Life is good. There is a new little girl in our family. Her name is Cecelia. And she is absolutely beautiful. Her mom, Emma, had a hard time with the birth, but mom and baby are both fine now. Life is good. Big things are good….like our new little girl, and little things are good… like… I finally got to put the snow shovel away in the shed. And while I was there  I cranked up the lawn mower…and it started. What more could a guy ask. Another big thing…my lady Wonder Wench still puts up with me, although like most Louie-Louie Generation guys, besides being courtly, humorous and thoughtful, I am often childish, frequently sloppy, and constantly sex obsessed.

I think Lady Wonder Wench has come to understand that I am simply not totally responsible for the fact that just looking at her makes my eyebrows wiggle, and my viagral parts come to attention. The woman turns me into what you might call a one man…gland. Life is good…bordering on excellent.


 
I still have questions and irritations like anybody else. For example: I don’t know why my car keys are always in the pocket on the side of the hand that’s carrying the biggest bundle of groceries. And just when I’m proud of myself because I’m at the top of the food chain…a mosquito comes along and…slurp… I’m not so sure who’s eating who. And maybe you can explain to me why an escalator’s  hand rail and the steps don’t go at the same speed. You know, I just realized that an escalator really can’t break. If it stops, it just becomes stairs.  That’s good. But the thing that got me started thinking about this is…why the hell do the guys in the tv commercials always have to yell at me ? I could hear the program they interrupted just fine. These are all questions that deserve answers.
 
But you know what they don’t deserve ? They don’t deserve to have us constantly whining and complaining about them. I’m going to knock that off in this podcast, and in my life. Read my lips. No more complaining. Life is good.
 

 As I told you, the new little girl in our family is named Cecelia. In the Catholic religion, St. Cecelia is the patron saint of musicians. My dad was a musician. My brother is a musician. And three of Cecelia’s uncles are musicians. Our daughter Kris says Cecelia tends to practice her singing most mornings at around 3am. But I really don’t mind, because there are three things that we have between us that keep her vocalizing from disturbing my sleep. Those three things are New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. I get to love little Cecilia, but her mom attends her live concerts in the middle of the night. Life is exceptionally good.
 
I have been told that’s not a mature attitude. And I agree. But Louie-Louie Generation guys like me usually don’t mature. I go to the airport and climb into my little airplane…and everything gets very business like. I run my start engine check list, check the area and call CLEAR, and start the engine. The avionics lights come on, the engine settles into a beautiful sound….brrrrooooommmm. I get cleared for take off, and I smoothly advance the throttle to takeoff power…and if nobody is watching I can’t help myself. I make that sound we all made as little kids…brrrrroommm. I’m not thinking about the mortgage, or the job, or even little Cecelia…my brain is entirely full of Brrrrooomm. And I’m very grateful for that. Brrroooom takes my mind off things I could complain about. It makes my life even better than good.
 

  Sometimes some little thing like brrrrrroooom  will just make you forget all about complaining…even when there are things you could complain about. There’s a story in the Night Connections album about a woman who was ready to cut loose with a symphony of complaints…and one simple thing changed that. And all of a sudden…well, listen. The story is called The Quick Change Artist. And you’ll find it at www.dicksummer.com/podcast/latest. Sometimes a woman comes so close…it’s overpowering. The Quick Change Artist is from the Night Connections Personal Audio Cd. If you like it, you can just keep the current podcast. Or if you want a fresh copy just go back to the home page of this website, and click on the Night Connections album cover on the opening page.
 
Dick’s Details…Quiz.
 1- How can a crocodile give you the finger.
2- What is it impossible to do with your elbow.
3- Why can’t elephants use pogo sticks.
 
All the answers to the Dick’s Details Quiz are in the current podcast. Dick’s Details. They take your mind off your mind.
 

 So…welcome to the new little lady in our family. Pretty little Cecelia. She is already a woman in training. Women really run things. And that’s worked out ok for most of us. They’re the ones who decided that it’s toilet seat up first, then down. That goes back to some cave woman who kept telling her guys…no peeing in the cave. Which fork is for the salad, and which do you use to pick your teeth. No singing at the table. I could never figure that one out. There are drinking songs, so how come there are no eating songs ?
 

 Women don’t need physical strength to enforce their rules. They do it with just that look. Only girls can really give the look. Guys look like girls when we try to give the look. Women are running things. But I’m not complaining. Life is good. Very, very, good.   Little Cecilia even has her grand – mother’s little half smile.

 

 

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  1. aliasJean Fox says:

    Many congratulations. Be lucky that Cecelia and her parents are only a few hours away——- She’ll get to know her Gram & Gramp Summer and they’ll get to know her. That’s so special!!

  2. Nothing like a new life to reinforce life’s joys… Nothing like a brrrrrroooom to sweep away life’s cares.