HAPPY THANKSGIVING

While I DO sincerely hope that anyone who happens to read this, IS having a nice Thanksgiving day, even if all you are doing is sitting home engrossed in a good book, I'm also "testing" this blog to see if I can get paragraphs!! (see blog below).

Well! It seems today it is "working". The blogspot that is.

SO! ENJOY the day!!!

AUGH!!!!!!

So I want to write a blog! Quite rare for me these days. Thought it would be simple. Should have been. No rambling on as usual! But then wait!! It won't work. My blog won't WORK!

It STILL is not working. I cannot create paragraphs, I cannot "center". Oh, Mr. BLOGSPOT makes me FEEL like I can. Not easily mind you, NOOOO, I have to click left justify, then right justify, to break up paragraphs, or so Mr. Blogspot makes me believe.

Even now, I'm having to click right justify to create a new paragraph, at which time I then LEFT justify ONLY to click on "publish" and see that all paragraphs STILL run together, as they are doing now!

I wish I knew what was going on. All I know is I wanted to publish a nice little blog and now it is a runon sentence!!!

Sniff!

ps....the blog I WANTED to write is below this.......and if anyone can see paragraphs, or tell me what is going on, I'll pay you. I'll sell myself to you! (But I warn you, I'm expensive)!!! :)

Just Another Saturday???

Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this world's life.........Robert Browning

Sometimes the most lovely things happen when least expected. I'd planned my early morning errands, well, as much as I plan anything! A stop here, a stop there, before returning home to a book I hope to finish before the day is over.

I was on my first errand, the one I thought would take a few short minutes. And it was there that I saw a very special person, a person I feel honored to know. Such joy, such pleasure!!! All else went by the wayside during the time we were together. The warm feelings inside me belied the cold temperatures outdoors. Goodbye's were said way too soon, or so it seemed.

And thus, I returned home to my book. The other errands? Oh, they can wait. Seeing you again, my friend, made my day complete! (And I with an idiot grin, even now at the memory).

It was wonderful to see you again, dear one. Let's not wait so long to meet once more.

Aaron Brown.....

I could see the handwriting on the wall, as the saying goes. I've been watching Aaron Brown on CNN since he began Newsnight, or shortly thereafter. I immedately felt drawn to him and the end of each day was made better by ending my evenings with him. His dry wit, his "velvet" voice, his way of making a point with a look, a slight smirk, a lifted eyebrow. PERFECT!!

Things seemed to be looking up and up for Mr Brown, or so I, Ms general public, thought. His Newsnight went international. The whip and all. It was Aarons. Then the whip was dropped. I wrote CNN to speak my thoughts. Subtle changes continued from there on out. Newsnight began to change and I had this gut feeling that all was not well in CNN land.

Two anchors are my very favorites. Aaron Brown and Anderson Cooper. Two men whom I could tell were polar opposites, but that is ok, better than ok. Anderson has his awesome reporting and more awesome wit that makes him so very enjoyable to watch. I make sure I never (rarely) miss him. And so my evenings went. Like clockwork. Anderson when I arrive home from work, to wind down, and Aaron to put me to bed. Perfect blend.

Changes continued in CNN land. Yes, I was saying for a good many months that things were not looking "up" any longer for Aaron. Then Katrina hit. It seemed Aaron was gone more and more. Anderson there, more and more. Then the two were put together for a new "two hour Newsnight". Oh oh!! MAJOR writing on the wall.

A week ago Friday Aaron informed us he was going on vacation. I thought, "oh oh" as he used the word "interesting" to describe his vacation. Initially I thought this meant the "vacationing" Anderson Cooper would be filling in solo. No Anderson either this past week.

Then it was confirmed. Aaron is out! Anderson Cooper is taking over the two hour show. Newsnight is gone, replaced by Anderson's 360, moved from 6 p.m. CST to 9-11 p.m. CST, beginning this upcoming Monday.

No wonder Anderson was "on vacation" this past week also. Awkward if he'd been hosting Newsnight when the head honcho at CNN told Aaron "bye bye".

And so it is a very sad day for myself and others. But speaking for myself, even more sad, and yes, ironic, in that CNN could not use two of whom I consider the best newsmen they had. (Wolf, you come in a close third).

I hope to see Aaron again. I wish it could be on CNN as that is the only cable/satellite news show I watch.

I had to write this. I want to say to Aaron, thank you for all the years, for all the nights you and your brand of covering the news made the end of my day complete, making things seem all right even at the worst possible times.