Povey Prattle

A day late   but not a Dollar short,  (so far). Because of  bad weather in Atlanta this afternoon (June 5th) hundreds of flights in and out of ATL were canceled or delayed. Bad weather in Atlanta, would you believe it? One of the delayed flights was the one I was supposed to take from SRQ to ATL  and then to LHR. It was delayed so much that I would not have made my connection to LHR. Bummer indeed.   (but I bet that at least 100,000 travelers were seriously inconvenienced , including the young Mom and Dad with two very children who were trying to re-schedule flights from Sarasota to Omaha via ATL.   my heart went out to them), As best I know, I will now fly out from SRQ on Wednesday afternoon (6th) on a Delta,to ATL flight, and then  take  a  Virgin American VS 0016/Delta 4357 flight  from ATL to LHR . arrving at LHR at 10:00 a..m. British Summer Time on Thursday 7th, If all goes well my bro-in-law John T will meet me at LHR on Thursday morning and dri

Bye-bye for now. July 5th ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 13th

Via Sheryl K-H "Words from Langston Hughes (1902-1967) for this holiday weekend". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let America Be America Again Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There’s never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the s