The book club has grown – from two book readers to now around 7 or 8 when all attend!
Each month a different book is suggested and read.
The meeting place is determined month to month – this time it was OIB Surf & Java –
right next to Lowes food market in OIB!
While some could not make the short hour-long discussion –
and it was not only the book discussed – but get to know your neighbors!
A comfy setting – great chairs and company.
This time I tagged along – I know this place has great coffee – and I just relaxed and read the paper.
I have belonged to another book club back in Va. – but my reading material differs from these.
I am more a Syfy or a good murder thriller reader.
But – I have collected some five books to help supply the future lending library!
This little library hopefully will be outside at the community center –
Where you can grab a book to read for free and if you have any – leave them there for others to read!
Inside Surf & Java coffee shop.
This coffee shop also has sort of upscale clothing –
sports (surf) equipment – shoes – men and women – and some are marked down.
Large screen TV and really comfy chairs.
View of the items for sale.
The book club is young – and growing – and the next meeting will be moved to another coffee shop to be announced on the Cameron Woods Community Facebook site!
Good company – good books and good coffee!
You can notify Diane or Sherry if you wish to come – to the site.
I will be going back again to just sit back – sip my coffee – read a paper –
It is with in mind – I record our lives one day at a time –
hence my blog: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog
In a little over one year – thanks to my wife Sherry –
I now have a following of 362 plus followers!
Of which I only know four of them!
The rest are from all over the USA and the WORLD!
Screen shot on a normal day – I never though this would happen – but I guess projecting good thoughts – happy family life and adventures of two 70 plus year old’s must appeal to people!
Sherry and Papa – (Tom) living our life one day at a time. Each day I am alive is a blessing! I do not take it for granted.
Sherry is the driving force behind my blog –
” YOU HAVE TO WRITE AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE – A PLACE WE CAN FIND – WHEN YOU ARE GONE”
That is the reality and I am okay with it!
I write for family – I write to record for future generations so they know who I was!
Each day I open the site – answer the comments and push on!
I include lots of pictures – they all tell a story.
Each day I start out not knowing what I will write about
I see a picture I have taken – a event we did – or where a day has taken us.
Then – I start – so far I have scheduled a month ahead in stories –
That way – is we are going someplace – all I have to do is share it to face book!
On here – it is automatically scheduled!
My hope and desire is to bring inner peace to those that read this – and to see – when adversity hits home – when death knocks on your door – there is a life beyond and each day is a blessing – one that had it gone the other way – well – I am happy it didn’t – and that is going to be my legacy – living life doing it my way – blog!
” You have to get on face book – all your friends keep asking
about you”! circa 2011 or 2012!
So – I joined and made lots of old and new friends –
And then – about three years ago – it happened!
Sherry – independent free thinker church family country I love her for that
She asked me what I thought –
She wanted to march in protest
#metoo Women’s rights The women’s march in DC.
ONE MILLION WOMEN and she wanted to represent
herself and her daughters!
I have always encouraged her to stand up –
We do not always agree on the same things
but we agree to disagree.
I have always believed in equal rights for women.
She went three years ago – I watched it all on TV.
Some of the things she saw and heard upset her.
Mostly she was proud she made a statement
and I was so proud of her – she would talk to me
she would tell me what was happening
And it was all good until she posted on face book.
The first message came in PM Not to me but to her from a friend of mine I grew up with ” I don’t understand why you and all hose women are there” ?
The question –
I thought “REALLY” !
But – since we were friends –
we talked it over
and she explained to him!
She did it for her self worth – her daughters and to protest
the new amoral administration.
She did it for the inequality and looking down to
she had to see and hear in her work life.
The unequal pay – and yes being harassed.
“He did not see any of that in his life – nor his wife did either” he returned.
And so it went on – as the years passed a few more quips then I became involved
About a year ago – I BECAME INVOLVED –
she had asked me not too-
over the previous years.
I answered – and it was a long answer –
but also based in facts.
She hugged me and said ” I wish I could think like that”!
“It was perfect – you did it the right way” !
There never was a reply – but during other conversations
I sensed he was not happy with my answer.
Then – a few months ago – it got worse-
and I could see from that on face book
it was as though it reflected the way the White house
also was responding more and more every day.
They were the same – more and more ugly.
One post came through – we were coming back from something
And Sherry had been following the little girl from Sweden
Her heritage –
and she marveled at the strength of her and her message on climate change
( If you think it not happening – then I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge)
It was so nasty as she read it – to the extent she should be shot and burried
She was mentally wrong in the head to put it in mild terms
he used something else –
She was reading this and then she said
” I do not want you to read this ” and she deleted it!
She made it so that he could not see her posts .
And asked me not to get involved.
He started to make comments on my posts attacking people who commented on my post PUSHING BUTTONS
When I posted what I thought to be a funny comparrison
I post funny – good and thought provoking quotes –
pictures and jokes every day –
to make people smile and have good thoughts.
I very rarely do Politics
And I keep it clean.
But – out of the blue he attacked the post – my friends and me.
He was doing to us what is being done every day from the White house
almost as if he were given the go ahead to do whatever he wanted!
But – in my life – I can see a BULLY when I see and read one.
And – it is not going to happen on my own face book page.
We can have a discussion we can frame our words not to be nasty we can agree to disagree but you are not going talk down to me
I answered him for myself and my friends-
In no uncertain terms
we could remain friends but this was going to stop.
He did not like it and came back in a unflattering
description –
That was it – I replied and told him I wished him a healthy long life
and May the peace of the Lord go with him
But he was done on my site – and then I blocked him.
Over 55 years of friendship I can see this happening all over and it is a tell tale sign of just what comes from the White house divide It is not the party I grew up and loved It has gotten ugly
I had many messages –
both private and on the site
Applauding me for standing up –
not bowing before a BULLY
and also stating facts –
not groveling in the dirt
I have slowly been not following people who post ugly – cruel posts
I see a lot of posts that simply are not true
The disinformation is real
they post without fact checking
sharing really ugly and slandering posts.
I would hope in this new year that it would get better
But as long as it comes from the top
it will – I am afraid become worse.
This is my setting the record straight blog a lot of people saw what took place and asked me about it I will not stand by and see my wife harassed or my friends bullied I WILL BEND BUT I WILL NOT BREAK
Today is my putting my mind at ease
as it has bothered me
I do not take it lightly those 55 years of friendship
I 