Home again, home again. Jiggidy jig. Just back from a whirlwind trip to ny to drop diane off, then a quick visit to see my folks in boston where i had a work meeting today. It was greT getting to hang out with my parents.. Its nice having them this close…

Pretty uneventful drive home.. I spent some of it listening to the radio… I was really struck by two pieces i heard.

First was a piece on the 50th anniversary of then Alabama Governor George Wallace’s 1963 inauguration speech where he said “segregation now, segregation, tomorrow , .. Segregation forever” .even though Wallace lived long enough to reform his thinking and regret those words , It was hard to hear that hatred distilled into words by a person in power in our lifetime.

The second piece was about the increase in gun sales following obamas reelection.. And then the huge further uptick in sales after the newtown tragedy. The greatest increase was in the sales of the semiautomatic ‘assault’ type weapons used in that event. I was stunned by this.. I guess its human nature to hoard what is likely to be scarce.. But this somehow seems like an insult to the memory of the victims of that and related tragedies..

Those pieces but me in a somber mood… Luckily i was met by happy news just before i got home.. Diane called from NY to report that Max’s snake had shown up after being lost for more than a month. The day of hurricane sandy, the three foot milk snake escaped its cage and disappeared into the hull of the boat. Today is showed up coiled around the bed in a different room to the surprise of that rooms occupant and to maxs delight

Heres a picture of the snake from before .. I understand its in good shape .. A little skinny and cold, but otherwise happy to be back among humans…

Ok.. Early day tomorrow.. So i’ll sign off now…
Nite all, nite sam

-me

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