Down with Monarchy!

I just watched the blessing ceremony for Charles and Camilla. I have to admit, I liked the music. I really liked the Russian music but am not sure why it was included. I understand why those ex-Episcopalians who appear on "The Journey Home" on EWTN (a program regarding people of other religious faiths who have converted to Catholicism) miss the music.

However, this post is dedicated to thanking some very special souls in Heaven who did something wonderful for me. I would like to thank Great Great Great Great Grandfather Thomas (I still visit your grave in Fells Church Cemetery) and Great Great Great Great Grandfather Wright for fighting in the Revolutionary War so that I don't have to be a subject to these clowns! While courtsying might tone up my leg muscles, thank you for fighting so that I don't have to do it! I would like to thank my Great Grandfather James Henry Ford for renouncing Queen Victoria, becoming an American citizen, and working for years in the mines so that I don't have to be a subject to these clowns! I visit your grave at Mingo Cemetery, and I believe you are my guardian angel. I'm glad I met people who knew you and were able to tell me about you. I greatly enjoyed your in-laws' letters from the early 1900's and their sarcastic comments about Queen Victoria's death.

While I enjoyed the music, I did NOT enjoy the hats, although there are many creatures here in my backyard (which, fortunately, is no longer part of your colony thanks to my GGGG grandfathers) who would love them!