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Greetings and salutations from the sand, sun and surf of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and the Golden sun laden, balmy, breezy, always beautiful island of Nantucket! Great to be with you on this rather mild Twenty-First Day of November, 2017; a quiet early afternoon upon the shores of Craigville Beach. Weather tested, healthy, happy, hearty lively locals, plus a handful of tourists, are all busy readying their cribs for the big turkey day which is now less than forty-eight hours away.
That’s right folks, it’s America’s favorite feast! Chalk full of all that fine, fine food, festivities, and of course, football. What day is it? It’s”Thanksgiving”! Indeed it is. A day set aside to give thanks for all we have been given and for those who we love and who love us…, lo, it can also be a day where families feel obligated to spend some real, serene, loving ‘family time’, more often than not, “going in” heavily medicated. Pop quiz, how many beers and/or shots of Jack Daniels does it take to turn this wonderful family reunion into a phone call to 911? It seems the old adage is true about America’s favorite DRUG, alcohol, which is simply the notion that it turns most people into someone else, it changes their personality. After a half a bottle of Wild Turkey, it seems old Hillbilly Bob slugged his brother Barney Blue and all because he was looking at his new girlfriend “Sprinkles” (local “Friendly’s”, a fine restaurant heavy on the Midwestern values and all, waitress and recipient of the most recent “employee of the month”), kind of funny. Or something to that effect, who knows what’s on the Toledo Police report.
So in the immortal words of the horrible Madison Avenue Ad wizards, s post script at the end of all those “Bud Light” commercials you will be forced (”Clockwork Orange” style), hypnotized really, to digest over the next few days,
“…please drink responsibly.”
Have a safe, blessed, loving, joyful, bountiful, beautiful Thanksgiving America! Perhaps reflecting on just how lucky you really are just reading this little message in a bud light bottle… Remembering that there are many who have nothing, such as the victims of the most recent storms in Houston.
God Speed to ALL of YOU!
PRESERVE THE WILDERNESS! Peace~M
