Clear Lake Reflections

What a year. Key in history for America and all of us. Highs and lows.

My mom was born.

Hitler on the move.

Depression still in force, but not for much longer.

Someone split the atom.

A baseball player said, "I'm the luckiest.... luckiest.... man... man.. man... on the face... face... face... of the earth... earth ... earth"

Cathode ray tubes were what geeks talked about.

Then a splendid combination of movies:

"The Wizard of Oz."

"Gone With the Wind."

And a lesser known number called "Stanley and Livingstone."

All those old actors when they were young. Corny strains of music in the background, overlaying brilliant writing such as,

"How does it feel to be walking again?" (asks Spencer Tracy)

"It gives me the compelling urge to sit down."

You can't make that stuff up.

I wonder what I should put on YouTube today...