A Breath of Fresh Air

Hola!

I have felt rather scattered lately, my brain jumping frantically from one thing to the next. Frank was here for a couple of days LAST weekend, so that was fun. We’ll see him again Spring Break, when I take the kids to Boston.

The house IS finally listed, so at least that first house hurdle has been passed. I called a plumber to fix the kitchen sink piping last week, so that’s taken care of. I’m trying to follow last week’s lesson in Relief Society (class in church) on “Living a Balanced Life.” I need to re-focus and gain some balance in my world.

SO. I was debating on what to write about, having been impressed by a couple of friends who did really nice blogs on one of the children in their families, because of birthdays, etc. I may still do that. But this morning’s newspaper was (gasp) uplifting to me! WHAT??!!? Yes, it’s true!

I have recently been disgusted when I pick up the paper. Yes, it’s important to know what’s going on in the world. But it’s so negative, and often unnecessarily so. Even the entertainment section depressed me yesterday, with 2 full-page articles on an author who wrote of a town closeby that has a huge gay population, and all the unsavory details he included in his book. The real-life townspeople are offended--imagine that.

But TODAY! The L.A. Times, has a hefty article that made the front page lower left, on a multi-billionaire who has been giving away hundreds of millions of dollars every year for the past 40 years, …anonymously. (How do we know it now? Someone wrote a book about him, which he agreed to, because now he’s trying to show other ultra-rich people that it’s okay, and even a good thing, to give while you’re still alive.) How refreshing this is!

The man is Chuck Feeney, and the book by Conor O’Clery is The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune.

I’m going to check it out of the library when it gets turned back in.

Have a great weekend! Love, Kari