What the news doesn't say much about

5 things:

1.  My friend Jesse's mom died this past week.

2.  Big storm rips into Hawaii, but Hattie's house is OK at least.

3.  The Nixon "farewell address" on YouTube was excruciating. Who was the guy smoking a pipe?

4.   My friend Lida is on palliative care.  In the old days, that would have meant lots of aspirin??

5.   My great-grandniece is two weeks old!