The Writer's Life: The Writer's Life 9/19

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

The Writer's Life 9/19 - The Goal

Here's an excerpt from Michael Goodwin's op-ed piece in today's NY Post: "Trump, to 63 million Americans, was the antidote to both parties. Warts and all, he still is. He is the fighter Republicans longed for, which is why he still commands upwards of 90 percent of GOP support. They know nobody else would have beaten Clinton, so, without him, one Clinton nominee already would be on the high court and the second one about to join. Neither would be named Neil Gorsuch or Brett Kavanaugh and you can bet that many Republicans would have played nice and voted yes for her nominees." Kudos, sir. I still believe Trump is America's best and, hopefully, not last hope. Many are saying Democrats have lost their minds collectively. I thought that too until it occurred to me that they're simply following a progression toward socialism, which they have since FDR, only at a now accelerated pace. They are approximately half way to their goal. I hope I never see them achieve it.

Despite an impressive array of wares, it seemed it would be another abysmal sales day at the floating book shop until two buyers showed in the final hour. My thanks to the gentleman walking his dog, who bought six books in Russian for his wife, to whom he was speaking on his cell phone; and to Ira, who purchased a beautiful color pictorial on the Dr. Who series, which doesn't include the latest, the lucky 13th protagonist, the first female incarnation, played by Jodie Whittaker. Thanks also to Maria, who donated two self-help books, and also to the retired Romanian janitor who donated a large paperback edition of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine and five books in Russian, among them a translation of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye; and to the lovely woman with vivid blue eyes whose little girl has grown up and is no longer in need of her young adult novels - about 50 of them.