September Song

What's up with the title to this month's newsletter? It actually is the title to an old song. I participate in a group that usually sings and plays at seniors' homes and September Song is one that we are doing this month. I remember the song from many, many years ago, but I don't remember who sang it (the version I remember hearing, so long ago). So, I checked it out on YouTube and found several versions of the song, being done by a wide range of singers from Frank Sinatra to Willie Nelson. The one I picked to share with you (above link) is by Jimmy Durante, and was recorded in 1955.


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As the days get shorter and the nights cooler we realize that we are, again, in a change of season with the autumn equinox occurring early Friday morning. Once summer arrived, it was a good one, but we wouldn't mind if it were extended a little bit more!Although it didn't seem to be a huge run of "red-fish" (kokanee - a land-locked sockeye salmon) this year, it always amazes me to watch this process of these fish working their way up the stream to the spawning beds.
Another event this month was the annual Road Kings car show, which also has a kids' component built into it with the soap box derby, which ran from Silica Street to Baker St. along Kootenay Street. Lots of excitement, and even a few spills during this year's event.
Of course the main event at the car show is the Saturday show & shine in downtown Nelson. This year over 350 classic, antique and modern masterpieces were on display, including this very fine '57 Chevy.


Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use.

However, this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules.. The first set of rules would be:

Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.

You may not simply transfer money into some other account..
You may only spend it.

Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400.00 for that day. The second set of rules:

The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, Its over, the game is over! It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.

What would you personally do?

You would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right? Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every cent, and use it all, right?

ACTUALLY This GAME is REALITY!

Each of us is in possession of such a magical bank. We just can't seem to see it.

The MAGICAL BANK is TIME!

Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us.

What we haven't lived up that day is forever lost.

Yesterday is forever gone.

Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time....WITHOUT WARNING.

SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?

Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars.

Think about that,and always think of this:

Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.

So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and Enjoy Life!

Here's wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day.


Start spendingWhen I contemplate the time bank mentioned above, I tend to think of my grand-daughters and how they are growing up so quickly. Last month Dorothy and I decided to surprise them with a weekend trip to Saskatchewan to say "Hi". Well, they were surprised (their parents, too) and we had a wonderful weekend, though at 1,200 km. each way it was quite a journey for a 4 day trip. This photo was taken on the first day of school, and the youngest was not happy that she didn't get to go with her sisters. Next year she will begin kindergarten.

Politically Correct Statements

Your bedroom isn't cluttered, it's just "passage restrictive."

Kids don't get grounded anymore. They merely hit "social speed bumps."

You're not late, you just have a "rescheduled arrival time."

You're not having a bad hair day, you're suffering from "rebellious follicle syndrome."

No one's tall anymore. He's "vertically enhanced."

You're not shy. You're "conversationally selective."

You don't talk a lot. You're just "abundantly verbal."

It's not called gossip anymore. It's "the speedy transmission of near-factual information."

AND FOR STUDENTS...

The food at the school cafeteria isn't awful. It's "digestively challenged."

No one fails a class anymore, he's merely "passing impaired."

You don't have detention, you're just one of the "exit delayed."

These days, a student isn't lazy. He's "energetically declined."

Your locker isn't overflowing with junk, it's just "closure prohibitive."

Your homework isn't missing, its just having an "out-of-notebook experience."

You're not sleeping in class, you're "rationing consciousness."

You don't have smelly gym socks, you have "odor-retentive athletic footwear."

You weren't passing notes in class. You were "participating in the discreet exchange of penned meditations."

You're not being sent to the principal's office. You're "going on a mandatory field trip to the administrative building."

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Thanks for reading.

Lorne & Drew