All of you have had these kinds of days. It started on arising there was a light rain falling. The screen revealed the European markets were down boding ill for us later in the day. Then I burnt the toast and the smoke from the toaster set off the smoke detector with a screeching sound heard by all the neighborhood dogs. Then sure enough the stock market opened down. "Breaking News" told us of a fatal shooting at our son's former school. Followed was a lengthy phone conversation with a hospitalized friend. Since we are a new arrival in town there were the expected wrong number phone calls and a few robo calls from political parties which usually arrive when you have something on the stove. The mailman arrived and the bills outnumbered the checks five to one. Then after lunch the rain stopped, the sun came out, the birds began to announce the early spring and the Dow Jones rallied - and the roller coaster came to a halt. All this in an eight hour period and I never left the house. Yes, life is moving faster than before - texting and twittering its way down the road. There was once a show on Broadway "Stop the world, I want to get off." But it's too late - the train has left the station - Elvis has left the building. The turntable is spinning at 78 rpms but nobody plays 78s anymore. Maybe tomorrow will be better - and brighter.
tjs
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