Hello, my lovely Acorn Hills followers!  I report great things....the book signing at US Bank in Amana was wonderful.  Thank you to Tessa, Lynne, Melinda and the others for allowing me to share their space for a couple hours.  I made a lot of contacts and sold 6 books.  Not bad for a 2 hr time slot!  

Thank yous also go to the Crazy Ladies Stalkers book group.  The likes on my Facebook author page approach 700! Can you believe it???  When I was less than 300 at Christmas this is an awesome thing to see!  Please, if you haven't purchased Bittersweet, you can still do that for a reduced price for Kindles...it is only $2.99! There is a slight price reduction on the paperback as well.  For your copy, please visit the link below. 

http://www.amazon.com/Bittersweet-Acorn-Hills-Grace-Augustine-ebook/dp/B00FO98ZXQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389043688&sr=8-1&keywords=grace+augustine

In keeping with my morning routine....coffee made, toast done, sit down and check emails, answer those that need answering, check likes and record from Facebook...then scroll through the notifications making sure I didn't miss anything, this morning has been pretty normal...until this disturbing post made me spit out my coffee!

I'm just appalled at what some people will do for attention. Now, before any of you start ragging on me...this is only MY opinion....I respect your opinions and know they are just that...YOUR opinions...just as what I type here are my words, my thoughts and my opinions.  I will not shove them off on anyone, but I will address stupid when I think it is warranted. And trust me...this is the epitome of stupid as far as I'm concerned.

Ted Nugent, famous rock star, famous totally crazy, whacko man (with guns I might add) is in the limelight again.  The lyrics to one of his songs was posted on Facebook. Maybe I'm sensitive to this kind of stuff because of my background of being physically and sexually abused from the time I was 12 yrs old until I was 15...I don't know, but there are some things that are just so wrong on so many levels, and this is one of them.

Nugent's lyrics are so disgusting, I want to just rip off his you know what! Here is the link to the song lyrics.
    
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/ted_nugent/jailbait.html


The song, "Jailbait" should be banned from all forms of media. It was written in the early 80's and on Nugent's second album.The current controversy surrounding this song is because of a photograph taken of Nugent at a political function. Unitewomen.org brought this to light.  I don't know about you, but any politician with a brain should disassociate from the support given by Mr. Nugent (but I know money talks in any arena) When an adult writes/sings about molesting a 13 yr old, something needs to be done. 

Robin Munkelwitz wrote 3 days ago at 4:10 pm on the lyricsmode site,  "Being in my 40's I remember this song when it came out on his second album. I was only a teenager myself when it came out so I was'nt insulted by it. But now that I'm a father with a daughter myself I find it quite sickening that some adult would be singing about wanting to molest a 13 year old!"

*sigh  Is this really a sign of what our society has become?  

So many have asked what are you doing for your birthday?  I cannot remember ever celebrating it....except one time...someone gave me a surprise 40th birthday party that was a total bust....The former love of my life and I would take each other out to our respective favorite restaurants for our birthdays. This year my son surprised me with money to help purchase some new items. It was such a wonderful surprise!

I found so many old memories in folders the other day when I was cleaning.  One of my throwback Thursday photos posted on Facebook today was of my best friend Mary Ann Mallette and I playing dress up....I think maybe we were in kindergarten or first grade....the high heels, and the fake leather purses....and the dolls dressed up the same....tea parties, mud pies, dolls, pretend!!!!!

The innocence of youth and a less complicated time...the early 60's where we were oblivious to all that was happening in the world...until one day around lunch time when we were told not to come back to school that someone had shot the President.  I remember going home and watching the news coverage, I remember the tears from Walter Cronkite as he announced President Kennedy had died.  I remember watching the people, throngs and throngs of them sobbing uncontrollably....wondering why it was so sad.   I never got my answer until many years later...wisdom.

Never understanding the Vietnam war, never understanding the liberation of women who burned their bras...growing up with the music of passionate people like Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary...yet not understanding what they sang about...until many years later..wisdom.

You know, we all go through so many different phases in our lives....birth, early childhood, pre-teen, teen, young adult,marriage, divorce, children, diseases, death of parents/spouses/friends, middle age...approaching 60!!!!!  I truly never thought I'd get to this age.  I never thought I'd see past 30!  Older

So an older and wiser me....as of midnight tonight...is still a kid at heart....I still love watching it snow, regardless of how much I complain about winter....I love singing to familiar tunes and driving my son crazy as we drive down the road...I love licking the icing out of the insides of the Oreos, and a lot more things too numerous to mention! Older...

So, tomorrow...a request...somehow get in touch with your inner child and enjoy a thought, a smile or a memory of a younger day....AND  don't forget to come see me at the US Bank in Amana from 3-5 where I will be signing and selling copies of Bittersweet....there will even be treats....dark chocolate brownie bites....and some dark chocolate chow (like puppy chow without the powdered sugar and peanut butter), after all, we ARE celebrating ALL THINGS BITTERSWEET!  :)    Hugs and love to all.