Susan Beckett

Our world seems pretty messed up right now and that’s probably an extreme understatement! China is still behaving badly, Hong Kong is under siege, the middle class in Venezuela is suffering under socialism, and North Korea is still under a ruthless dictatorship! And unfortunately, to that nation-challenged list I would sadly now add our own America.

Let’s suppose for just a couple minutes that you go to bed one night and when you wake up in the morning you have partial memory loss - a little amnesia. You vaguely remember getting up in the middle of the night for a drink of water, spilling some on the floor and slipping on it.

Imagine for just a minute you’re walking through a department store and you happen to pass by the cosmetic counter. There, covering the countertops, is an array of lipsticks, face powders, blushes, mascara, and, of course, an abundance of mirrors!

I love cowboy! Anything cowboy. Growing up, I was a member in good standing of the local “Orange Acres Backbreakers” 4-H Club. I had the horse & saddle, hat, boots…all the cool cowboy stuff.

How many of you can remember back to your grade school years? Specifically the sixth grade - the teacher, the room, your classmates?