Late Spring

Last week I proctored at Cooley and was able to read The Sun Also Rises and Pale Horse, Pale Rider. The irony is the news of a possible swine flu pandemic that has killed 149 and sickened thousands in Mexico and put the US on a state of alert, and the subject of the 1918 plague in Pale Horse. Lansing schools have also announced the closing of Moores Park School, where I was on Friday, and Grand River. Budgets are leaving all aspects of our society in situations that set us back 70 years in decisions on wages, health benefits, and priorities of survival. The closing of business', schools, and churches may only be a foreboding for lost pensions, social security, and other programs that depend on prosperity and good will to succeed. Phillip pitched a 7 inning complete game Saturday against Lakeview and got his first varsity win,15-6. The second game was stopped by a sudden storm that featured microbursts and heavy rain that flooded the field and caused its cancellation. They are currently 3-1 with 6 games being incomplete due to weather or darkness. Gramma had her 85th birthday Saturday and is a wonder of energy and beauty. Jane's Trigeminal Neuralgia has been bothering her again causing her to have extreme pain in her jaw. We are going to be very busy the next month so it could be triggered by stress or the changing of seasons as its initial onset was 2 springs ago. Life goes on and we cope or fight on until there is no alternative as change will always be a constant and we must go with the flow. We have just had our first temperatures in the 80's this weekend, and only hitting the 70's for the first time this year last week, we know everything comes in time and it can be sooner or later.

April 58

April Fools for the 58th time. I spent the morning at Waverly East and then worked out a real account with Comcast for the Internet as time had finally caught up with us over the weekend. We went to Finleys for my free dinner and I took all the congratulatory calls for my birthday. We still haven't had but one day of real spring weather as it is still cool. We have been busy working and that is good with record unemployment and GM's future still hanging in the balance. I've been to Holy Cross every weekend for mass to support Father Maurice. Plant 3 is becoming so bare you can almost see to Saginaw street from Willow,with only the front wall standing. Change is the constant that holds, divides, unites and releases us. Time goes on and to strive we must grow with life's challenges mixed with wisdom attained. The cycles of life, the seasons, aging, growing, fading, and eventual dying, go on with only the characters changing in due time. April Fools! MSU is in the NCAA finals against UNC.