Introduction
Hello to everyone out there in the online world! My mother was still alive on Mother's Day twenty years ago. That was her last Mother's Day with us, until we see her again in heaven. Also, this article mentions my 170th hike on House Mountain and my status as a semi-free man. Finally, I clear away a bit of Corona Myopia, as I call it.
Mother’s Day 20 Years Ago
I hope that you are having a great Mother’s Day, are surviving Mother’s Day, or are enjoying being pensive on Mother’s Day.
This Mother’s Day marks two decades, since my brothers and I were last able to celebrate with our mother. Mom “went to see Jesus” on 12/27/2000. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and her family are on year three, since my mother-in-law passed on. It gets easier, dear. I know. By the way, my Mother's Day, 5/14/2017, article marked an important day for me.
House Mountain Hike #170
Since I have power in my body, what else could I do on a fine, cool, and clear Mother’s Day? I hiked House Mountain for the 170th time! It was in honor of my grandmothers, Molly Gertrude Archer Ferrell and Lula Frank Amos Wood; my mother, Betty Lou Wood Ferrell; and my mother-in-law, Phyllis Ann House Gordon.
The above is a photograph from the west bluff, looking east. I touched a rock to check my time. The hike up took 34 minutes again. This must be my “bionic new normal” (pun intended). I did not count the number of people or groups that were at the bluff when I arrived. I haven’t seen that many folks on the bluff at the same time in a while! I conversed with several. Many were around but outside the above image.
I waited until I had a moment of solitude to take the above photograph on the same west bluff. The view looks west this time. Now vacant, many folks had enjoyed a moment at the bluff. I was one of them.
Yes, my 2006 Nissan Frontier still wants to be photographed! Thursday, 4/16/2020, was his most recent handwashing at Synergy Auto Wash. He needed it. My truck got a “country boy” washing, under a little rain, while hauling off trash on Saturday, 4/25/2020. Working from home means that I walk five seconds to my home office. My truck doesn’t need to endure the weather by taking me to and from the office. He is pleased with that!
A Semi-Free Man
As a free man in a once-free country, I feel as if I have become at least “semi-free.” Why?
Yesterday, the folks at my every-four-week deep tissue massage reopened, after the “govrmint” closed them temporarily and unconstitutionally. The business had to postpone my 4/11/2020 massage, due to that forced and unconstitutional closure. Yesterday was my eleventh massage. I signed up for the one-year plan on Friday, 7/5/2019. My still recovering muscles have been showing improvement. Of course, I knew that they would force a mask on me when I arrived. I didn’t expect, before the massage, that they would take my temperature and force me to wash and sanitize my hands. I had to sanitize my hands again after the massage! It was insanity, of course. I did it, since I wanted a massage. How many others have been in need of “elective” surgeries, medical appointments, therapy appointments, and so forth? I am just one of many.
After my massage, I went on a stealth mission for Mrs. Appalachian Irishman. You will find out more in my next article! While on that mission, I happened to notice that my good barber had his open sign lighted! I parked, walked to the locked door, and knocked. He was just finishing his current appointment. He’s following the unconstitutional “executive order” that “allows” him to be a free but by-appointment barber in a once-free country.
Thus, on a fine and sunny day, I dropped the tailgate of my truck and relaxed for a few minutes! The barber shop, to the left, is not visible. Apparently, it is still illegal to wait in the barber shop for your turn in the chair. I had not called ahead to book an appointment. I only happened to drive by and see his open sign. My barber closes at 2 PM on Saturdays. I arrived about 1:45 PM. He finished his current appointment and “worked me in” for a fine haircut!
This was how I became a semi-free man in a once-free nation!
Clearing Corona Myopia
While I was out and about yesterday as a semi-free man, I learned from a very credible source that the State of Kentucky will fine a resident for not wearing a mask, even if he or she is mowing the yard on private property! It’s insanity, of course!
My credible source told me that she was mowing the family yard on family-owned property on Saturday, 5/2/2020. She was not wearing a mask. An officer happened to drive by and see her. The officer gave her a $500 ticket. Her court date is on Wednesday, 7/1/2020, which is three days before Independence Day. The story drips with irony. My credible source will stand in court to defend her rights as a free human being. I hope that she wins.
From “As state works to reopen economy, 37,000 Tennesseans filed unemployment claims last week, lowest since March,” Nashville Tennessean, by Cassandra Stephenson, 5/7/2020, the following are five quotes (with my red added for emphasis):
. . . economists expect April's jobs report, which will be released Friday, will be the worst on record with an estimated unemployment spike of between 15 and 20%.
The onslaught of claims has overwhelmed the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
. . . Tennessee stands to lose an estimated $5 billion to pandemic-related closures this year. . . .
On April 27, restaurants in most counties were allowed to resume serving dine-in customers at half capacity. Retail stores and gyms were also allowed to open with reduced capacity last week. (Notice “allowed.”)
Salons, barber shops, nail spas, and massage therapy services were permitted to reopen Wednesday at 50% capacity, with strict guidelines to accommodate social distancing and maintain the use of protective face coverings, among other things. (Notice “permitted.” Apparently, this is how I have become a semi-free man.)
As of 5/10/2020, at 6:47 PM, the following is from the TN Department of Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Data:
-- Tennessee – 243 total deaths.
-- Knox County – 5 deaths.
-- Shelby County – has had 68 deaths, the highest in any county.
-- In most counties – deaths are single digits (0 to 9). Many counties have had zero deaths.
-- By far, the majority of deaths are in the age 61 and over population.
The website has much more information.
I target shoot. A person must have good vision to target shoot. I have hunted. A hunter knows that you don’t use a shotgun to hunt a squirrel. You use a small caliber rifle.
The “govrmint” folks are not good hunters. They are using a shotgun to kill squirrels. They must clear their Corona Myopic vision, by using a rifle in a constitutionally correct manner to kill COVID-19, not the state economy.
Conclusion
I have cleaned my verbal weapon for now. I feel better. Don’t you?
Tune in again for more information on my stealth mission of yesterday!
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