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Showing posts with label NCAA Tournament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NCAA Tournament. Show all posts

Friday, March 22, 2019

A Kid Like Ja-A Man Like Mueller-Stars in the Rites of Spring


   It's the spring of 2019 when our fancy turns to Big Dances and Big Probes and media palaver--but there are clouds on the horizon
and there are secrets! Will America be allowed to peer into the secret web of intrigue and investigation
  and learn what the Mueller probe learned? Will the grand galloomps of the administration and the republicans of the Senate
(A facsimile of the DOJ gallops and the McConnell Senate Republicans)
   allow their paymasters and employers (that would be US citizens) to learn what Mueller has learned? Well that brings us to the RIGHTS OF SPRING.
   The old birds are clattering...
   and chattering and the bets are on.
    A safe prediction from your old blogger-it's going to be another fight, another circus, another chapter of America in decline, America yelling, America divided. 
    Democrats will ask for full disclosure, Republicans will resist. The President will blather and tweet and lie. The House will continue their investigations, Federal prosecutors will continue their prosecutions and investigations. There will be legal challenges and court filings and hearings and this thing could go on for, dare I say it-years!
    We have primal forces at work here...like
   sea against rock, wind against sea, power versus power,
   infinite force against eternal existence. 
       Unlike nature, these human struggles devolve to aberrant behavior; deceptions, tricks, deceits, fraud, larceny, and abuse of power. 
      Greed, avarice, and venality have never been far from "individual 1." Diligence, devotion, public service, sacrifice and intelligence have never been far from Mr Mueller. 
      The substance of the two-year investigation will come out. This is the US, with whistleblowers, leakers, people of conscience, investigative reporters, packs of competitive journalists and a citizenry for whom all of this was done.
    Who are you betting on? Which team do you find yourself rooting for?
well...
     Presently I'm rooting for my bracket picks and celebrating another Cinderella story. This is the time of year the of NCAA championships where there is always a peoples favorite, a human interest story, the little Davids taking on the Giant Goliaths, the valiant struggle of appealing characters striving against great odds. Stars emerge and shine. We find new heroes. We cheer and we cry with the heartbroken warriors who leave the court denied a dream. This too is the Right Rite of Spring. 
     I thank Mr Mueller for the decorum, diligence, dignity and scrutiny he brought to that other arena. Smart people will continue his work. But right now I'm on my feet, cheering and fist pumping for a kid named Ja. And for all the kids who play their hearts out. It's good there are still champions, good to be reminded we play the game by the rules, good to know that in the end when history posts the scores, cheaters loose, and liars get busted. And it is reassuring to see people being good sports both in loosing and in victory.

    See you down the trail.
      
      
       

Friday, March 21, 2014

KONG OR NEANDERTHAL and CAT'S EYES

DO YOU SEE THE SKULL?
Diversions while you watch your NCAA Brackets implode.
    How fertile is your imagination?  Look at the far point of the bluff. Does a gorilla brow and flattened nose come into view?
   A chunk of boulder seems to reside in an eye socket at the top of a long jaw.
   The "skull" is on the bluff near Lampton cliff, Cambria.
 Here's one more shot where "Kong" seems very apparent. 
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Hemingway and Joy

   Ever try a close up of a cat?  Good luck with that!

   And good luck with your brackets.  I wonder how many
people had Duke going to the final 4?
THE WEEKENDER VIDEO
BIRDS ON A WIRE

   See you down the trail.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

HOOPS TO GO & WRITE ON + SPRING PINK & MOON

BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE
     If you enjoy March Madness as much as I do, you have to love the way you can now stay connected with your phone
or tablet. The NCAA and CBS provide mobile links to all of the action.
      Oh how that could have made life easier a few years ago!
When the girls were in school, we'd take an annual spring break tonic of sun and beach on beautiful Sanibel Island.  As its was, that day of air travel conflicted with key games in
the big dance.  Having a couple of Indiana teams, or more,
that I was passionate about, it was torture to be in the air or car and away from seeing the tourney. 
      There were many years I'd ask the ATA flight attendant to ask the pilot to keep us up to date on scores.  Since the Indianapolis based flight crew and the plane full of passengers, for the most part, had the same basketball jones, they did a great job.  Still nothing like being able to
watch it on your phone.  Somethings in the good old days
weren't so good as they are now eh?! 

LOTS OF COMPANY AS WE WRITE ON
      I caught an amazing statistic in this blog. What you are reading now is one of 181 million blogs in the world!  Mind boggling.  As we used to say in television news, "Thanks for tuning in here. We know you have choices." And the number keeps growing.
DAY BOOK
SPRING PINK
&
FULL MOON


       An afternoon glass of wine and picnic.
       Full moon rising over the Santa Lucias.
       See you down the trail.