MIND THE GAP

Word was, UK had no intent to compete with the Chinese opening ceremony extravaganza of four years ago; but as it turned out, London outdid everyone ever. Incredible. And, of substance. Not only lights and color and a parachuting queen, but meaning, Message.

Tops: hospital beds with children, dancing medics, pride in their National Health Service, blending J. K. Rowling, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, nightmares, and peace. In an election year, it stirred for me that America finances a decade of two heinous wars running at the same time, birthing hatred for generations to come, killing hundreds of thousands of humans, and saddling present and future with astronomical debt, yet makes a political battleground of providing health care for our own people. History will judge in the story of our Rise and Fall.

With tickets to some events including a soccer match, Tass, Jeremy, Caroline and Charlotte are flying to London next week, staying with his parents, who are looking forward to seeing the grandchildren. In the past when they went, Linda, Paint, Kristen and I went to Tallahassee to babysit their cats, but they are between pets at the moment. Their promise to the girls: a kitten upon returning home from visiting grandparents in England.

Two kittens are better than one.

TW