"Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation." Kin Hubbard, published in Readers Digest

Summit snowed and iced over.

Happy Wednesday folks and welcome. The month is moving on along and we find ourselves nearly at the halfway point on this January 14, 2015. This winter weather has been brutal in many areas in our nation. There's one particular summit that has been inaccessible for days. It's because of icing on the roadways leading up to it. Folks are not able to get up the mountain because of this situation. Even the toilets are frozen over. This is the longest period of time that this particular tourist attraction has been unavailable to the public. So, what's unusual about this situation? It happens to be located on Hawaii's big island, the summit of Mauna Kea, that reaches 12,796 feet. I know. You didn't see that one coming. You most likely didn't see it on one of those vacation advertisements either. The hula girls wearing Eskimo gear just doesn't seem to fit. No. I am not saying that Al Gore has anything at all to do with this snow job, although he has lots of experience in that particular arena. Sorry. I couldn't help myself from a little global warming humor to get our day started.

I do like to read funny little tidbits about the aging process. The ones about older folks are more interesting to me these days than before. Funny how that happens. Here's one that some of you might enjoy. ~ The neighbors thought it was odd, but 93 year old Morton was dating again. One Monday morning Morton woke up with a funny feeling that something important happened last night. It was during breakfast that Morton finally remembered what it was. He had proposed to his date Greta. But what she answered he just couldn’t seem to remember. Morton picked up the phone and dialed. “Hi Greta”, said Morton, “I have a funny question for you, do you remember last night when I proposed?” “Oh my" gushed Greta, “I’m so glad you called, I knew I said yes to somebody but I just couldn’t recall who it was!” We laugh but some of us are beginning to understand all too well the concept of memory lapses. The wife and I at times go forth and back like we are doing a script for a comedy show. The key? I do think that being able to laugh about it and at yourselves is not a bad way to age gracefully.

Speaking of comedy, when you can't find anything to suit you, try watching the official press conference from the White House. It is streamed in real time nearly every day during the week. Yesterday the spokesperson, Josh Ernest, was explaining why the President himself did not attend the huge rally in Paris where world leaders joined arm and arm along with some 3 million people to make a defiant stand against terrorists. The reason the President didn't attend had to do with security and how that presidential security could impose issues that might interfere with the rally itself. Are you kidding me? Forty of the top leaders from throughout the world were photographed walking arm in arm together in this huge throng of people. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was there, the Palestinian President Mahood Abbas was there. The leaders from Germany, Great Britain, and all the other European nations were represented. Security? You don't think security was an issue for the Israeli's? Their leader goes anywhere with a huge target on his back. Scheduling and security. I don't really care about why he didn't go but these kinds of answers do challenge anyone's ability to reason. Okay class, what did we learn today? You can each answer in your own way. Take care and may God bless us all is my prayer. Amen. ....More later.