "Should of''s" for the

following day too! I think it's a great holiday

that we should celebrate more often. And one

we shouldn't put off! Hope you're well and that

all your NEWS is good. 

TIME TO BE SCARED!

   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 2020

           TIME TO BE SCARED!

  Well it's Halloween. A time for ghosts and

goblins to roam the streets looking for treats.

But this year, the really scary time happens

after Midnight! That's when we switch our

clocks, at least many of us do, to Standard

Time! Now, don't get me wrong. I enjoy an

extra hour of sleep more than most of you.

But consider this. Turning our clocks back

one hour, in essence, adds 60 minutes to the

year 2020! That certainly scares the heck out

of me! Hope you'll use the time wisely and

that all your NEWS is good!   

"IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!"

   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 2020

      "IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!

   If it's the last Friday in October there's

one thing of which you can be sure! It's

Frankenstein Friday! Frankenstein! The

perfect Halloween monster. He's been

scaring young and old for over 100 years.

    He was born, rather created, by Mary

Shelley in 1818 when she was just 21-years-

old. The actor most identified as the monster

is Boris Karloff. His image is still used in

masks produced today. Ironically he wasn't

the studio's first choice for the role. Bella

Lugosi, best know for playing Dracula, was

offered the part. But he turned it down because

the monster never spoke during the movie! He

wanted to have dialog! In retrospect, he should

have remained silent and accepted the offer.

It paid off bug for Karloff! Don't know how

we're suppose to celebrate the day. I'd suggest

a scary movie or two, one of which should

probably be Frankenstein! Hope you enjoy the

show, that your're well, and that all your NEWS

is good!

LOGGING ON!

  THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 2020

               LOGGING ON!

   It's October 29th friends. It's " Internet Day!"

We've come so far on the world wide web. Emails,

technology that allows Smartphone texts, video

calls and the like. But, in a sense, it all started on

October 29th. of 1969. As part of a Defense Department

project a team at UCLA attempted to send a message

for their compute to one at Stanford University. It

was a one word message. The word was "LOGIN."

The L and the O made if through just fine. But then

the system crashed! As I said, we've come a long

way since then. On the other and the internet now

brings us Spam, Political commercials, and Hackers.

Maybe we haven't come all far just yet! Hope you're

getting my message, that you;re well, and that all your

NEWS is good!

"NATIVE AMERICAN SUMMER?"

   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 2020

     "NATIVE AMERICAN SUMMER?"

   Well many of the leaves around this area

are down and the ones that remain have taken

on that "rusty color." I'm looking forward to

Indian Summer. That's a period of mild weather,

usually in October or November, that follows

the first hard frost. It's a pleasant time though

the name doesn't stem from pleasantries! Back

when the settlers and Native Americans started

to feud the term "Indian" took on a negative

connotation. "Indian Giver" was used to refer

to someone who gave you something then

wanted it back! "Indian Summer" meant a

time that felt like summer but really wasn't.

Well, whatever its origin, I hope Indian Summer

comes soon and stays awhile! Hope your weather

is fine, that you're well, and that all your NEWS

is good! 

ANCHORS AWEIGH!

    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 th, 2020

              ANCHORS AWEIGH!

    I want to make sure you're all aware this

is "Navy Day. " Not the Navy Birthday. That;s

October 13th. Navy Day is a separate tribute

set up by the Navy League and always observed

on October 27th, the birthday of Teddy Roosevelt,

a strong supporter of the U.S. Navy. I was not in

the Navy but I have several friends who  are

Navy veterans and I salute them for their service.

I feel somewhat akin to them today because for

awhile I had my own fleet! There was my pontoon

boat and one of those small paddle boats we kept

at our camper by the lake. They're both gone now

but I still have my Flagship! It's an 8 foot Jon boat

I call John Buoy!      It will take me just about

anywhere as long as I can row! Hope it's smooth

sailing for you and that all your NEWS is good!

MY SUNDAY SERMON!

    MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th, 2020

          MY SUNDAY SERMON!

   I got up extra early Sunday morning. Well

extra early for me. I was on a mission, to a

mission. Well, to a church. Our church. We try

to make it every week but this week was to be

a little different. You see our pastor and his wife

are on vacation and I volunteered to do the

sermon. It isn't completely new to me. I preached,

well, gave a message there twice on the past and

have done the same at another regional  church a

couple times as well. But this time I agreed to do

both the 8:30 and 10:30 service. I actually worked

on, and researched for, my sermon for a couple

weeks. When I arrived I found the church a bit

chilly. Our pianist said she had turned up the

thermostat but with no result. A board member

arrived and headed to the basement to check

things out. What he found was about 2 feet of

water (along with a troubling electrical odor).

Instead of calling for a hymn I called for the

Fire Department! Volunteers responded quickly

and began the process of pumping out the basement.

Without heat and with fire trucks blocking part of

the parking lot we gave up the thought of switching

to our church hall  and cancelled the day's services.

God works in strange ways. I'll have to look over

that sermon again to see if there's something he

didn't want preached. Anyhow, the basis of it is

now tucked away waiting for my next opportunity.

I don't know  when that will happen but I hope to 

see you there when it does! Hope all your NEWS

is good too!