FORCE TO WILL. WARM & DELICIOUS. SIP. SHARE. WIN. GOOD MORNING, ANY TIME OF DAY! TRUCKER JAMBOREE! THE SAGA OF THE 5, SMOKE JUMPER, BMC CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CONTINUES--SEE WHAT YOU ARE MISSING, NOT RIDING THE BUS! LOL! IRAQ CAFE . . . IRAQI FORCES TAKE FALLUJAH BACK FROM ISIS, ALONG WITH U.S. AIR STRIKES! YAHOO! WAY TO GIT-R-DONE BOYS & GIRLS! BREXIT TO REGRETX-IT? THE POPULOUS FEVER THAT HAS GRIPPED BRITAIN AND AMERICA, IS THE RIGHT THINKING, FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR YOUR MAIN STREET LITTLE GUY, BUT, IN ALL THE SENTIMENT OF GETTING RID OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, THERE ARE DECADES, IF NOT CENTURIES OF THOUGHT, TRADE, RELATIONSHIPS, THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED AND CONSIDERED. CAUTION, IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! ALREADY, 2 MILLION SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN GATHERED TO STOP BRITISH EXIT FROM THE EU; THE LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT HAVE GONE INTO HIDING! BIG MOUTHS, BIG PERSONALITIES, HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO REPLACE THE WELL ESTABLISHED IDEAS OF THE PAST, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA. IT IS LIKE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON, SAID, IT IS MUCH EASIER TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, THAN TO BE PRESIDENT--HILLARY IS UP IN THE POLLS 12%, SHE OFFERS, STEADY, CALM, PREPARED LEADERSHIP, EXPERIENCED IN WORLD AFFAIRS AND DOMESTIC ISSUES TOO--TRUMP IS WITH HIS FAMILY ON HIS GOLF COURSE, IN ABERDIN, SCOTLAND, WHERE HE PROMISED JOBS, 400 LUXURY CONDOS, PACKED COURSE, AND THE LOCALS GOT THEIR VIEW OF THE OCEAN BLOCKED, 12 MEASLY MOTEL ROOMS FOR RENT, AND I DON'T THINK A RESTAURANT--SYMBOLIC? . . . IT IS MUCH EASIER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SYSTEM IN PLACE, THAN IT IS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO REPLACE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE! I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS, BUT PROCEED, EITHER BACK INTO THE EU WITH CAUTION OR CONTINUE THE EXIT PROCESS WITH CAUTION! THIS IS BIG TIME SHIT! GET YOUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST PEOPLE, TO HANDLE THIS TWO YEAR DIVORCE, AND FEW DIVORCES ARE NOT MESSY, BUT, SPEAKING ON A MICRO LEVEL, YOU CAN HAVE AN AMIABLE DIVORCE, CONTINUE TO BE FRIENDS, WORKING WITH THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY, CHERISHING RELATIONSHIPS OF THE PAST, VALUING WHAT WAS, AND WHAT CAN BE! GOOD LUCK! NEW CAN BE GOOD, DON'T FREAK OUT TOO MUCH, RATIONAL, CRITICAL THINKERS, WHO ARE SEERERS AND VISIONARIES, ARE WHAT YOU NEED. IT IS PROBABLY BEST, NOT TO LOOK BACK . . . YOU MIGHT TURN INTO A PILLAR OF SALT . . . YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE, JUST MOVE FORWARD! YOU CAN DO THIS BRITAIN, YOU CAN DO THIS EUROPE! WITH GOD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE! HAVE A "CAN DO" ATTITUDE . . . CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY! YOU USED TO HAVE THE BRITISH EMPIRE . . . BRITS OF TODAY ARE EVERY BIT AS SMART AS BRITS OF THE PAST! WE ARE ALL CHEERING FOR YOU! JUST DO IT! IT IS BETTER TO HAVE TRIED AND FAILED THAN NEVER TO HAVE TRIED AT ALL! IT IS NOT HOW FAR YOU FALL, IT IS HOW FAR YOU BOUNCE BACK! CURRENCY AND MARKET INDICATORS ARE JUST FEAR! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR, BUT FEAR ITSELF! WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, SO WE ARE ALL BEHIND YOU, CHEERING YOU ON! LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, YOU MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT NATIONALISM, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, THAT, WHILE SOVEREIGN NATIONS, WE ALL DO RISE AND FALL TOGETHER . . . WE WOULD BE FOOLS TO NOT GET BEHIND THIS EFFORT AND MAKE IT WORK, FOR ALL OF OUR SAKE! I DIG AMERICA BEYOND WORDS, AS I KNOW YOU DO, BRITAIN, AND THAT IS COOL, BUT, I ALSO REALIZE THAT AMERICA IS ONLY 5% OF THE WORLD PURCHASING POWER, AND TO GO INTO ISOLATION, TO WITHDRAW FROM TRADE, GLOBALIZATION, IS FOOL HEARTED, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, WE DON'T PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST, AND WE SHOULD, TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AT HOME, FIRST, WE OWE THAT TO OUR PEOPLE, AS NATIONAL AND WORLD LEADERS . . . BUT WE DO NOT LIVE IN A BUBBLE, THE WORLD THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, COMMERCE, TRADE, MARKET SHARES, BUSINESS, IS BECOMING MORE GLOBALIZED, AND THAT IS NOT A BAD THING! WE LITERALLY, ALL RISE AND FALL TOGETHER, WE SAW THAT IN THE LAST RECESSION! DIVORCE CAN BE EARTH SHATTERING, OR IT CAN BE THE MOST HEALTHY THING YOU CAN DO, FOR YOU, FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND IN THIS CASE, FOR YOUR COUNTRY! ONLY TIME WILL TELL, ONLY TIME WILL JUDGE! NEVER LOOK BACK!!!!!!!!

In Retrospect, I Would Never Go Back!

Just one more thought, on Brexit, as hard as times are and have been in the last four years, being chased 'hither and thither" as my Grandmother would say, being forced out of not just one home, but two homes, a cabin, my state, my friends, my family, and my life as I had known it with all the comforts, prestige, professional acumen, now leaving me at times destitute, homeless, and often on the run, for what, not even knowing that, other than the evidence shows me I am wanted for something? . . . I, on my best days, about 99% of the time, am glad, that by hook or crook, that I ended up, right where I am!  At times, I have gone back to St. George, Utah, driven passed both my house and the courthouse, and it seems small, depressing, claustrophobic, inane to me, the influence and power of my cases, great as they were and still are, are fucking NOTHING compared to the influence and reach of my blog, not near as rewarding, nor with the personal joy, fulfillment of a dream to try to save the world, as lofty as that may seem, and totally out of reach, 23 years ago when I started to practice law, and was an assistant attorney general, having the desire, but, no idea how to do that, now to be writing about world affairs, being taken from the cloistered world, of small time, Mormon Utah, onto a world stage, is refreshing, invigorating, glorious . . . and it is precisely, those hard times, trials, tribulations, that make my blog what it is--YOU COULD NOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP!  LOL!

Poet Robert Frost, once penned the words, to his poem, if memory serves, The Road Not Taken, and he states that there were two roads in a yellow wood, and he regrets, that he could not take both roads, but that is impossible, so, in the wisdom of the ages, I took the road less traveled!  People, naturally, have a tendency to take the road most traveled, because they fear, making decisions, being alone, not popular, not included, or they stay on the true and beaten path, but as I recall, without going back, to the poem, that the poet, said, I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference!  I would guess that, being a poet, was like being a musician, or an artist, following your dream, you passions, you talents and gifts, but, not always the lucrative road, nor one your parents and friends think you should take, but in the long run, with all the uncertainty, choosing to be who you are, making your own way in life, and taking the road less travel, it will make all the difference, and eventually, you will see the beauty and uniqueness in that choice . . . YOU CAN CHANGE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO IN LIFE . . . IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS!  Have the guts, Britain, you people have spoken, so just do it!  I even think, Robert Frost, might have been a British poet?  I am too lazy to look up, where he was from, but, there is application, whether from Britain, America, Russia,. etc.  Love and support from across the POND! KISS!

Fun Stuff, From the Mountain Line Bus!  LOL!

TABLES REVERSED

I wrote a few days ago, about putting on my make-up while riding the early express bus, going out by Smoke Jumper, with five, very handsome, construction workers, silently, sneaking a peek or two, at me while I was putting on my make-up, thinking, this is nothing to be ashamed of and hide up in the nose-bleed section of the bus to do.  I thought that, until, I started to put my foundation on, and I noticed that all was quiet and still, caught, in my peripheral vision, a glance or two from, one of the five guys, all young, whom I have seen on the bus, many times, and have not paid too much attention to, now wondering if, I had racoon, eyes, missing, going around my eyes, or, maybe, I didn't rub, my nose right, getting very conscious of putting on my make-up, that I do, now without thinking, having put in on, sitting at gas stations, in the middle of the night, or sitting in my truck, before the cops stole it, or my car, and rarely needing to look at a mirror any more, almost remote control, never going a day without it, that vanity thing . . . so, somehow, these guys, pulled me out of my routine, my zone, my ritual, actually making me think about what I was doing!  LOL!

I was pretty sure, that someone, or they themselves, would read my blog, BIG ASS READERSHIP, especially, locally, because I write about places, people, events, that locals know about and go to, so, there was no doubt, the word would get back to these guys, and either I would be embarrassed at the thought that, I got a buzz out of them watching me put on my make up, and of course, I had to make if fun, sexy, because, it was to me!  LOL!  I decided, I would do my usual, pretend it was not me who wrote the blog! LOL!  Generally, because, I trashed someone's ass, but this time, there was nothing negative, but, they could be freaked out, learning that, I am 61, and the connection, might, be too much for them to handle.  So, I had my face buried in the newspaper, with my reading glasses on, to avoid, looking at them, when they got on the bus, at the Greyhound stop.  I got my answer in rapid, succession . . . LOL . . . several of them, were laughing, pushing and shoving each other, rushing to the NOSE BLEED SECTION, so they didn't have to sit down by this 'dirty old woman!"  LOL!  I smiled, and was glad they read it, maybe had some fun with it, but it was obvious, they had heard about me writing about them.  LOL!  One brave soul, who had to hold his bike, without room on the bike rake outside, had to sit across from me . . . definitely hot!  LOL!

SONG ON: I DID IT ALL FOR THE GLORY OF LOVE!  LOL!

THIS TIME IT WAS ME LOOKING!  LOL!  ALL TAN, ALL MUSCULAR, ALL WEARING BRIGHT FLORESCENT GREEN,  BMC, TORN OFF T-SHIRTS, SHORTS, GUNS ON THEIR ARMS SPORTING TATTOOS AND CALVES ON THEIR LEGS, POWERFUL!  SHIT . . . LAST TIME THEY WERE ALL COVERED IN HOODIES, JACKETS, LONG PANTS!  LOL!

Thoughts were running through my mind, like, I am just as bad as all the dirty old men, I hate!  I am totally disgusted by their comments, their eyes following, some hot young woman!  Okay, so I apologize, reluctantly, LOL!  One of the hot young bods, I am sure to his, cringing, had left something on the bus, and had to come back passed me, up to the nose-bleed section, to retrieve if . . . yeah, just as hot the second time!  LOL!  I am just smiling, because, I am sure they were more uncomfortable than I was, or was last week putting on my make-up!  LOL!  So, I am zoning out, thinking about, this or that, or him or his arms, legs, ass . . . just kidding, not really thinking about much, when the bus driver, whom I had never seen before, broke me out of my trance, when she said, do we turn here?  Before looking, I almost said, yeah, take a right, not realizing, we had not hit Reserve yet, and we needed to go up through all these businesses and hotels, car dealers, etc. . . . good she didn't know what I was going to tell her, because, she would have driven right into the small mountain, on the side of the highway.  When I came fully to conscience and thought, I told her, oh, yeah, this is where you turn.  I asked her if she was new?  No, she had been with Mountain Lines for 20 years, she is a supervisor, and was filling in for a sick driver, and couldn't remember the route.

She asked me about all the construction guys, who just sat there a didn't pull the cord, indicating a stop requested, she said, I wasn't sure what was going on . . . I told her, that generally, the bus driver just automatically stops, so they probably didn't even think about it.  Then, I made some comment, on our hot fellow commuters, she joined right in without hesitation, and agreed they were very good looking, all of them, did you notice, blah, blah, blah, oh, yeah.  I told her about the make-up incident, and we laughed and laughed, she laughed, when I told her, they raced to get up to the nose-bleed section, to avoid me!  LOL! She said she did notice all of them literally, run, to the back of the bus, laughing and pushing each other! LOL!  Song: WE GOT TO LIVE LIKE WE ARE DYING . . .  OH, YEAH!  Fun stuff, how to start your morning right!  LOL!  I tried to fill the old, new bus driver, in on the route, where to stop, how to either to make up time, or what, knowing that, bus drivers have told me, they can be late, but never early.  I told her of one commuter, who, always gets on at the last strip mall, where Famous Footwear and Utlra Beauty, are located, not being a shopper, those were the landmarks, I could remember, but this chick gets on with her coffee, every morning, but I told her, I have no rhyme or reason to my bus rides, if I get up early, I hit the road, if not, I go later, and I can go in any direction, looking for a place to loiter for a while while I write my blog!  

Thanks to McDonald's, Break Cafe, Wordens, the South Gate Mall, Oxford, Liquid Planet, Target, Barnes and Noble, Burger King, Fresh Market south, and places around town, who tolerate me sitting for a few hours of uninterrupted writing.  Some lady and her husband, just stopped me at McD's, and said, you must be a writer . . . a blogger . . . she smiled and said she enjoyed watching me write, so engaged, and seemingly lovig what I was writing!  I love it!  I told her of my beautiful daughter, Nicole, publishing her first book, The Question of LaHash . . . so cool!  SONG: IF EVER YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN, I'M GOING TO LOVE YOU MUCH BETTER!  I woke up with that song on my mind, this morning!

RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM THE CRYPTS, DUSTING OFF COBWEBS FROM THE TOMB!  CONSTRUCTION WORKER THOUGHTS!

OPRAH WINFREY, WHITE COLLAR WOMEN, WITH BLUE COLLAR MEN

Now, I get it!  So, back when I was young and hot myself, and didn't appreciate, either my own body, nor men bods, nor think about them, crazy, although, I did used to take my friends over to my boyfriend's house in high school, to do a peeping Mary drive by, showing off my stud boyfriend, laying on his bed, wearing only boxers and his dog tags!  I had it in me, probably lost it with the seriousness of marriage and motherhood, or something . . . my children, are probably shocked and repulsed, knowing their mother, is a Cougar at best, and a dirty old woman, at worst!  LOL!  No, I was always this way, I just buried it while I had to set an example of prudish, Mormon motherism, while they were young!  I was generally more embarrassed by shocking scenes of hot springs, hippies, buried in the deep green water, catching my sons, of course, tip toeing around the sides, to get a peek or two, with me relieved that they had swim suits on . . . only to get out, and strip down butt ass naked in front of all of us, kids and all, leaving me speechless and with nowhere to hide; as luck would have it, some old man, took control of my kids and diverted their attention, to some chubs, or little indigenous, varmits, rodents, or something, while was horrified, at topless females, and butts and balls in the open mountain air, paralyzing me!  LOL!  I remember the girls, Greta and Nicole, giggling, more at my response, and the boys, starring!  They laugh about that to this day!  No more trips to the HOT SPRINGS for this family gal!  But all that is different now . . . single, alive, unbroken, virgin heart!  LOL!

Anyway, laying the foundation, for what Oprah said, what 40 years ago, that it took me until this morning to fully grasp and get! and why she said it . . . white collar girls, with blue collar guys, and that was probably the first time I had heard those terms.  My husband was in college at the time at the University of Utah, and I was from a very college oriented family, with both my grandparents, college graduates, and both my parents, college graduates, but I was not at the time, it took me, four kids, four colleges and 12 years to get my degree, before going to law school, so, with these goals in mind, why, would I, a college graduate, want some construction worker?  And, as I recall, the white collar woman, was a lawyer, and the guy was a construction worker!  LOL!  I just could not see the attraction?  I got it TODAY, FUCK!  So did the bus driver!  All that physical work, out in the sun, does wonders for the male physique!  That took me back to early, married days, when my sister, Sue, and her husband Kevin, also, in college at the time, worked construction for one summer, and I remember him, being tan, far more built, than his usual pasty white self, and Sue commenting on the fact, that she dug this new hubby, she was not used to!  LOL!  

I used to think that it was because you can't have two professionals in the home, both stressed out of their mind, with deadlines and so, overworked that, physical exursion and sex play, was out of the question . . . mental, work can be just as exhausting as the physical work . . . in law school, after each mid-term or finals, I hit the road to Las Vegas to go dancing all night, just to put my mind and body back in sync with each other, needed something, totally, body oriented to make up, for the over-load in the mental arena!  Another sideline, I believe, the more physical you are, the more physical, you are, going into the high energy, high sex, charged up, amped up, night life!  When I was a bored housewife, and my white collar husband, who not only worked, a 40 hour work week, also had to go to city council meetings, county commission and planning commission, plus his church jobs, so, his very horny, wife, a runner, physical all day, had to settle for watching the roofers, across the street at the church, being the good neighbor, taking them homemade cookie and lemonade!  LOL!  I think, I watched these three, hard bods, three days, eight hours a day! LOL! Kids, I always had it in me, just expressed it in other ways!  LOL!

Moral of this Lesson: Enjoy Your Hot Young Bodies While You Still Have Them!  Keep the Elders, Wishing for Younger Days!  LOL!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!  BMC GUYS.  WINK . . . DON'T WORRY, I WILL BE TOO EMBARRASSED TO RIDE THE BUS FOR A WHILE!  LOL!

P.S., JoAnn S. Secrist, J.D., signing off from under the two surveillance cameras, at McDonald's, Broadway, West, Missoula, Montana . . . I wasn't born here, but I got here as soon as I could!  KISS!  LOVE!