Odds and Ends

 1. We just returned from a four day trip to Washington D.C.  It was a great trip. We were with my son, daughter-in-law and our two teenage grandsons.  We saw the Holocaust Museum, Ford Theater, several memorials, the changing of the guard, Arlington cemetery, the Smithsonian museums of air and space and history, the national archives, the library of congress and walk bys of the Capital and White House.  

As you can see we were quite busy and with the exception of one afternoon we did it all on foot!  Not bad for two grand parents ages 80 and 75!  

Our grandsons were great company. We had a lot of laughs and they were interested in everything we saw (except the Library of Congress).  

These are without question my favorite kinds of trips.  Pretty much anywhere with various members of our family.  We're looking forward now to spending time at our condo in FL with our daughter and grand daughter and anyone else who wants to join us.

2. I recently heard on a news program the comment that all the indictments coming down against Donald Trump (the last one  from Georgia) are a bunch of nonsense.  Wrong.  They aren't nonsense. What's nonsense is that he could get away with everything he's doing.  What's also nonsense is the incredible number of ignorant people who are still behind him. Even republican leadership can't seem to muster the courage to do what's right.  Amazing.

3.  The governor of CT recently announced plans to ban the sale of gasoline cars by 2035 in CT.  That's a short 13 years away.  The goal is to be all electric by then.  Frankly I'm not sold on electric cars.  Make no mistake, I'm as concerned for the environment as anyone and I absolutely believe we rely too heavily on fossil fuels but are electric cars really the answer?  Consider: fossil fuels are used to generate electricity. The same electricity we need to charge all those electric cars.  Also, the process of manufacturing the batteries for all those electric cars consumes a great deal of fossil fuels.  Are we really gaining anything?

4. Consider the tragic fire in Maui.  More evidence of global warming.