Women for President

I spent time with three of the most fascinating people. They were visiting from Mississippi and I had the pleasure of meeting them. Buzz is an older gentleman, a true southern gentleman, with a background in music, gourmet food and antiques. Charlotte, his daughter, works for an overseas oil conglomerate; her husband, who did not make the trip, is a physician in Alaska. Errol, Buzz’s son, is much like his father as he is also a gentleman and loves restoring old homes. Buzz is owner of The Guest House in Natchez, he is grand Marshall of the tour of gardens, many of which he designed, and an Antique Magnate. It was as if I had known them all my life. They live in the Natchez – Lafayette area and were really lucky they suffered minimal damage from the last storm to go through. It seems they take everything in stride making something good come from something that could have been terrible. While they were here, knowing the ante-bellum homes in Mississippi and Louisiana, I had to take them to see Rosemary and Lookaway Halls. They were impressed and wished the business was still open so that they could have spent the night in one of them. Hopefully they will return when or if the halls ever open again.
One would think that with three named hurricanes in our proximity we would have gotten some rain; twelve drops here, twenty four drops there, yet not 10 miles away 2 ½ inches. Sometimes I think there is a wall and dome over our area that diverts the rain we so desperately need.
Politics are not good topics for discussion. They tend to incite anger and or heated conversations, however, when sexism is thrown in it can be an even worse topic. I will not choose sides here as to my favorite candidate for president but I will take exception to all those that seem to think women have no business holding an office as high as president or vice president. Just because Sarah Palin has five children some sexist people think she can not be a good vice president. Just because Hillary Clinton is a woman she would not make a good president, moot point now, but that was the belief. It is just disgusting and amusing that men feel so threatened by a woman in power that they must try to pick that woman apart. I must also state here that I am pretty sick of all of it. All of the media coverage ramming it all down our throats. Most of it is not relevant to the election; most of it is to stir controversy. So, let the games begin. The smear tactics have begun, the dirty politics have surfaced and I for one firmly believe that those that threw the first stone should suffer the bitterest consequences.