Life rolls along

Well, I've finally finished my speech for the Fourth of July. It's exciting, feels like I'm coming full circle; after all, my ancestors were active during the first struggles for freedom. On my mother's side, in the family tree, Governor William Bradford helped to create the first Thanksgiving! And, one of his prayers of thanks was his gratefulness for having the inspiration to give each person a plot of their own land . . . and to have them become responsible for themselves . . . because their system, a form of socialism, was failing. Once they were responsible for themselves and free to do as they wished, they flourished! They were motivated! That's a lesson our current president hasn't learned. Or perhaps he doesn't want us, We The People, to flourish? And on my father's side, Captain John Pulling was a friend of Paul Revere's. He helped him the night of his famous ride. Need I say more?
On a different note, I continue to work on John Victor's latest adventure. It occurs near Tucson, Arizona, in a made-up town called Bonespur. John's got two new foes who'll soon be on his tail--Jacko and Avery--and an old one, too, because, Alexander Graham Rossweild is not dead after all!
In the meantime, if I don't write again before Saturday, happy Fourth!