Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Good early morning GH.  It is closing on 4:00 AM here in our fair city and the current temperature is a cool but comfortable 55 degrees.  There is a cool breeze coming in the window, and I find it refreshing.  I can't see anything out the Weather Window, but I think rain is a possibility.  Mary thought I had lost my mind when I went out without a jacket yesterday morning, wearing nothing but shorts and a T-shirt, but I was comfortable.  You truly do adapt to your local weather.  Sugar the Weather Dog accurately predicted that we would have rain last evening, and once she heard the thunder, she was off to her in-house cave for self-protection.  As you may remember, she is terrified by any loud noise, and thunder is no exception.  For those of you who wonder, there was a nice article in the  Grand Haven Tribune yesterday about our famed Musical Fountain.  Some people are in favor of doing nothing, believing that it is fine the way that it is, while others believe it is beginning to show its age.  Having viewed the show just last Friday evening, I personally think it is just fine.  It may need some improvements on the infrastructure to keep it working well into the future, but the overall concept is a fine attraction for the city's tourism industry.  In other words, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."   Just because the locals have seen it many times, does not mean that it should be replaced.  Newer music, maybe, but even that is subjective in nature, since the majority of the people who view the fountain are from out of town and for them, it is always fresh and new.  Good music never goes out of style.  As Mary and I often say, "Will the young people of today be dancing to some of the current music at their weddings?" We think not!  If you can't appreciate the stylings of a Sinatra or a little bit of Glenn Miller, then you are ready to throw in the towel.  I mean, how else do you explain the Macarena or the Chicken Dance?   That may be age talking, but that is one man's opinion.  Otherwise, it is time to go back to bed and get back to doing that voodoo that I do so well.  So, until it is...Tea time, later.

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