Leaving Lost Providence

Wow -it’s been some time since I’ve posted here – but I’m still here.  I’ve actually been working on a book, written about something that’s been going on in my life, written very much in blog style.   Once it’s completed I’ll share links to my previews.

So about 2 years ago I moved away from Providence.   The place kind of grew on me, like Lichen on a tree (you don’t plan on it happening, you just turn around one day and there it is, all green and covering you).  I made some good friends and really appreciated the small town with all the problems of a major urban city.  Hey this is the city that sent their mayor to jail (Cianci) only to see him become a major radio personality and a TV News special reporter guest once released? Yes you read that correctly.  It’s one of those places that never seems to change, the people still refer to the new Starbucks as the place that used to be the place that used to be the old gas-station from 1967.  

So… recently when I went back to visit our friends, I wasn’t surprised to see the same people sitting in the same seats at Starbucks (Guess that happens at any Starbucks).  As I walked into Wayland square, I noticed that the place that used to be an ice cream shop, that became a deli had become a new olive oil and Balsamic vinegar shop.   I walked in and struck up a conversation with the owner.   He had just moved to Providence – I asked him how he liked Providence and his response “It’s ok, it kind of grows on you, but a little small town”.   To which I responded “Where are you from?”   His answer “close to Chicago, IL”.

Two years ago I moved from Providence,  I moved back to the place I love close to Chicago,IL… Ironic,  No?

 

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. – Seuss

…..Just one man’s rambling.

 

Obama to get secret service coverage.

Word out today is that Senator Obama now has the Secret Service working for him – or protecting him.   It’s “Freakin” 2007 and a Black candidate finds himself in need of the Secret Service.   I thought we were past this a long long time ago.    It seems as though our society is going backwards – IMAS, Rap Music, and now the good Senator Obama – The rest of the world hates us, can we just manage to get along inside our own borders – never mind what’s happening outside America?  Take HIV and AIDS for instance – here you have a disease that we can’t cure and thousands of people are dying here in America and continue to get infected – and while we do have a duty globally – shouldn’t we also have a duty to those of us in America who are living with this disease?  So here we go – the Democrats have an African American and a Women candidate.  The republications have a divorcee from multiple marriages and who knows what else.

I saw a bumper sticker today: “Bush lied, Thousands died..” obviously a push at the fact that Clinton lied and no one died – but what did die?  Our social conscience – schools kids today really do believe that oral sex isn’t oral sex.   So before you go on a crusade after Bush, look in the mirror and ask yourself the tough questions – if you sanction the breakdown of the moral fabric of society then something is dying or at least died a long time ago..

Just one man’s rambling…

 

LandMSchaffer

Well.. Hi there…  I finally gave up!   I had installed my own blog on my own server to do just this very thing – however this web 2.0 software seems to make the process so much easier and the web blogging software has come so far that I decided it just wasn’t worth it!   So here is where you’ll find my thoughts about what ever it is I decide to talk about.  Enjoy.

Who was it who said “We live in a life where lemonade is made with chemicals and lemon air freshener is made with real lemons?”…