Oct. 6, 2015

 

Dear Hildie:

 

I had a cup of coffee this morning and feel like I’ve taken an amphetamine. I hate that feeling. All I wanted was to be perked up a bit. Of course, it’ll wear off in time for my permanent molar cap to be put on at 3:30.

 

What a loud weekend—football on in the living room throughout two days! All I was doing most of the time was trying to read the second biography of Sherman I got—One published, I think, in 2013, that is much more nuanced and not nearly as hagiographic as Liddell Hart’s. Liddell Hart didn’t want to admit that Sherman was what today we’d call bi-polar—Hypomanic at times and despondent at others. Well, like he said of Grant, “He stood by me when I was crazy and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we’ll stand by each other forever.” How very lucky the country was to have had those two men at hand when it did!

 

I see Dardenne is promising that, as governor, he’ll have the State Police and sheriffs go after people who don’t pay child support. What rubbish! As if the State Police have the desire or the manpower to adopt such a mission, or sheriffs answered to the governor! That’s as stupid as John Young claiming that, as lieutenant governor, he’ll use his experience as a prosecutor to make tourists safe. How, pray tell? He would have no authority over any police forces, unless he plans to set up a new Tourism Police (!!!). Do these guys think we’re all idiots? Answer: Yes.

 

Take care of the ankles and eyes and…everything.

LOVE,

M