Minutia

Yesterday was a Beaver Cleaver kind of day

In fact the last few days have been.  I know Leave it to Beaver was black & white but in my remembered imaginings it was vivid idyllic Technicolor.  Americana personified.  This Memorial Day weekend Cape Cod was brimming with kid's roadside lemonade stands, parades, waving American flags, bikes, baby carriages and even barking dogs donning patriotism.  The bluest skies, the puffiest, whitest clouds and trees in their verdant fullness - the surrounding setting - 1950's & 1960's TV sitcom perfect! 

That is, outside of the yellow film encrusting everything and the swaying green inchworms munching and dropping.  There's a general chunkiness to the air.  Foreboding perhaps?  I half expect to fall into a giant steaming teacup or get my head stuck between iron fencing rails with the ubiquitous Larry Mondello standing nearby digging for an apple or peanut butter sandwich from his dungaree pockets to chew on.  Or better yet having my discoverer being none other than the ever "polite" Eddie Haskell tossing snide remarks under his evil snigger and grin.

As far as impending doom & gloom I wouldn't mind either of those scenarios.  It sure beats the real stuff like the war in Iraq, global warming/melting polar ice caps, school shootings, astronomical gas prices and the all-important ....who will replace Rosie O'Donnell on the View!  Ok the last one was just for a chuckle and a gentle reminder that all things reported by the news really aren't news. 

Reminder to self: take the bad with the good ‘cause you can't have one without t'other!