I thought the following would be a good follow-up to Cayce’s blog from last week.    

We had a formal affair last night, the 100th anniversary of our synogogue. I had my tuxedo dry cleaned, shoes polished, and bow tie pressed.   I like tying my own bow tie. It is more authentic than buying one of the already tied ties -- more Bond-ish, though I have no idea if James Bond tied his own ties or not. Anyway, I have been tying my own bow ties for years. It usually takes a few tries to get it right.  

From the "I can't believe there's a class in that" is the following true story as reported by Munchies.   The University of Kentucky is offering an undergraduate class called "Taco Literacy: Public Advocacy and Mexican Food in the US South," and the professor behind it wants to use tacos as an avenue for students to learn more about how people can forge social connections through food.  

My father taught that "There's nothing new under the sun"and Dylan recently said that after listening to folk songs repeatedly as a young man that "They gave me the code for everything that's fair game and that everything belongs to everyone". So, based upon the above oracles I conclude that creativity is inspired by what we experience, take in, digest and swirl around in our conscious and unconscious minds and rearrange in our own "original" special confection. Inspiration often comes to us in a flash, or does it?  So it goes...

We were at the local diner. Seated in a booth by the window overlooking the stairs leading up to the front door. A perfect perch to view those coming and going. I noticed the couple as they walked carefully from their car to the stairs. They were elderly. As he reached to hold her hand and help her toward the stairs, it was with the tenderness of their first touch -- so many years ago.

I am by no means a hard core political junkie. In fact, I pay little attention to the presidential candidates until maybe 3 months out. I don't watch the news. I don't read the paper. I do get something called "The Skimm" which is a great news summary with a sense of humor, about a page long Monday thru Friday. Highly recommend it. (http://www.theskimm.com/?r=a115abbd) And I am fairly active on Social Media, especially Facebook, so things creep through.

Everyone in my family is a fan, perhaps too big a fan, of the snooze button. Perhaps it is inherited. The problem makes me very aware of potential technological solutions.

  As I wrote about last week, I am a horrible patient. While I am very conscientious about going for my annual check-ups with my internist and gynecologist as well as my annual mammography, I rarely follow up with anything else. I am sharing my recent experience in the hope that, perhaps, I help someone else.