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Well this beginning has nothing to do with Clam Chowder, Texas or otherwise (that comes later). In the middle of the night, many times, I have thought about topics I wanted to write about and none of those times did I follow through; they’re now like the misty stuff of dreams. Here’s one I remember though…A couple of weeks after the inauguration I had a great conversation with a friend on the wrong side (oops). We disagreed on many things, agreed on some, and did so amicably. One of her big problems was the theory that Trump had some connection with Russia, still unsure as to what. I don’t buy into any of that, nor do I think Trump has a man crush on Putin. Anyway, as it turns out everyone and their dog has had a meeting with the Russians…on both sides of the fence…except, it seems, Sarah Jessica Parker, if you follow that sort of thing. I recall a statement by Obama before the last election when he thought the mic was off that goes like this: “After My Election I Have More Flexibility.” Did you see the MSM go after that? None of them seemed to have a problem with that…but now it’s like they’ve all went CRAZIER. Also, how can they say the Russians interfered with the election exactly? Even if they did hack the DNC and reveal things that they had done…then the DNC did those things. Somehow the real “criminals” are made to be okay just because their crimes were revealed by the Russians (if that is even true). I know, we’re living in the Twilight Zone.
And now we see the true (tolerant HAHAHAHA) Alt-Left…breaking private property, impeding regular people’s road right-of-way, beating people up, acting like idiots, and trying to stop the free speech of others with differing ideas…the list goes on and on. I’m glad we didn’t act that way when the travesty that is Obama was elected. Sure, I complained, and hopefully so did millions of other people, but that was mostly words on a screen and not looting and assault.
Finally, I’m moving on. I’m still looking at those resolutions and my work on them is a bit stifled, so I went to the gym yesterday for the first time this year. And today I was shamed again, so I went on a 2.5-mile walk. Who knows, maybe it’s a trend! However, I have been playing tennis a few times a week. Does that count? First time playing on a mixed doubles team and it’s fun! I was always intimidated about playing with guys so I always turned down the invites to play on those teams. We are in second place. Bummer. Maybe that will change. In any event, I had to make food to take to a match the other day and remembered how yummy my recipe for TEXAS Clam Chowder was, so I made it. Instant hit! I’ve been perfecting this one for many years.
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This is really day one, but who’s counting. Still thinking of perfection, I get up before everyone else and make strawberry and banana cars for breakfast (and add cereal to the menu because one of them doesn’t like bananas.

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This 2016 election year is the election year from Hell. As I have mentioned, we have a woman who is as corrupt and self-serving as the day is long. She is no more a public servant than a man in the moon…there is no man in the moon…

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In any event, that was 3-1/2 weeks ago and and you can imagine how immensely grateful and blessed I feel that I was able to start playing tennis again this past Monday. I’ve been able to stay on top of design projects.
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