Dick Summer Connection

The big night is here. And today’s podcast has a present for you that I was afraid I’d never be able to give anyone again. Please take a listen. And have the best New Year’s Eve…EVER. 

It’s decision day ladies. Who is going to spend New Year’s Eve with you? Pierce Brosnan seems to be taken. Gotta make up your mind pretty soon. Maybe today’s podcast might help.

A long time ago, my Lady Wonder Wench and I were at the main library in New York, and we looked for and found a copy of one of my lovin touch books. What a thrill it was. Ever since then, I’ve had a New Year’s Eve fantasy about spending New Year’s Eve night in that library with her. Alone. Strange I guess. But we’ve both had books published, and I guess you could say we’re “bookies.” My Email is Dick@DickSummer.com if you’d like to share your New Year’s Eve fantasy. I’d love to hear from you. Maybe I’ll be able to get it on our regular podcast.

New Year’s is coming. That means the POWER is giving us a chance to start all over. A whole bunch of firsts is going to happen for us. I’ll have new stuff to tell you about in my podcasts. I like new stuff. I’m a pilot, and no pilot ever forgets the first time the instructor pilot gets out of the plane and says, “Take her around the pattern three times, and try to bring her back in one piece.”  And suddenly you are flying an airplane all by yourself. I loved it. Those of you who are non-guys will probably have about the same reaction as my Lady Wonder Wench has to that kind of stuff. There are just some things most women  just don’t understand. Of course that works back around the other way too. But if you are Lady Wonder Wench material, you’ll have a good enough sense of humor, and enough flat out love to just smile and say, “Good for you. I’m proud of you.” And pump your fist up and down. Memories of first times are good too. There’s just enough time between now and New Year’s to remember some of the firsts that happened in your life. Do it. And smile. If you’re lucky, you’ll have someone to remember them with. And if you’re not that lucky right now, promise yourself you’ll fix that in 2018. And do whatever it takes to have someone who will sing Auld Lang Syne with you this time next year.  

We get to do it over again starting Monday. A new beginning for a new year. I have all kinds of first times that most people don’t have. I’ll be tellling you about them in our regular podcasts. For example, I remember the first time I could wiggle one ear at a time. My Dad could do that, and I’d been trying to do it forever. Then one day it just happened. And I remember the first time I was able to get the milk and the cereal to come out even in my breakfast bowl. Now it’s a challenge I face every morning at breakfast. seeing to it that the last scoop of milk has at least one piece of cereal in it. And I’ll never forget my first time on the air at WNEW Radio in New York. That was something I’d wanted to do since I was about 8 years old.What first times do you remember best? Please let me know at Dick@DickSummer.com .

September is the month in which most babies are born in America. I think that’s the answer to “What Are You Doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve.” So what ARE you doing New Years Eve? And what are your hopes for 2018? What are your fears? Please let me know. My Email is Dick@DickSummer.com What I’m NOT doing on New Year’s Eve is fighting traffic. Some of you are making New Year’s resolutions. Like this pretty lady.

My Lady Wonder Wench and I wish you a very Merry Christmas. 

I like to open presents on Christmas Eve, because ever since Santa brought me a toy airplane that really flew when I was a kid, I lose control of my eyebrows under that kind of pressure. They tend to flip up and down. And my nose and my left ear wiggles. They also do that when my Lady Wonder Wench walks into the room wearing something she says is “a little more comfortable.” Especially when it’s her “two piece.” That’s what I call her slippers. Cynics say “you’ve got to be kidding after you’ve been together all this time.” And in a way, they’re right. I like to kid with people I care about. There’s some Christmas kidding in today’s podcast. Give a listen, And Merry Christmas.

Part of the reason Christmas is important is that it’s a reminder to remember where you keep your dreams. Because that’s where your magic lives. You know, some magic you have to see to believe. But the most powerful magic works the other way. You have to believe in it first before you can see it. That’s the kind of magic lives deep down inside us…in the same place where we keep our dreams. One of the reasons I wrote my book, Staying Happy Healthy And Hot is that I’ve seen so many of my friends forget where they put their dreams as the years have gone along. Some of them seem to have forgotten that love is made of magic and dreams…just like Christmas. Today’s podcast talks about that. Please give a listen. And remember good old Charlie when you do.

I expect the Christmas cards have all been sent, including the ones you sent to people you scratched from last years list, but they sent you a card this year, so you sent one back…quickly. There’s lots of Christmas in today’s podcast. Stuff like this:

Christmas can be lots of things…including funny. Here’s a note from Proud Podcast Person Jim King. He says, “Santa’s primary language is North Polish. And he goes swimming in the north pool. If Santa rode a motorcycle it would be a Holly Davidson. His favorite breakfast cereal is Frosted Flakes. And He and Mrs. Claus get around on an icicle built for two.” With comments like those, Jim should expect another stocking full of coal again this year. Proud Podcast Person Pastor Mike had an insight that’s worth remembering. He said, “I think the problem religious people have with secular people over Christmas is that they don’t realize there are really 2 different celebrations going on at the same time. There’s the celebration of the birth of Jesus and the joys and miracles of that wondrous night, but unfortunately, over the years the story became ritualized, and made solemn: and it became a believe it or not scenario. The wonder, the joy, the significance of the gift we’d been given were lost. And people missed that. So they found other ways of expressing the joy the ritual had taken away in Christmas trees, and Santa, and Rudolph, and Frosty…and most of all in giving gifts to honor the Greatest Gift of all. Religious people hated this. ‘They’re not real’ they said. No, they’re not. But the truths they represent are very real. The generosity of Santa. The loyalty and courage of Rudolph. The magic and happiness of Frosty…those things are real. And we should bless them.” Pastor Mike was my kind of Pastor. I understand he went west a short time ago. I think St. Peter will host at least two different kind of celebrations.