Katharine C: USA post-election breakfast

Photo credits:  Sylvia

Moment of truth

Karen, Linda, Appie, Kim, Julie

Peggy, Susan Rey, Karen

Jan and Kim

Pam, Linda, Appie

Phil - all was not gloom this morning.

Carol tells it like it is

Carol and Cerese

Susan and Sylvia

Jane

When the going gets tough, the tough get eating. 

Carol won the prize for the best-dressed person today - NO CONTEST

 Well, it wasn't all gloom and doom today - we had a great time, as AWG tends to when
two or three are gathered together.  And when that happens, there may not be dancing, but
there certainly was singing:  

God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America, my home sweet home.
God bless America, my home sweet home.

The sun had come out by the time people were leaving, mid-morning.
And to quote that most noble bard (not Shakespeare, but Eric Idle of Monty Python):

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...

 words and music by Eric Idle