Thanksgiving was upon us once again and, as an American tradition, it is one of my favorite holidays of the year. Growing up as a poor kid on a Pennsylvania farm, I have plenty to be thankful for and I want to share with you what Thanksgiving means to me.
I am connected to Long Beach through my wife who grew up there. That is why, despite living in New Hampshire, we return every February to warm up and enjoy all that Long Beach has to offer, including your watch-dog publication, the Beachcomber.
In his most recent column in this newspaper, Publisher Jay Beeler wrote: “The silly season is upon us wherein the Wannabees and the I-Got-Mine Politicians start flinging mud at each other while bragging about who endorsed them. Who cares?
As our upper hand on the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be slowly untying the confining binds on our daily lives, from schools reopening to restaurant sit-down service restarting to theatergoing returning, we are wisely advised to take it slowly.