We were treated to seeing former President Bill Clinton (suppporting his spouse, Hillary), at the Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia, in preparation for Tuesday's primary. Wow, what a crowd! The local paper advertised his coming that morning and a few thousand people crowded into a room, shoulder to shoulder. It was "supposed" to be a town hall meeting,with people able to ask questions, but it didn't turn out that way.
One woman by me was half a head shorter and afraid she wouldn't get to see Clinton, but I let her lean over in my direction, between 2 male heads, to catch a glimpse of his white head and distinguished look. He looked like he did on film, but you know it's neat to see someone "live" you have only met in print or on TV. Now he seems very real, and his speech (there was no room for a town meeting format)was extremely informative, especially the fact that Hillary wants to get us out of Iraq, cut the tax cuts to the oil companies, and use that money saved for an optional (opt in) national health insurance plan and jobs created from alternative energy sources. These ideas made sense. I would consider this national insurance if it costs less than what we have. We currently pay about $500 a month on medical bills from past cancer treatments and the husband's hernia operation. Something's gotta be better than all these extra costs insurance doesn't cover!
Saw the movie "Chocolat," about a French woman living in an ultraconservative little town, trying to be herself and fit in. I could emphasize, as a New Yorker living down here in Appalachia. I have found it hard to fit in, especially in an area where "kin is king" and everyone is very conservative in matters of religion and politics. In the end she finds a way to fit in . I have fit in a little as a journalist, but I need more. I think about moving now and then, seeing if it'd be better elsewhere.
It is Lent but having a haad time giving up chocolate. I really need to lose weight to keep my cancer from coming back.
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