John has been gone for about two months now, and I still look for him every time I enter the club.  He left us early, but I think it was what he wanted. It certainly wasn’t what we wanted, but then again,  John was never one to do something simply to go along with the crowd. 

Fall is in the air!  The sun rises later now and darkness lingers as I walk to the mailbox to get the newspaper.  As I exhale, I can see my breath in the morning’s early light. To the west, the moon is still visible, as the sun rises and its rays begin to melt the frost that will now bring an end to many of the plants that brought us summer’s colors. 

Considering the activities of the past week in Washington, we can again revisit the phrase, “Half of knowing what something is, is knowing what it’s not.”  With this in mind, let’s consider the idea of compromise, finding a middle ground, or whatever you want to call it.  Washington is polarized, as it seems is much of the rest of the nation.