Two ladies have spoken

Gosh, she really showed a lot of stuff, didn’t she? It makes a reader think, “What’s she up to this time?” Nope, It isn’t about the stuff that appeared on the ladies’ tables during the recent Highway 59 Garage Sale.

I’d bet that quarter at least a few ‘cuff readers figure out who she is and what it’s all about. It’s really simple that Mother Nature was right on time, at least partially with cold autumn mornings. In fact hasn’t it felt good to drag out long sleeve shirts or light sweaters which feel good, at least until ten o’clock when the sun shines bright on these Eagle Observer country hills.

Of course, aren’t these mornings wake-up calls to start getting ready for what is to be expected almost before we know it? It won’t be long until the maples and hickory and other trees will show us huge brilliant bouquets. But wouldn’t it be nice if a soft rain would come along, settling the dust and making us keep the mowers filled with some of that still highpriced gasoline? As this is being written, the tube talkers say the lower costs are stopping and it’s up and away again. Time will tell.

That takes care of that, but recently another lady was remembered for her years and years of sensible and positive life examples that helped in holding a nation together and whose personality certainly was an example for humanity, particularly in today’s world.

I know you know this ‘cuff is mentioning a child who was born ninety-six years ago in 1926 and became the Queen of England on Feb. 2, 1952. A real Valentine, Queen Elizabeth II, who was officially crowned on June 2 in the following year, and she has been the example of a person and personality until her death a few weeks ago.

How well I remember that year 1952. It was graduation time and the stepping out into a vast, challenging world. How many years has it been?

In fact, where did the last twenty or ten or even last year go? Stop it, ‘cuffer; it’s tomorrow that is important now … and all of the memories from another era and, especially now, the memories that are being formed to pass along to the new generations the importance of what and how made the good old USA the country she has been.

The principles set out by those who had the courage to form our republic have continued down through the centuries. We really are a young country, aren’t we? And sometimes it seems those foundations, particularly the constitution, have been weakened.

Don’t get me wrong; change is important, and our constitution outlines how changes can be made. It was in a book, “The Road to Serfdom,” written about 1940 by an Austrian economist, Friedrich A Hayek, that warns how change can destroy a republic and, yes, even our democracy which has evolved from a republic.

Quite some time ago, I loaned my copy of the book to someone; I cannot remember who and I wish I had it to refresh my memory on how Hayek laid out the way much change could destroy even the best of governments. Maybe in the next ‘cuff or so, could we look a little further? As it is, two ladies, one who was very alive and the other who holds a lot of power over our lives, draw a couple of pictures of how we treat today into a positive tomorrow. Until then …