MFC: Back in the saddle again

Wow ... what a summer.

Good, bad and ugly all played a part, causing me to fall down a little on my game.

However, I'm on my way back - albeit a little slow - and again will be back in the swing of things soon.

To begin ... here's a summary of the columns I did write this summer. Enjoy!

A game of cat and mouse
Let freedom ring
He shouldn't be there
When all is said and done
State of California - 1 ... State's youth - 0
And we wonder why
Long live 'The Press!'

Fork in the road

It was a really nice ceremony. My son, along with more than 600 fellow students, graduated from eighth grade earlier this afternoon.

They looked like the babes they are as parents and family members cheered and celebrated their accomplishments. Many of the boys — I’m sure with parents’ guidance — wore their Sunday best, tie and all. While many of the girls — I’m sure acting on their own — chose dresses that were a little beyond their years. Most looked bored out of their minds.

But that’s okay … they are kids. It’s normal for them to spend much of their time in another world. They are even allowed to test the waters — a little. They are pieces of clay just waiting to be molded. And it is at this time we as adults need to be there for them more than ever.

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Go team, go! Next, please …

In last week’s column, I shared with you my observations on how the enthusiasm over the election of our 44th president had dimmed and how Obama-wear no longer seemed to be the fashion du jour.

I hadn’t realized it until a reader pointed it out, but part of my frustrations in seeing less people openly supporting our president is more about the people who seem to have crawled back into the comfortable holes they call lives, only to venture out again when enough other people are making noise.

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