Hi All
I got up early this Independence Day. Here in Oklahoma, we finally have a short break from the heavy thunderstorms and rain. Now we can get back to blistering heat and high humidity and very little breeze.
I was writing a chapter of the next O'Dell book when a thought occurred to me. It was about the story I wrote, "Affair of Choice" and some changes I wanted to make. So I opened it, made those changes, read through the entire story again, made a few more changes, caught one spelling error and sent it in to be posted again.
I'm not really expecting anyone to rush over to read it, but it's there for your reading pleasure.
I was also doing my usual Independence Day ritual of reading Rush Limbaugh's father's piece called "Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor" and the wonderful story by Edward Everett Hale, "The Man Without A Country".
That story should be a must read today. Yesterday after my swim practice, I asked the kids if they knew who we declared independence from in 1776. Of the many 10-14 year olds in attendance only one knew the answer, including several home schooled kids. If we lose our identity as a country it will be because the children aren't being taught about it.
God Bless America.
Mick