Pulse people! Welcome to November.
Bracken Jr. and I had quite an adventure at the Blue Raider homecoming game. We get to the stadium, and the crowd knows to expect rain, but the entire first half was pleasant—cloudy, but a fine fall afternoon. As McPhee crowns the homecoming court during halftime, the clouds open up and the downpour begins. The rain continues, the wind picks up and the rain continues, more. Most of the already-sparse crowd heads to the exits, but, unafraid of a little water, we stay!
The Blue Raiders then got pumped up and scored five touchdowns in the second half on a wet, wet field. A good time in Floyd.
I hope everyone got the candy they desired during their trick-or-treating time.
Where’d all the big pumpkins go? I could not seem to locate a big orange in late October anywhere in Murfreesboro.
As usual, my recent weeks were packed with a variety of activities: an excursion to Old Stone Fort, GNR at Exit 111, an anniversary celebration for Three Rivers Family Dentistry, a trip to Holiday World before it closed for the season, the Rutherford Chamber’s After Hours event (usually a great community gathering of quality business professionals), a presentation of the movie Coco as the fabulous Nashville Symphony performed the score, a little World Series action (about the only dose of baseball I get for the year), some pre-Halloween Addams Family at the newly redesigned Malco in Smyrna. Good times. I remain thankful for so many of the experiences in my life here and there.
I keep threatening to create a personal social media profile. I do get to interact with many very interesting individuals, I could be an influencer, a star. But . . . not yet. I will see you in person sometime.
Will our president be only the third in the history of the U.S. to be impeached? Quite possibly.
Coming up this month, the Art Studio Tour and its spotlight on Rutherford County crafters in their home studios, Hillbilly Casino coming back to town, Run Jonah Run and Borodash, The Fantasticks at the Center for the Arts, all sorts of MTSU music student and faculty performances, another Everybody Drum Some community rhythm event. Thanks for reading!
We welcome El Monte to town, and to the pages of the Pulse.
Always give thanks, every month and every day of the year.
I give thanks for those who support this community endeavor—the Murfreesboro Pulse—who support the business and my family, who use the publication to help promote their businesses and organizations, those who receive the emails and keep up with the happenings in town, those who pick up the paper and attend some of the events, restaurants and concerts they see in there, to those who allow a Pulse rack in their establishment. Thanks for making it work!
I thank God for health and food, family and friends, all of the plants and animals, the beauty on this planet and beyond.
I give thanks for my wife and her love and laundry and soup and page design. I give thanks for city, state and national parks, for music and for box forts.
Stay thankful, stay healthy.
