AWAITING THE FINALE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL BLOODBATH CAMPAIGNS, I AM TEMPTED TO COMPARE THIS PERIOD AS ONE OF NADA (NOTHING). FOR IN THE END, WHAT DO WE RECALL EXCEPT THE NAME CALLING CRAZED ACTIONS THAT BEGAN YEARS AGO AND PROCEED TO NOW. TOMORROW, THE FINALE OF VOTING WILL LET ME KNOW WHO IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THE NEXT FEW YEARS. ALWAYS NICE, CONSIDERING, HUH? THE PROBLEM IS, WE CAN’T COUNT ON ANYTHING TO FALL INTO PLACE THE “NORMAL” WAY, AND THAT IS THE THING WE MUST RESOLVE.

MY MOM TOLD ME ONCE, MAYBE TWICE, WHEN I WAS YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE IN HER CARE, THAT YOU CANNOT IMAGINE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ANYTHING. AT THE TIME I LAUGHED SECRETLY, THINKING SHE WAS JUST AN OLDER LADY WHO DIDN’T KNOW MY TALENTS. AND ALL THESE YEARS, MY ASSUMPTION WAS MADLY CORRECT. I DODGED POLITICS, WORKED HARD AT BEING AN INDIVIDUAL, AND PLAYED FAIR BALL. SOMETIMES IT’S NOT EASY TO WORK WITH THE TOUGHIES, BUT YOU LEARN. IT ALL DEPENDS UPON HOW MUCH YOU WANT SOMETHING. BY THE TIME I LANDED IN MONTEREY, MY STRING OF GOOD LUCK HAD BOISTERED A CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE, AND I CLIMBED THE LADDER OF LOVE AND EXPERIENCE.

MY GOAL BECAME THE JOY OF HELPING OTHERS ACCOMPLISH THINGS, DOING A LOT OF STRONG PHYSICAL MOVES, AND ELIMATING THINGS THAT ELUDED THE APEX. I’LL BET YOU CAN SAY “DITTO SO FAR”. WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN HERE IN THE USA!

SO TODAY I CHECK IN, NOVEMBER 2, 2020, TO WISH YOU A GRAND RECOVERY FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE LIVE WITH TODAY. SERIOUSLY, THE ONLY PEOPLE I REALLY TALK TO THESE DAYS ARE DEAD-ON ENTHUSIASTS FOR LIFE. THEY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, DESPITE THE DEADLY VIRUS, PEOPLE WITHOUT MASKS, CROWDED PLACES AND A SORE LACK OF HUMOR. BUT I HAVE THE KEY TO THIS, SO LISTEN UP: FIND THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE IN MAGIC, CLIMB THE STAIRS AND STEP INSIDE. STAY THERE UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO STEP BACK INTO THE REAL WORLD. LIVE CLEAN, LOVE A LOT AND WORK LIKE THE DEVIL TO CREATE YOUR ART. WE ALL HAVE A TALENT FOR SOMETHING, SO GIVE IT TO THE WORLD. WE COULD ALL USE A GREAT LAUGH RIGHT NOW, SO START THERE.

NEXT COMES A HUG, AND SOME GREAT GIFTED MUSIC. DANCE INSIDE OR OUT, NOBODY CARES. WIGGLE YOUR TOES AND WALK THE WIND. MOST OF ALL, BE KIND TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, SO ROCK ON!

LOTS OF LOVE,

XX:JW