Happy President's Day!

"All that serves labor serves the nation. All that harms is treason. If a man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other." --* Abraham Lincoln

It has been very un-Florida-like cold this winter. They say it’s ElNino, I say its BS. My only consolation is that this week all 50 states have reported snow on the ground. Hawaii even reported snow on a Mountain top. My grass is brown(er) and half of my plants are dead. The good news is that it will again be in the 70’s by the weekend.

Despite the chilly weather, we went to an outdoor concert at Silver Springs Saturday, and saw the band America, who by the way, are natives of England. They rocked the house. Foreigner was two weeks earlier, and was probably in the top two bands that we have seen at Silver Springs.

I f you have not gotten your season pass to this “Old Florida” nature park you are missing out on the biggest entertainment bargain around. For the cost of less than one day at the big theme parks, all of the concerts and unlimited admittance to this quaint park are included. Starship and Loverboy are the next two rock shows on the calendar, with Neal McCoy, Aaron Tippin, and Randy Travis in between for you Country fans.

Briana is doing well in school and Erika has conflict of the best kind as she juggles multiple employment opportunities. She is still torn between politics and teaching. The daily drama continues between Grandpu and the rest of the family. We have to keep our sights on the task of keeping Grandmu safe and healthy and ignore his thoughtless behavior.