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I must confess that I am subject to a certain melancholy at this time of year. For as far back as I can remember.
Summer is over¹, when I was a kid it meant the end of freedom, the end of fun. It wasn't really, but that's what it felt like.
That was driven home today when The Nuke sent me a photo of her first born (Roberto) posing for his first day of school picture. Technically his school started yesterday, but he was ill and had to stay home. Of course he was happy about that.
I get it.
Now I am free as a bird. No school, no work, no worries (for the most part). So why this melancholy?
Tradition I suppose, habit maybe, but it's there, it's real, so I'll just roll with the punches.
Sorry for the short post, I don't have too much to say (because of the melancholy no doubt). I have a couple of John Blackshoe posts I'll share over the weekend. They look good.
It's also been a while since I shared a Robert Gale video. This is a good one. In light of the recent passing of Duke Cunningham² I thought it appropriate to look back at the air war over Vietnam. Mr. Gale has two Vietnam air warriors with him in this video.³ Give it a look.
¹ When school starts, summer is over. You cannot argue otherwise with me.
² Don't bother commenting on Duke's career post-Vietnam. Take your politics elsewhere.
³ I have another of his videos I'll share soon. I haven't watched it yet.
