The Thief of Hearts

The Thief of Hearts      8/23/12                                                                              The March Hare

            Joey Bartolomei (Omaha Royals), Phyllis Diller, Dick Clark, Andy Griffiths, Leon Helm, Earl Scruggs, Whitney Houston, Etta James, Johnny Otis (Harlem Nocturne; Willie and the Hand Jive), Harry Morgan, Andy Rooney.  Every year, about 2 ½ million Americans die.  Some after a long and fulfilling life, and some leave us way too early.

            Cliff Robertson, Jerry Lieber, Annette (Cha Cha) Charles, Bubba Smith, Peter Falk, Clarence Clemons, James Arness, Dana Wynter, Sada Thompson, Phoebe Snow.  And in that same year, our own Kyle Clark.

            This decade has given us many things, including about 2 ½ billion tears.  It’s not the “Roaring Twenties” or “The Nifty Fifties” or “The Greedy Eighties” of the twentieth century.  This second decade of the twenty-first century will bring us many blessings and joys.  Our lives will improve.  We will continue to live with hope and work for a better world.  But for obvious reasons, around here this decade will be known as “The Thief of Hearts.”