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Lauren got a call yesterday from Ladies Home Journal that she landed the internship for the Fall. Yay! Buckle up, it's going to be a busy season...get ready for the stories. You're all going to hear about it!

Congrats, Lauren. Mom

THERE USED TO BE A BALLPARK (a stream of consciousness)

There used to be a Ballpark.....There used to be a Ballpark with a seemingly never ending enormous blue sky above, and with luscious meadow-like green grass, and within, a certain tranquility that enabled a mom or dad to pass on Baseball's idiosyncrasies and beauty....Yeah, there used to be a Ballpark...When I looked for the sky of blue, all I could see were not one , but two huge high definition TV screens/scoreboards, and a massive Pepsi sign encased and surrounded by erector set style steel beams holding up a sign to ther heavens telling me that I was in Citi Field. By the way, the two monumental TV screens would tell me when to cheer, what to cheer, and how loud my cheer should be!....There used to be a Ballpark. And if I did wish to have a conversation with my family, I always seemed to be rudely interupted by some roaring music that forever accompannied the appearence of the next player to bat. There was no time for conversing, and it was no place for the interuption or intrusion of just plain silence.....There used to be a Ballpark. Two women who were friends sat in front of me. They both were texting each other even though they were sitting right next to each other.......There used to be a Ballpark. In between innings the TV Screen loudly told me to text the words on the screen " the quickest" and I could win a prize....There used to be a Ballpark. There used to be ball game too, or has that also become like Ranch Dressing "on the side". I mean there were some wonderful aromas of pulled pork, gyros, and hot dogs, and exotic delights of salsa and sushi - kinda' like a street fair - or maybe it was the food court at Roosevelt Field or the Monmouth Mall. So many people hangin' out at the mall, er oops, I meant the various shacks of vendors. The game, like the Ranch, "on the side".....There used to be a Ballpark where at the end of the game we'd go skipping ahead of our parents down those free flowing ramps and into the street. No more ramps! Can't skip down crowded stairs or claustrophobic elevators - Hey, maybe it really was Roosevelt Field Mall....There used to be a Ballpark.....Where did it go?..........Mitch

Happy Independence Day

"...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness-That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

wise men these were..

Another Birthday!

Happy Birthday America!


God Bless America. And May the Promise of her beginnings live forever.

Ciao from Italia!

Okay, first of all- Happy Birthday to Sari!! Wanted to post a picture for you but that's not going to happen right now. Lucky I'm even on here (we're paying for internet access but have been hardly able to use it). Anyway, we're having a grand time here in this beautiful place. We've been extremely busy traveling to Positano yesterday and the island of Capri today. We've been on every possible mode of transportation you can think of. Sorrrento is awesome. Especially at night, everyone is out and about in the town which is like a maze of a million narrow streets filled with shops and restaurants. We're just about to go out to dinner and walk around now.

Before I leave I'll fill you in on what the first thing was that Michael did when we finally arrived at our hotel in Sorrento after a very long day of traveling... he vomited all over the curb. Elizabeth was completely nautious and you would have thought she was going to throw up but then Michael just went ahead and did it! The drivers here are all crazy and the fast windy, curvy cliffs of the Amalfi coast proved too much for them to handle. Now it's Bonine for all of us each and every day. Works like a miracle.

Caio everyone. Maybe I'll post again in a few days if I could :)

Re; Sari's Turn

RE:
Sari,
Today is your turn for a Happy Birthday wish from me... for a good day today and every day. The Kardas's are away so my Post may be the only one right now...but it IS an important one, no?
I remember that Tuesday Jul 2nd, 95% and no A/C in the hospital. Whew! But you were born to my great delight...and you still are.
With lots of Love, Mom