OFF ON SABBATICAL

I HAVE DECIDED TO 'GO OFF ON SABBATICAL' IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE NEED TO RECHARGE MY BATTERIES.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, SINCE BEGINNING MY BLOGGING SEVERAL YEARS BACK, THE SITE HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 111,718 'PAGE VIEWS' AND I HAVE PUBLISHED 728 BLOGS, PLUS THIS ONE TODAY.

AND AS A REMINDER, MY PRIMARY AUDIENCE ARE MY THREE ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

MY HOPE IS THAT SOME DAY THEY WILL READ OVER MY BLOGS TO REKINDLE THE PATH LESS WALKED WHICH I HAVE ENJOYED TAKING IN LIFE AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

IN THAT REGARD, IT IS MY HOPE TOO THAT ALTHOUGH I AM OFTEN (FREQUENTLY?) WRONG IN WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, IT WILL GIVE THEM AND HOPEFULLY YOU PAUSE TO CONSIDER LESS HEARD OPINIONS...ONES THAT ARE NOT SO LIKELY TO BE EXPRESSED IN THE DAY'S MEDIA.

MY GOAL IS TO HELP EDUCATE SINCE AN UNEDUCATED PERSON READS THE NEWS AND ACCEPTS IT AT FACE VALUE WHEREAS AN EDUCATED PERSON'S REACTION TO SOME NEW 'FACT OR OPINION' IS TO SAY "THAT'S INTERESTING...I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER".

CONTINUE TO BE A DOUBTING THOMAS.

FINALLY, ONE AREA THAT I HAVE DRIFTED AWAY FROM IN RECENT BLOGS IS MY BELIEF OUR SOCIETIES STARTING GOING OFF THE RAILS IN THE EARLY 1960s.   I AM IN MY 60s AND AM TOLD THAT MOST PEOPLE MY AGE LOOK BACK ON THEIR CHILDHOOD AND SAY...'BOY THOSE WERE THE DAYS, KIDS TODAY ARE LAZY NE'ER-DO-WELLS etc. etc'.

I QUITE LIKE THE 'KIDS OF TODAY' AND BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF THEM TO BE NICE,HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS...THIS DESPITE THAT WE BABY BOOMERS HAVE LEFT THEM IN A MESS.

BEFORE I SIGN-OFF THOUGH...TWO PREDICTIONS:

FIRST, DESPITE A COMFORTABLE LEAD IN THE POLLS, I BELIEVE ANGELA MERKEL WILL LOSE GERMANY'S GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH.

MY SECOND PREDICTION IS THAT NORTH KOREA'S YUNG-UN WILL BE DEAD BY CHRISTMAS AND THUS IN THE COMPANY OF HIS DECEASED UNCLE AND HALF BROTHER.  

As I see it...

'K.D. Galagher'