Marge, GSA friend, and SamKat's reply 7/27/2014

Sam Kegley

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Re: Yesterday Poem by Sam Kegley 7/24/14 2 messages

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Marge	Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 9:42 PM
To: skegley.kegley@gmail.com
Hi Sam,  love the emails and this poem is wonderful.  Did you write it?  All is ok here.  We are still having tree trunks removed from our complex from that mini tornado we had touch down on June 19,2013 in our area and complex. We lost 27 oak trees, 17 cars were smashed and totaled.  I was lucky, my car was ok and I didn't have any problems with the windows either.  It was a real mess and the Belle View area and us looked like a war zone.  I have lived here now 46 years and have never seen anything like this storm/tornado.  Just never know what this changeable weather will be bringing this Fall and Winter. I have been wondering how you and Jeannie are doing?  Hard to believe we are all aging gracefully.  I don't hear much from Ken anymore; guess he is pretty busy with his house, making saurkraut, doing woodwork, skiing, and all the other sports he does.  Ken will be 68 this coming Sept 19th and I will be 73 on sept 23rd.  If I remember correctly, he retired back in Sept 2009 and returned to Lockport, NY.  Time certainly has gone by fast  and we just get on with our lives.   I have thought about relocating to Winchester,VA or back to Pittsburgh, PA, but decided to stay put as I know this area very well and it is so convenient to the stores, churches, etc.  I am still in my exercise classes Monday and Wednesday mornings at the senior center that is 3 miles from me and still volunteering at the Mount Vernon Hospital, our local hospital about 3.7 miles from here.  Can't believe I have been volunteering there for 14 years already.  I stay busy with helping people around our complex, and taking care of myself.  Thus far, I am pretty healthy and no serious problems as yet. But "arthur" has finally approached in my right thumb and I got some kind of volteran gel 1% to put on that and it does relieve the pain.  Have had a lot of close friends pass away since March 25th and even tho many are older than me, I still miss them a lot.  I am now working on revising my Trust and Will and hope to get this completed before the 10th of August.  Always something.  Then I am still writing resumes for some people in my building who are government employees looking for a promotion.  So that brings in a little few bucks too.  Keeps the mind in ship shape too.   Well, keep me posted on how you and Jeannie are doing.  Signing off for now. Fondly, Marge     On 07/24/14, Sam Kegley<skegley.kegley@gmail.com> wrote:   Thursday, July 24, 2014 Yesterday Poem by Sam Kegley 7/24/14 Yesterday Shall we work or shall we play Much depends on yesterday Should events just fade away or keep returnming along our way Give us back December 7, 41 Be as if we've just begun Hitler would expand due to our isolation What kind of fortress would then be our nation For the early morning of 9-11 Skipping that event would keep us in Heaven People would still read about and admire us But admiration always slips away Wake this sleeping giant though Can we make the enemies regret their yesterdays Will GI's fight and fall with wounds Because they felt the hurts of yesterdays Our surrogate fighters have volunteered and served so well How would needed draftees fare In the face of future battles hell We pray for God to bless us again although We have slipped as a nation of Christians It won't be Noah's boat to save some species Nor David's bow to bring down creepies But a return to prayer won't hurt one bit Throughout this world who've seemed to quit As we search out a better way To keep from dreading yesterday Sam Kegley of this SamKat blog Posted by Sam, Kegley at 9:48 AM

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Sam Kegley	Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:47 AM
To: Marge R
Yes, Marge, I wrote the "Yesterday" poem the morning  I sent it.  I began writing for our elementary school paper , wrote many technical reports as a metallurgical engineer in my  variety of functions as a supervisor, Division Metallurgist, Sales Engineer, and at DSCC.  I started their metallurgy laboratory, with your help in getting over a million dollars of surplus equipment from other government entities at a relative pittance, some with your help in your GSA position.  It actually saved the government money, as the many reverse engineering projects Ken and I and others performed in DSCC's award winning Value Analysis Department.  They won the best VA Department perennially within DOD.  It probably came to be despised by our military-industrial complex in America. My last book was in 2013 which was my third "Acquaintances With Integrity" book and my tenth overall.  My home town of Portsmouth, Ohio helped me to break even in the costs of the books. Self-published authors have a difficult time turning a profit. Jeanie and I have Columbus' best estate/tag sale specialist coming at 1:30 today.  We are readying to move into a one floor condo nearby. We have lived in our split-level for forty-seven years and now she will soon turn 84 and I 82.  We each have had falls recently and we are scared of the eight steps from our bedroom down to our living room and kitchen.  We are pre-approved for a VA loan on the purchase of a condo. So many of our friends qualify for interviews as acquaintances with integrity, particularly you and Ken.  Americans of our generation saw many wars and horrible events.  I believe the wrath of our God is rising.  He is love, but will not tolerate our collective disrespect by our actions.  Christians and other infidels are being slaughtered all over this world, and we at home are doing little about it.  The country is strictly without leadership at this time. Well, back to my morning paper and church later, before being visited by Holly, for the pre-sales meeting. Good to know you are well and fighting the good fight!  God has blessed us all. Sam [Quoted text hidden]