My Time at the Inn

Okay, so I have waited a couple of days before  I posted something, which I am not sure anyone is reading.  Albeit, it proabably will help me to write better.... Let's see, what is that saying?  Ah, She who writes often, will write best..., this according to Muzzy, my grandmother.  Oh my, but I digress.  As I was saying I had wanted to post something happy, since there seems to be a lot of sadness going on around me.  Now, funny and happy things happen to me all the time, but I wanted the something new and fresh.  However, try as I  might to find humor, the only really funny  thing happened to me a few weeks ago. Jayne and I  had hurriedly shopped for John's birthday present.  We raced across to Oro Valley to find a PS3, which I thought was a blu-ray player, but in fact not only plays blu-ray movies, but games as well.  Timothy, Matthew,  and Joseph all concurred this would be great gift for Dad and sure please...

Today I started Karl Rove's book, Courage and  Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in Fight .  An interesting read awaits me.  I only had time for chapter one, "A Broken  Family on the Western Front."  As I read this chapter I could see events that happened to Rove that shaped his life.  His father's love of books, opera, and classical music; a  teacher who challenged him into political thought; a mother who didn't always have a strong grip on reality; each of these events shaped and molded him into the person he is today.  I started thinking. (Okay, I know this can be scary thought to those of you who know me well.) Anyway, I wondered if there were just one event that stands out in a life where a person could say, "This event changed my life." As I read this first chapter of Rove's book, I could see a turning point in the direction of his  life's work, through one teacher, Mr.Tolman.  Or, does life have a  series of momen...